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Far Islands, Pattaya

1. KOH HU CHANG (Outer Islands, Pattaya)
Location: This rocky islet lies about 11 miles west of Pattaya Beach, between Koh Phai to the north and Koh Klung Badan to the south.
Diving : Depth 5-18m
Visibility : 8-22m

Conditions Moderate to strong currents since the site is exposed to both monsoon seasons
Hu Chang means "elephant ears", and is descriptive of the two rocky outcrops that project above the sites Hard corals predominate, sharing rocky ledges failing away to 12 meters with some barrel sponges

2 KOH KLUNG BADAN
Location:   Koh Klung Badan lies half a mile south of Koh Chang and 5 5 miles west of Koh Lam
Diving: Depth : 6-12m
Visibility : 7-18m
Conditions Currents are generally weak to moderate, particularly
during northerly winds

On 4 meters after decent there are numerous mounds and heads of coral, notably staghorn as well as coral laminates To the northwest the reef becomes a relatively shallow fringing reef whose flat and slope consist mainly of rocks and sponges Compresses barrel sponges shelter small crustaceans and invertebrates

3. KOH MARN WICHAI
Location:   This island in the outer chain of island off Pattaya lies 1.5 miles to the south of Koh Klung Badan and about 6 miles southwest of Koh Lam. The dive site is located on the southeast side of the southern point.
Diving: Depth:12-15m
Visibility : 8-25m
Conditions Currents are generally weak to moderate, well protected from the SW monsoon and not heavily affected by NE winds.

Most of the corals are not in the form of fringing reef but in large patches. The plateau are covered in a garden of sea anemones plus the abundant three spots dascyluss and pink anemone fish

4. KOH RIN (HIN KHAO)
Location:   A small rocky outcrop 8km south of Koh Marn Wichai.
Diving: Depth: 6-21m
Visibility: 8-25m
Conditions The island is small therefore will be subject to strong currents on both

sides, meaning exposed to both monsoon seasons. These
conditions restrict the site only for experienced divers only.

Hard corals together with barrel and other sponges, gorgonian sea fans, and wire corals set the scene from 5-12 meter beneath the surface. Scatterings of Christmas tree worm and stinging feather hydroids decorate porites coral heads Sea anemones harbor resident pink anemone fish. From 12 18 meters there're colorful soft corals, bushy antipatharia corals, and barrel sponges.

5. HIN TON MAY
Location:   Around the eastern perimeter of low-lying rocky outcrops at the extreme south of the outer islands chain, about 1 mile south of Koh Rin.
diving: Depth: 6-14m
Visibility: 5-25m
Conditions During northerly winds this site is suitable for all level, however, on SW monsoon the current will be fairly strong.

The coral formations are in two major categories
fringing reef and patch. The section of reef around the entry point is fairly barren. Soft corals are plentiful in the shallower waters, elkhorns and foliaceous corals lay clam to the midwaters, and sea whips, gorgonians seafans and many bushes of stinging hydroids on deac coral heads are prominent at the base of the reef. There are lots of barrel and encrusting sponges everywhere, the latter having claimed small areas from the corals. Marine life is plentiful and varied.

6. KOH LUAM NOI
Location:   Around the southern headland of Koh Luam
Diving: Depth:10-18m
Visibility: 8- 20m
Conditions Southerly winds increase the visibility
and the currents around this sheltered
end of this island will be weaker

The lower reef-slope is highlighted by many soft corals; these are neither as radiant nor as large as they. could be, having been restricted by excessive situation in the water, although much of the silt is redistributed by the currents sent during northerly winds and spring tides. The reef is fairly typical of the area. It is frequently punctuated by sponge-encrusted rocks and large mounds of lesser and greater star corals, occasionally split by clusters of smaller, less hardly ~'orals. The hard corals tend to dominate the shallower waters, coral laminates form terraces that descend to keeper-water areas where long, spiraling sea whips are embedded among larger.

Neptune Dive Center and Fairtex Sport Club and Resort. 179/208, moo 5, North Pattaya Road, Pattaya (Naklua), 20150, Chonburi, Thailand.

Tel: 038-371141 Fax: 038-371446

Mobile: English, Nederlands, Deutsch. 086-1532636

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