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Diving in Naithon, Phuket
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Ko Weo (Ko Weo) (Phuket)
![]() At Koh Weo North divers enjoy a magnificent coral garden with huge table corals in 8 m depth and a very large area covered with anemones in about 12 m water depth. The anemones are a home to many different species of anemone fish, like the well known “Nemo”, Amphiprion ocelaris, white-backed anemone fish and red fin anemone fish. Koh Weo North drops off to 16 m to 18 m where on the sandy ocean floor sea turtles frequently feed on bubble corals. Also impressive at this site is the large schools of various snapper species. Koh Weo West is located seaward of the Andaman Sea and is characterized by a small rock above sea level. Under water the reef sinks to a depth of about 28 m. Then the reef runs along the sandy sea floor with some small coral blocks around. Koh Weo West is populated by many small sea creatures, like thorn seahorses, pipe fish, ghost pipe fish, nudibranchs and various other marine life and therefore popular with macro photographers. With a sharp eye even real stone fish may be discovered. A special feature of Koh Weo West are the rare pineapple fish, Monocentris japonica, which are found under some coral overhangs in less than 24 m, but generally prefer greater depths to 200 meters. At this spot the dive boat is anchored about 50 m away from the rocks on a mooring which is attached to the reef at 8 m depth. The underwater landscape of Koh Weo South is generally determined by a huge hard coral garden – but it was unfortunately affected by the forces of the tsunami in late 2004. Still, Koh Weo South remains a popular destination for snorkeling trips. Between 3 m and 16 m depth divers can also find an impressive variety of marine organisms and larger snappers and a picturesque canyon in the 5 m range. The dive site Koh Weo East extends between 8 m and 16 m below sea level. The special features of this reef is a swarm of collar butterfly fish that swim in small circles and a larger number of raisor fish, peculiar for their special way of floating upside immediately when divers approach. The raisor fish are usually found between the whip corals in about 12 m to 14 m water depth. In recent years another artificial reef with cement blocks was submerged at Koh Weo East to attract more tropical marine life. Dive Site
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The Rock (The Rock) (Phuket)
![]() At about 8 m depth a capital grouper offers great photo shots. This grouper is known by the name “Klaus”. A swarm of barracudas is very fine sight in shallow water near the reef. The coral formations reach to a depth of 16 m and can be attained with a comfortable dive. Due to the shallow depth “The Rock” is excellent for multilevel dives and for repetitive dives in the afternoon. On this reef divers will find fishing leads.
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Tempelhof (Tempelhof) (Phuket)
![]() As in Germany famous "Berlin Tempelhof Airport" closed its public activities on the same day and the Berlin Airlift after WWII was primarily supported with Dakota aircrafts ("raisin bombers"), the Aqua Divers Team simply named this dive site as "Tempelhof". This "new artificial reef" is between 18 m and 24 m depth and distributed at intervals of about 30 m to each other. Storms and rough seas in the off season as well as trawling, unfortunately damaged the wrecks so that today only some parts remain under water. Some divers noted jokingly that "Tempelhof looks like the aftermath of a plane crash, but there is still an exciting view of the airplanes and helicopters, with many remains of marine organisms settled in to inspect. This dive site is primarily dived to the tidal shutdowns to ensure optimum visibility and slow current conditions. Dive Site
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Thin Lizzy (Thin Lizzy) (Phuket)
![]() In an average of 14 m water depth the remains of the excavator are scattered on the sandy seabed. The highlight is the impressively large paddle wheel. This dive site is very popular with divers, as there seems to gather almost the whole kaleidoscope of marine biodiversity of the Andaman Sea. It’s regular to see several large stingrays (Kuhl’s stingrays), schooling barracudas, bat fishes and cuttlefish and numerous species of puffer fish and moray eels. A striking feature of the Thin Lizzy wreck is the population of large lion fish which approach divers and very often quite tame. The legendary big brown giant moray named Olga always is around at Thin Lizzy! Just north of the wreck in 2010 an artificial reef was created in the form of newly dumped cement blocks, which extend up to within four feet below the water surface. Also there are many schools of fish to be observed. The Thin Lizzy and the cement blocks are also a very popular dive site for dedicated macro photographers. Various shrimp and nudibranch species, snails, pipe fishes and various anemone crabs can be found.
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Aqua Divers (อควา ไดเวอร์) (Naithon)
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 23/26 Moo 3, Naithon Beach, Sakhu, Thalang, Phuket 83110
Tel.: 076-205440 or 085-4721506 - Fax.: 076-205049
King Cruiser Wreck (King Cruiser Wreck) (Krabi)
![]() Information taken from www.kolantadivingcenter.com Bay
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Ao Maya (อ่าวมาหยา) (Krabi)
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