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By admin, July 31, 2006 4:24 pm

The islands are uninhabited and now a little over Bangkok, the visibility tends to be slightly better than in the Near Islands. All the islands very large quantities of Jacks, Trevellys, Barracuda, rabbit, angelfish, Butterflyfish, fish, as Gobi and the thousands of Damselfish near the islands and some reefs giant rays, some up to 2 meters wide. A variety of sharks can also be found on these sites.

Koh Rin:

Koh Rin has three main diving areas, that can easily support more than one dive. Hin Ton Mai also known as South Rock is a popular dive site as the life of the fish is varied, with plenty of moray eels and barracuda. There are plenty of hard and soft corals, whip coral and invertebrate life very good, as nudibranchs, brittle stars and feather stars. Coral Life This site is very good up to 16 meters. Khao Hin also known as North Rock is life to coral South Rock and has lots of rocky outcrops that are homes of many sharks and eels. This is an excellent place to look around more unusual nudibranchs, needles sea, Razorfish and others like to hide. The site has a good dive to around 14 meters. Koh Rin bay. This site is, unlike the two rocks mentioned above, part of the island of Koh Rhine Although this site is only reduced to a maximum depth of 12 meters is well protected from currents and hence a dive nice relaxing compared to the Southern and Northern Rock.

Koh Man Wichai:

Koh Man Wichai has two excellent diving areas, the first being 'The Wall' can not be completed in one dive. The wall is a coral wall 7 meters high, which descends from 9 to 23 meters and is an immersion itself. The area around the wall itself is an excellent dive site, you can start the immersion of the bay and out along the line of soft corals at 18 meters, finishing half of their allotted time and return to the boat along the line of hard coral at 12 feet, two rooms in a dive! Since each environment is different with larger fish among the soft corals this is for me the best dive was around the islands of Pattaya. The dive site Koh Man Wichai other is called "de fingers, toes are a set number of rocks that extends from land to sea at a depth of 12 meters, the hard coral and fish life is very good and there are five fingers (but not the thumb!) is like diving into a big hand.

Koh Hu Chang:

Koh Hu Chang is an island very small, but very shallow around 10 meters has some very good coral and fish life abundant small. Koh Hu Chang probably has more anemones sea that is Koh Rin or Koh Wichai man and is well protected from the wind is a nice relaxing dive site.

Koh Klung Bedan:

Koh Klung Bedan is another dive spot which is also pretty small, shallow coral Maximum depth 12 meters. This dive site has had very staghorn Table corals and coral Boulder with many Christmas tree worms.

Koh Phai:

Koh Phai or Bamboo Island is controlled by the Royal Thai Navy, which restricts the use of beaches, but the small bay south of the island is ideal for beginners.

If you are interested in more information or the desire to dive in Pattaya please contact me at Adventure Divers in Pattaya, or visit our website at target = "_blank"> www.pattayadivers.com

About the Author:

Robert Camp, an Earthman, born in France, citizen of the world, now living in Thailand is the owner and operator of Adventure Divers

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