Koh Similan Island-Thailand, Wonderful Nature Vacation
Koh Similan Island is by far the most beautiful group of dive sites in Thailand and one of the best areas for diving in the entire world. The Similan Islands, located about one hundred kilometers northwest of Phuket, are composed of nine granite islands covered in tropical jungle, washed by a clear blue tropical ocean and blessed with some of the world’s finest beaches.
Similan comes from Malay fisherman who named it “The Nine Islands”. The East Coast with its powdery beaches features hard coral gardens which slope dramatically from the surface down to approximately 30-40 meters, where sand takes over as the water depth increases. In several sites, large coral bommies rise from the bottom and are covered with soft corals, sea fans, and an enormous amount of critters and unusual fish.
The West Coast, just a short boat ride away, can offer faster paced, more exhilarating diving as currents swirl around the huge granite boulders-some larger than the largest of houses. These smooth, rounded boulders make dramatic formations, holes, and overhangs (“swim-throughs”) underwater where divers can enjoy swimming with the current through the openings.
If you enjoy watching and photographing small fish, the Similans are hard to beat for the sheer numbers and varieties of tropicals especially lionfish and anemone fish. Large fish, however, are a different story and the Similans are not well known for consistent big fish action-stories about which fill all the popular diving magazines.
The point is, like all diving areas, enjoy the Similans for what they are famous for; wild, unspoiled beaches, magnificent coral growth, prolific fish life, crystalline blue water and sensational underwater rock formations. High season in the Similan Island is from October until May, but diving is possible all year-round. The Similan Islands are unique for another reason as well.
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