Fantasy Reef, Island #8, Koh Similan
One of the most popular dive spots in the Similans, these underwater rock formations cover a huge area.
The friendliest fish in the Similans hang out here, including clown trigger fish, normally a difficult fish to approach.
Depths range from 15 meters down to past 40 metres, and this is one of the best dives for enjoying the grandness of huge boulders.
Beacon Reef (South), Island #8, Koh Similan
One of the favourite dives, probably because this is where you may see whale sharks, this reef features a steep drop-off with striking diversity of hard corals from 35 metres of depth almost all the way to the surface.
This dive probably has the largest variety of healthy hard corals in the Similans, probably exceeding 300 species.
Enjoy poking around the coral heads looking for nudibranchs and the nervous fire fish (Nemateleotris magnifica), one of the most beautiful fish in the tropical sea. One of the ugliest residents of this reef are the big eye fish that slowly cruise the reef flats. These fish have an amazing ability to change from a deep red colour to a contrasting vivid silver. It almost appears as if they are changing their colour to fit their mood.
Elephant Head, Island #8, Koh Similan:
Probably the most famous dive in the group, the site is named after an unusually shaped rock that juts out of the water just southwest of Koh Similan.
The three rocks that form Elephant Head also create a natural amphitheatre that feels like you are diving in a huge aquarium.
Yellow goat fish and snappers always hang around at the deepest level of the bowl, as well as several species of lionfish, coral trout, and the occasional hawks bill or ridleys turtle . The swim throughs at deeper depths are dazzling.
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