Snorkeling & Diving in Koh Chang

The best diving season is between Octoberstandards of the sister centre in Koh Samet, this is
November and April. The best sites are on the westthe premier diving operator in Eastern Thailand. The
and southern tip of the island, between Koh ChangDolphin Divers at the Amari Emerald Cove Resort
and Koh Kood. There you can see soft corals,offers free trial in the resort's swimming pool. For
anemones, myriad reef fish, and sometimes eel. Hinthose who prefer fun dives without a long boat trip
Luk Bat and Hin Lap both have coral seamounts.Dolphin Divers operate speedboats from the resort's
Further south, white-tip reef sharks can be foundbeach to the nearest dive sites in only 15 minutes.
near Hin Phrai Nam.Others include the Koh Chang Dive Centre on Kai Bae
In addition, there are two wreck dive sites. The KohBeach, Paradise Scuba Divers at the Klong Prao
Chang Wreck is a Thai warship sunk by the FrenchResort and Koh Chang Divers on Had Sai Khao
navy in 1941. The wreck is only 15 metres deep in(White Sand Beach).
the Salakphet Bay on the southern tip of the island.The Dive Adventure Koh Chang has claimed to be
The other wreck is the Pak One Wreck which sankthe only PADI 5 Star IDC center in Koh Chang with
after hitting a coral reef in August 1996 on its wayits multilingual instructors and divemasters. It is
to Vietnam. It resurfaced almost 8 years later. Theadvantageously located at Bang Bao fishing village
900-ton sunken tanker posed a danger to ships onwith its own resort.
international waters. The Royal Thai Navy drained offA few dive centres operate out of Koh Mak. Boat
its 600 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas and resanktrips to various dive sites range from 1,800 to 3.000
it between Koh Chang and Koh Samet. It now liesBaht depending on distances, and typically include two
horizontally in 35-meter deep waters.dives, full equipment, transportation, food, drinks and
There are a few diving centres on Koh Chang sucha divemaster.
as the Ploy Scuba Diving in Bang Bao. Following the