Monday, September 20, 2010

Diving Thailand - Koh Samui

Koh Samui is the largest island of Thailand on the third. It 's still with coconut palms, jungle and jagged rocks of granite sloping to the turquoise waters of the Gulf of Siam covered. Samui measures 21 km in length and is 25 km wide.

Today, Koh Samui is a popular destination for divers who search the market for a Western-up infrastructure in the Gulf of range than what is available on Koh Tao, the most important in this area dive.

5Star Resorts and luxury chalet is located in all parts of the island. Four hospitals are available as well as an international golf course, spa treatments many traditional Thai massage, a quick recovery and treatment with hot stones. Many restaurants use high international chefs and the variety of delicious international cuisine is undoubtedly enormous. All the major fast-food chains are also found.

Diving on Koh Samui is very diverse, especially diving and boatalmost all year. The ride to dive sites is different from 45 minutes (speed of the sailboat Rock) and 3.5 hours (slow moving boats / tourboat) means, depending on destination and type of boat speed or tourboat.

depth range from shallow reefs between 10-18m deep pinnacles up to 40m. But most of the dives are not conducted deeper than 30 meters, depending on the experience diver.

Most scuba diving are two or three, or moreday trips and less travel through the target.

Without doubt one of the most famous dive sites in Koh Samui archipelago

Sail Rock is located 45 km north of Samui Island, halfway between Koh Phangan and Koh Tao. Pinnacle This rock is like an ice cream shaped mountain is from 40m to 15 m above the ocean surface. Sail Rock has great schools of pelagic steep walls, the formation of rock covered with coral and a large "chimney", is on a swimthroughits northwest side. The fire started at 18 meters to 6 meters and exits, where the natural light makes the beginning of the picturesque. is surrounded on its exit from the top is magnificent carpets of colorful anemones anemone fish completely vibrant. At 12m you will find a hole that opens up the ground. - "Window" is another way to open water in the chimney to leave.

In addition to large schools of fish you see here all year are likelyLocation whale sharks or manta rays to send its power during the season.

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