Thailand – Pattaya & Koh Chang
The eastern shore of the Gulf of Thailand is the closest diving to Bangkok. Off Pattaya the Thai Navy has scuttled several retired WWII-era landing ships as artificial reefs (Khram, Kut, Mataphon), and the near and far islands offer shallow coral slopes that are used heavily for training. Further south, the Samae San islands near Sattahip add the WWII freighter Hardeep and clearer, current-swept sites inside a navy-administered area. Some 250 km to the south-east, the Koh Chang archipelago in Trat province is part of Mu Ko Chang National Park: boats from Bang Bao, Koh Mak and Koh Kood dive the HTMS Chang wreck (sunk in 2012), the pinnacles south of Koh Chang and the reefs around Koh Rang. Visibility is modest compared with the Andaman Sea, but the water is warm and the wrecks are rich in fish life.
Tauchplätze
- Ao Karang
- Ao Kluai
- Ao Yai Koet
- Bang Bao Reef (Koh Kood)
- Blueberry Hill
- Hardeep Wreck
- Hin Ao Salad
- Hin Ao Yai
- Hin Chalam
- Hin Ga Daeng
- Hin Loy
- Hin Luk Bat
- Hin Raab South
- Hin Rua Taek
- Hin Sam Sao
- Hin Yai Pinnacle
- Hin Yedhi & Ao Tum
- HTMS Chang
- HTMS Khram
- HTMS Kut
- HTMS Mataphon
- Klong Hin Reef (Anemone Bay)
- Koh Chan
- Koh Chuang
- Koh Hu Chang (Elephant Ears Rock)
- Koh Khlum
- Koh Khrok
- Koh Klung Badan
- Koh Larn South (Laem Tong & South Point)
- Koh Maisi Lek & Soneva Reef
- Koh Man Wichai
- Koh Phai
- Koh Phe
- Koh Raet (Koh Kood)
- Koh Rin & Koh Rin Rocks
- Koh Ron (Koh Rong Khon & Koh Rong Nang)
- Koh Sak
- Koh Thian West
- Koh Tong Lang & Koh Kra
- Koh Wai
- Koh Yak & Koh Laun
- Petchburi Bremen Wreck
- Samaesan Hole
- Shark Fin Rock
- Sharkfin Deep Drop (Samaesan Cliff)
- T-Wrecks (T.94 & T.95)
- T11 Wreck
- Three Finger Reef
- Tui Reef