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Dive #173 · Saturday, 23 November 2013

Turtle Rock

Similan Islands, Phang Nga The Similan Islands

boat As ticked in the paper log: Salt Water

Max depth
16.7 m
Avg depth
10.3 m
Bottom time
46 min

Kit

Gas
Nitrox 32
Mode
Open circuit

Where

Turtle Rock

sea

The north-west corner of Similan 8, where coral on rock gives way to reef patches and a sand floor at twenty-five metres.

The only dive here

On the map

Turtle Rock

No route marked

Boulders 8–20 mBoulders and coral along the reef 10 mSand bottom 25 m↓10 m↓20 m↓25 mRocks breaking the surface↓0 mBoulder↓8 mBoulders↓16 mBoulder↓20 mN50 m
  • Pinnacle / rock
  • Shoreline
  • Depth contour
  • Sand
  • Other area
  • Depth

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Nice dive with some swell. Saw an octopus, and later another one swimming free, a turtle and a giant moray. Cool.

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