Dennis Bakhuis

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Dive #180 · Monday, 25 November 2013

Deep Six

Similan Islands, Phang Nga The Similan Islands

boat As ticked in the paper log: Salt Water; Nitrox; Fun

Max depth
28.2 m
Avg depth
15.6 m
Bottom time
41 min

Kit

Gas
Nitrox 32
Mode
Open circuit

Where

Deep Six

sea

Boulders and pinnacles off the north tip of Similan 7, soft-coral covered, and one of the best of the granite sites.

The only dive here

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On the map

Deep Six

No route marked

Boulder ridge 5–26 mBoulders 20–26 m↓10 m↓10 m↓20 m↓20 m↓30 mBoulder↓22 mBoulder↓24 mBoulder↓26 mBoulder↓12 mBoulder↓8 mRock breaking the surface↓0 mBoulder↓5 mBoulder↓20 mSwim-throughs 12–22 m↓17 mCurrent round the tipN50 m
  • Hazard
  • Point of interest
  • Pinnacle / rock
  • Shoreline
  • Depth contour
  • Other area
  • Depth

Map © divelog-sites contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf

The boat did not drop us off ideally for the interesting spot. Once there it was fairly busy. Because it was the point there was some current when rounding it, and I lost Kim as a result. Not nice, but instructive.

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