Widely considered one of Thailand's premier dive site,
Chumphon Pinnacle is also one of the islands most challenging, with occasionally strong currents. Ranging from depths of 14m to 36m, the site is a group of massive rocks arranged in a rough oval and running north to south. Visibility is superb in season, and the site plays host to a wide variety of pelagic as well as reef fish. Great barracuda, king mackerel, grouper, and tuna throng to Chumphon year round. Also see huge schools of batfish, trevally, fusileers. This site is also great for seeing some of the smaller stuff such as banded shrimp, boxfish, and white eyed moray eels. As you go shallower there are huge fields of anemones which will blow your mind. Whale shark sightings are common here as well as keep you eyes open in the shallow water for the occasional groups of beluga whales. As the site is a fair distance offshore, visitors from the open ocean are unpredictable and sailfish, oceanic white tip sharks and bull sharks have been spotted.