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3 Scuba Diving Fun Dives | Koh Chang by Thai Ocean Academy Koh Chang

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Koh Chang

Thai Ocean Academy Koh Chang

3 dives (8 hours)

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3 scuba dives at Koh Chang’s local dive sites such as HTMS Chang, Blueberry Hill, Hin Luk Bat, Hin Raap South, Hin Rua Teak, T11 Wreck, and Secret Reef.
Koh Chang's local dive sites are full of beautiful hard and soft corals in various shapes. You'll also find lots of marine life, like whale sharks, blacktip reef sharks, stingrays, blue-spotted rays, moray eels, and more.
All inclusive: Dive guide, dive equipment, buffet lunch, snacks, fruit, water and soft drinks, free underwater photographs, free taxi service for all Koh Chang hotels

This Koh Chang diving trip lets you explore local dive sites of your choice. Koh Chang is famous for its stunning coral reefs, featuring various types such as Carter corals, Disc corals, Staghorn corals, Galaxy corals, Double star corals, Bubblegum corals, and Whip corals. Wreck diving is also a highlight, especially at HTMS Chang, the largest vessel in Thailand. If you have any specific dive sites you're interested in, please let us know, and we'll try to accommodate your request. However, the final decision on dive sites depends on weather and underwater conditions.

Local Dive Sites for Koh Chang Diving

1. HTMS Chang, formerly known as the USS Lincoln County, was a WWII landing craft carrier that was sunk in November 2012 to form the largest recreational shipwreck in Thailand

Marine Animals at HTMS Chang: Whale Sharks are regularly spotted at this dive site. Others are batfish, filefish, scorpionfish, marbled groupers, trevally, fusiliers, snapper, large yellow-tail barracudas, giant trevally and more.

2. Blueberry Hill is an entirely submerged pinnacle site with winding canyons home to a resident sweetlips and full of coral. Once out of the canyons there is a vast coral field rich in life, keep an eye out here for turtles and even small octopus.

Marine Animals at Blueberry Hill Dive Site: Turtles, Octopus, Yellow tail barracuda, School of yellow fusiliers, Dancing shrimp, Trumpet Fish, Soldier Fish, Carter Corals, Disc Corals, Staghorn corals, Galaxy corals, Double star corals, Bubblegum corals and Whip corals.

3. Hin Luk Bat/ Cube Rock is highly regarded as the best dive site the island has to offer and our personal favorite reef due its topography, swim-thrus and vast array of corals. The site is a pinnacle that is surrounded by giant boulders, covered with many varieties of hard, soft corals and the biggest anemone field Koh Chang has to offer!

Marine Animals at Hin Luk Bat Dive Site: Eagle ray, Yellow box fish, Bent stick pipefish, Nudibranch, Schools of barracudas and trevally

4. Hin Raap South is a rocky, coral rich dive site with an abundance of hard and soft corals, including fields of leather coral and whip coral gardens.

Marine Animals at Hin Raap South Dive Site: Blue spotted rays, Marbled sea cucumbers, White-eyed moray eels, Hawksbill turtles, Glass cleaner shrimp, Filefish, Marbled grouper, Trigger fish, Scorpion fish, Magnificent anemones, Barrel sponges, Blue stag-horn corals, Leather coral, Whip coral

5. Hin Rua Teak is a triangle shaped rock. The site has a stunning wall on the west, home to a few small caves, many fan corals and a vibrant, vast reef to the east. This is one site that due to being dived less frequently has a higher chance of black tip reef sharks!

Marine Animals at Hin Rua Teak Dive Site: Black tip reef sharks, Nudibranch, Shrimp, Beautiful array of corals

6. T11 Wreck is a 30m coastal patrol gun ship. It was sunk off Koh Chang on 17 December 2013, lying in 16 meters of water. The wreck is no longer in one complete piece, as it has been blown apart and broken in half, now resting slightly to one side with the crow’s nest standing on the sandy bottom.

Marine Animals at T11 Wreck Dive Site: Schools of trevally, Tusk fish, Yellow tail barracuda, Snapper, Anemonefish

7. Secret Reef is a rock formation with a maximum depth of 12 meters, and a buoy line leads down to a depth between 5 to 6 meters at the center. This site has the most varied collection of soft corals of any dive sites in the area!

Marine Animals at Secret Reef Dive Site: Barracudas, Moray eels, Blue-spotted stingrays, Angelfish, Groupers, Anemone fish, Parrotfish.

Koh Chang Diving Information

Best season: October - April

Water temperature: 27 - 30 Celsius

Depth: 15 - 30 meters

Difficulty: Suitable for beginners and above

Current: Mild to moderate

Visibility: 5 - 25 meters

What is included in this Koh Chang Diving trip

Dive Guide
Dive equipment - newest and highest quality equipment incl XDeep Wings, OMS jet fins and Shearwater Peregrine computers
Buffet lunch
Snacks, fruit, water and soft drinks
Free taxi service for all Koh Chang hotels

What divers should bring for this Koh Chang Diving trip

Sunscreen (please use reef safe sunscreen)
Sunglasses
Swimsuit
Towel
Dry clothes
Sandals

Why choose THAI OCEAN ACADEMY KOH CHANG

✔️Premium equipment

✔️Comfy and spacious dive boat

✔️RAID and SSI dive center

✔️All courses

✔️Divemaster Internship

After working in the industry for multiple years, learning about the different diving styles, dive sites in the area and honing their skills not only in Thailand but worldwide, three men that initially met on Koh Chang decided it was time to start their own dive shop. Thai Ocean Academy Koh Chang was born in the midst of the pandemic, but the vision for its owners was clear: provide outstanding service as well as equipment and go above and beyond what’s required by the standards.

We also work closely with ATMEC, Environmental Justice Foundation and Love Wildlife, which are Thai NGOs that are working on monitoring and clearing marine debris from the ocean. Together we educate on reef ecology and how to survey reefs to monitor their health status.

Key Information

No. of dives

3 dives (8 hours)

Dive types

Open Water Diving, Wreck Diving

Languages

Thai, English

Dive sites (possible)

HTMS Chang, Blueberry Hill, Hin Luk Bat, Hin Raap South, Hin Rua Teak, T11 Wreck, and Secret Reef

Itinerary

Requirements

Minimum certification: Open Water Diver
Complete medical form checklist and medically fit to dive
No flying for at least 24 hrs after scuba diving

Included

Full diving equipment

Open water dives

Professional instructor / guide

Lunch

Surface interval refreshments

Hotel pick-up and return

Free underwater photographs

Not Included

Possible marine life (15)

Whale shark

Blacktip reef shark

Eagle ray

Anemone fish

Box fish

Seahorse

Nudibranch

Octopus

Shrimp

Soft Coral

Hard Coral

Turtle

Butterflyfish

Napoleon fish

Parrot fish

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Dive center location

Thai Ocean Academy Koh Chang, Koh Chang, Trat, Thailand

How to get there

We have a free hotel pick up and drop-off service for all hotels in Koh Chang. Please enquire and inform us your accommodation location in advance.

Airport: Fly from Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Airport) to Trat Airport by Bangkok Airways. There are 4 flights you can take daily departing at 08:30, 11:40, 14:40 and 17:05 The flight takes exactly 1 hour. Then, you can take a minibus or taxi to ferry terminals, which is 30 minutes away.
Ferry: There are 2 ferry terminals on the mainland at Laem Ngop (1) Ao Thammachat pier and (2) Centerpoint pier
Bus: (1) Take the 999 Bus from Ekamai bus terminal in Bangkok. The bus departs at 07:45 and 09:00 everyday. The journey takes between 5 - 6 hours. The cost is around 260 Baht for one way. Or (2) Take a shared minibus departing from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport. Go to Entrance 8 on the Ground Floor on the main terminal building. There you will find the Suvarnabhumi Burupha Bus counter.

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