Southwest Pinnacle

Max/Average Depth: 33/20m         Visibility:  10-20m       Skill: Advanced

Features: A selection of pinnacles with varying sizes and heights and an assortment

of corals including giant fan corals, barrel sponge, round mushroom coral and cushion stars.

Marine Life: A wide variety of species including giant groupers, scorpionfish, great

barracuda as well as occasional whale and whale shark spottings.

Another of Koh Tao’s deeper dive sites. Southwest Pinnacle offers divers large schools

of barracuda, marauding giant groupers as well as frequent whale shark sightings. Visibility

varies greatly depending on the season but is among the islands best when its clear.

Bigger fish are found at 30m+                                    A school of small yellow-tail barracuda