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21 August 2008   Admin

Beacon Point is known for its huge boulders dotted on a white sandy ocean floor creating swimthroughs, arches and caverns.

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Name divesite: Beacon Point
Depth: 5-40m (16-131ft) and deeper
Visibility: 10-60m (32-196ft) and more
Accessibility: Live-aboard, Speedboat
Time to visit: November - April
Specifications: Be prepared to handle the current, plan this dive well. The strong current makes this a perfect drift dive. This dive has a lot of marine life. This dive site is also perfect for snorkeling. This is a cave or large cavern dive, specialty not always required. This is a deep dive, plan it well.

The most southern tip of Beacon Reef and also of Koh Similan is a high current alternative dive site named Beacon Point. Depending on your starting point you will be diving among huge boulders on a white sandy bottom or something similar as Beacon Reef. Its underwater landscape has beautiful arches and swimthroughs, but also some extremely prolific and shallow coral formations. Being the southern most point of Koh Similan, you can often spot sharks, pelagic and several rays. Be careful not to drift around the corner and being missed by your boat crew.


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