Chumphon Pinnacle
La profondeur indique la plage entre le sommet du site et son maximum habituel ; le « niveau de certification recommandé » correspond au niveau généralement demandé par les opérateurs selon les agences grand public, et non à une règle légale. Les courants et la visibilité varient chaque jour — considérez toutes ces informations comme des estimations de planification.
Chumphon is Koh Tao's serious dive, the one instructors save for the last day of an Advanced course. A granite tower rises from the gulf floor to 14 m, its entire crown carpeted in magnificent sea anemones that ripple like a single organism, pink skunk clownfish seething across it. Around and above, the water column belongs to schools: big-eye trevally in torrents, chevron barracuda in drifting palisades, queenfish flashing through. Whale sharks appear regularly enough in season that half the island drops everything when the call goes out. The resident bull sharks that once patrolled here faded from sightings in the mid-2010s; the pinnacle never needed them to fill a logbook page.
Le moment pour lequel vous venez: Anemone-carpeted summit, torrents of trevally and barracuda, the island's best whale-shark odds
Topographie: Granite pinnacle crowned in anemones, satellite rocks on sand at 36 m
Courant: Open-gulf site with honest current some days; descents and ascents use the lines.
Entrée: About 30-45 minutes northwest of the island; buoy lines run to the pinnacle top at around 14 m.
À savoir avant de plonger
Dangers: Depth for newer divers, current on exchange days, and crowds on the lines at peak hours.
Conservation: Multiple schools converge here daily; line courtesy and controlled ascents keep the column safe for everyone.
Nitrox: Intéressant ici — les profils se situent dans la plage où le nitrox prolonge significativement le temps sans palier (avec la formation pour l'utiliser).
Qui vous croiserez
Clownfish & Anemonefish
Giant Trevally
Great Barracuda
Porcupinefish
Whale Shark
Pour les photographes
Grand angle: ★★★★★ · Macro: ★★☆☆☆ — note 1–5 des éditeurs sur ce que ce site offre à chaque style de prise de vue