Chumphon Pinnacle

A stunning pinnacle teeming with vibrant marine life and anemones.

Boat Access
20m Avg Depth
30m Max Depth

About this dive site

This dive site is incredibly popular, renowned for its stunning natural beauty and abundant marine life. It’s essentially a massive, elongated pinnacle structure dominating the underwater landscape. A significant fissure runs along its southern face, allowing passage through to a swim-through at the base of a central buoyline. The top of the pinnacle is covered in magnificent anemones, teeming with vibrant pink anemonefish. Numerous fissures and cracks provide shelter for crabs, shrimp, scorpionfish, and white-eyed moray eels. At the far southern end, a solitary Pacific lionfish can be found. Larger marbled groupers inhabit the deeper sections. As you descend along the pinnacle’s side, it resembles a wall dive – an intricate network of holes and crevices offering glimpses into a fascinating underwater world. You'll encounter tube and whip corals, alongside a dazzling array of colorful fish such as blue-green damsels, weibel butterflyfish, bannerfish, and blue-ringed angelfish dancing before your eyes. The dive concludes at approximately 30 meters.

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Site Ratings

Big Marine Life Good
Macro Marine Life Very Good
Landscape Quality Excellent
Water Visibility Very Good Viz
Famousness Famous

Plan Your Visit

coral reefwall divesharkswim-throughmacro photographywide angleadvanced only

Marine Life

pink anemonefishcrabshrimpscorpionfishwhite-eyed moray eelPacific lionfishmarbled grouperblue-green damselweibel butterflyfishbannerfishblue-ringed angelfishtube coralwhip coral

Things to Note

Difficulty:

Advanced

The maximum depth of 30 meters requires an advanced certification.

Hazards:
currentdepthmarine lifeboat traffic
Current Strength:

Variable

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