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Diving Elephant Head Rock, Similan Islands, Thailand

Underwater video of the dive site Elephant Head Rock in the Similan Islands, Thailand.
Edited with footage from 3 dives in 2009.
Shot with Canon HV30 in Ikelite housing and Fathom wide angle lens.

Filmed and produced by Rems Production

Elephant Head Rock, Similan islands, Thailand, Manta Queen 7

Music: Junoon - Pappu Yaar

Liveaboard Similan Islands 2019 - Koh Bon & Elephant Head Rock (Day 1)

Elephant Head Rock, Koh Bon
February 2019

4 Days Liveaboard:
Koh Similan - Koh Bon - Koh Tachai - Richelieu Rock - Surin - Local Wrecks

Similan Island Elephant Head Rock Mermaid

Similan Island Elephant Head Rock

Similan Islands Thailand

Just 84 km northwest of the deckchairs and the bustling crowds of Phuket's Patong Beach lies a gateway to another world. Koh Similan is one of the best-known island groups in the Andaman Sea, largely because of the wonders that wait beneath the clear blue waters that surround it.

Generally counted among the 10 most interesting dive areas in the world, this little archipelago has also become a favourite destination for yachts and tour boats. Please note that the Similans can only be visited from November to April.

Similan is derived from the Malay sembilan, and means nine. Each of the Similan Islands has a number as well as a name. These are, running from north to south: Koh Ba Ngu (No. 9), Similan (No. 8), Payu (No. 7), Miang (No. 4, No. 5 and, in some opinion, No. 6), Payan (No. 3), Payang (No. 2), and Hu Yong (No. 1). Hin Pousar, or Elephant Head Rock, is alternatively designated No. 6 by some. Koh Bon, lying 17 nautical miles north of Ba Ngu, is part of the Similan National Park and may be granted honorary status as No. 10.

Shark at Elephant Head Rock

Part 4 ... Scuba diving the Similan & Surin Islands, Thailand with Catherine Annis & Robert Annis

Scuba diving in and around the Similan and Surin Islands, Thailand

Surin Islands

The Surin Islands is an archipelago of five islands of the Andaman Sea, located 55 km from the Thai mainland. Administratively, the islands are part of Tambon Ko Phra Thong, Amphoe Khura Buri, in the Phang Nga Province of Thailand.

The Mu Ko Surin National Park covers the area of the islands and their surrounding waters. The park is home to one of the most famous dive sites in the world, Richelieu Rock, famous for its incomparable variety and abundance of marine life. Whale shark sightings are not uncommon here. In addition the islands feature pristine reefs, making it home to some of the best snorkeling in Thailand.

Similan Islands

The Similan national park is famous for its dive sites. It has typically two different kinds of diving. East side diving consists of gently sloping coral reefs with sandy patches and the occasional boulder in between. The west side is known for its huge underwater granite boulders with numerous swim-throughs. Maybe the most famous east side dive site is East of Eden, off Island number 7. Elephant head rock is arguably the most famous west side dive site with a maze of swim-throughs and the reputation for spin-cycle like currents running in every direction.

Elephant head rock was named by Horst Hinrichs from Germany in the mid 70s, founder of one of the oldest dive shops in Phuket, Santana Diving.

Other popular dive sites include North Point, Deep Six, Boulder City and the awesome pinnacles off Koh Bon and Koh Tachai.

Great footage of leopard sharks, cuttle fish, moray eel, lion fish, stone fish,
leopard moray eel, spotted moray eel and so much more.

Part 2 - Scuba diving the Similan & Surin Islands, Thailand with Catherine Annis & Robert Annis

Instructors's Edition - Liveaboard, Ko Similan, Thailand 2019 - Louis Kim dives

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Similan Islands, East of Eden,Thailand

Full HD video shot at East of Eden dive site at the Similan Islands, Thailand
Shot with Sony HX9v and Ikelite housing with Pro-2800 video light

Koh Similan - Most Beautiful Koh Similan

Koh Similan - Most Beautiful Koh Similan

Similan is a Yawi or Malay word, which means nine or a group of nine islands. Similan is a small group of islands comprising nine islands stretching from north to south, respectively, namely: Koh Bon, Koh Bayu, Koh Similan, Koh Payu, Koh Miang (two adjoining islands), Koh Payan, Koh Payang, and Koh Huyong. Occupying an area of 32,000 acres, it was declared as a national park on September 1, 1982 and the park office is located on Koh Miang. Similan is highly praised for its beautiful scenery, both onshore and underwater. It is situated 70 kilometers from Phang-nga town. Best time to visit is between November and April.
Interesting attractions in the National Park include:
Koh Similan or Koh Paet is the largest island of this group. It has a distinctive horseshoe-shaped bay and the average depth of the water is 60 feet. Underwater is full of rock formations and coral reefs in several shapes and forms such as deer, leaf, brain, and mushroom. The latter one is the most unspoiled coral found in the country. Its white sand beach is beautifully soft and very stunning. Diving around here is the must as it allows you to touch the real underwater world that full of fish and corals. To the north, lies a striking large rock formation with astonishing shapes such as boot and Donald Ducks head. The upper part of the beach is an ideal lookout point with a rock of a sailing boat shape.
Koh Ba-ngu is the ninth island of the Similan group. Its strange shape can be looked in different ways including a skull. Underwater scene is as beautiful as a coral reefs valley with deep gorges and various sizes of fish.
Koh Huyong, the island offers the whitest and longest beach of all the nine islands. During turtles' egg laying season, from November to February, there would be tracks on the beach made by turtles come onshore to lay eggs, resembling centipede tracks.
Koh Miang is the second largest island among the group. It is where the office of the National Park is located. The island offers a scenic beach suitable for camping.
Diving Spots: There are several diving spots suited both snorkeling and scuba diving. The famous scuba diving spots including rock formations that lie to the west of Koh Tachai where whale sharks can be seen, Koh Bon, Christmas Point rock formation, Fantasy rock formation, and Ao Kwang En (to the east of Koh Paet), etc.
Snorkeling spots are scattered around these islands. The suggesting spots are sailing boat rock, Ao Kwang En, and behind Miang Island.

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The islands were created by upwellings of hot magma during the Tertiary-Cretaceous period some 65 million years ago, then smoothed by glacial ice and the erosion by the sea. The coral reefs are about 5,000 years old and hence the oldest in Thailand. In 1982, the national park was established and now it is scheduled to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The 2004 tsunami left the islands and the underwater landscape almost unharmed, since the waters are very deep around the islands.
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Diva Andaman Liveaboard Similan Richelieu Rock Thailand

3 dives at Richelieu Rock which is one of the Islands in Surin national park.
On this site it is possible to spot Manta Ray's but unfortunatly not at one of these dives.
This dive site inhabits enormous ammounts of soft and hardcorals as well as ananomees. Fish is also abundantly available. Definetly one of the best dive sites of Thailand. Video, pictures and compilation done by Danny Pols.

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