Chumphon Pinnacle, one of the most popular near Koh Tao island
Chumphon Pinnacle is another completely submerge pinnacle. It has one main pinnacle and several smaller ones around like the one named Barracuda Rock. It is popular with divers from Koh Tao as it is closer than other great dive site like Sail Rock. Just like the later, Chumphon Pinnacle is home to many fish with big schools of Chevron Barracuda or Big-eyed Trevallies.
Chumphon Pinnacle is part of our Golden Triangle Trips which brings you to the 3 best dive sites in the area. It is also one of the dive sites where the whale sharks can be spotted.
Name
Chumphon Pinnacle
Depth Range
12 to 35 meters
Bottom Composition
Main pinnacle, walls, smaller pinnacles, boulders, sandy bottom around the major rocky pinnacles.
Currents
None to Strong
Common Marine Life
Malabar Grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus), Coral Grouper (Plectropomus leopardus), Yellowtail Barracuda (Sphyraena flavicauda), Bluebarred Parrotfish (Scarus ghobban), Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion), Long-spined Sea Urchin (Diadema setosum), Moon Wrasse (Thalassoma lunare), Longfin Bannerfish (Heniochus acuminatus), Blackfin or Chevron Barracuda (Sphyraena qenie), Pinnate Batfish (Platax pinnatus), Bigeye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus), Dash-and-dot Goatfish (Parupeneus barberinus), Copperband Butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus), Yellowspotted Trevally (Carangoides fulvoguttatus), Scissor-tailed Fusilier (Caesio caerulaurea)
Uncommon Marine Life
Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda), Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson), Indo-Pacific King Mackerel (Scomberomorus guttatus), Harlequin Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides), Yellow Boxfish (Ostracion cubicus), Giant Moray (Gymnothorax javanicus), Honeycomb Moray (Gymnothorax favagineus)
Coral, Anemonnes and Sponges
Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis), Brain Coral (Platygyra lamellina), Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia muta), Whip Coral (Leptogorgia virgulata), Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica), Bubble Tip Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor)
Special features
Nice walls are present around the main pinnacle.
There is a swim through on the west side of the dive site
