Scuba diving is considered as a tradition in Ao Nang, just in front of it the Railey and Nopparatthara beach has 15 smaller and bigger island which you can reach there within 30 to 45 minutes by longtailed boat but only 6 to 7 of them are used for diving, this includes Koh Yawasam, Koh Yawabon, Koh Doh, Koh Si, Koh Ha, Koh Mae Urai and Poda island.
Come come let's go to the sea again. Heading to Koh Yawasam and Koh Yawabon my dive destination and im gonna do my 3 practical dives here ><
Can you see that. That is the islands that I'm talking about.
A closer look. *actually its just a piece of huge rock with grass on it, right?*
Hey, the name of this island is called Chicken Island.
My goodness who the hell on earth name it in such,
I thought i heard something wrongly at the very first place
Yohoo~ here i go again. I'm under the water once again.
The Yellowback Fusilier
The busybody Clark's Anemonefish who pose himself in front of the camera.
The well-known nemo a.k.a Eastern Clown Fish
A closer shot
The Pacific Lion Fish
*do not mess with them, they are dangerous fish*.
they are super lazy ones you don't get to see them swim around
A coral rock cod.
p/s: sorry for the bad quality as the water wasn't clear as well
Redtailed Butterflyfish
Powder Blue Surgeonfish a.k.a Dorry
Tiggertail Seahorse
Brown Bamboo Shark
Varicose Wart Slug
Barrel Sponge
Fine Table coral
This is one of the cliff that I dive along.
A last photo with someone new that I met. The Fong family from Hong Kong. ^^
p/s: a summary to the whole dive experience.
The dive experience and expectation is below my imagination. I thought I can see something nice under the water but who knows I've miss count the season in Ao Nang so thats why things are out of my expectations. If you ask me whether the islands are worth to go or not. My answer will be ''you can drop by for a visit but for diving no, save your money for a better spot will make you more satisfy later". In order not to get lost in the sea I've got to stick very close to my instructor during the whole diving session, I remember well that I did lost my buoyancy twice, do not have time to give my instructor any signal and up up up I ascended to the surface. You might be panic if you're out on the surface while the rest of people are still in the water. Don't be afraid we're trained to be calm no matter what happen. Do not go down to look for them cause you do not know how far they've gone to, you'll even get lost in a more serious situation so just stay where you are they will ascend to the surface to see where you'll be.