Similan Dive Sites - Snapper Alley

Located at the SouthEastern end of Similan #9
was used primarily for a training ground as it had large sandy patches with nice coral heads scattered around, but not so much that it would harm a diver or a diver could harm the coral.

It featured lots of nice bommies and several really nice table corals. So many students were introduced to diving here.

As both DM's and instructors we loved this site. Very easy to teach, but also had plenty of things to hold everyone's interest. It was also one of the best places to teach a student and have their family/friends snorkeling at the same time.

While most of the Similan dive sites were unaffected by the tsunami (too far off shore) this is the site that got hit the worst. As it was in a narrow channel and laid out directly in the path of the wave, it meant that the all the flow of onrushing water came right in and overturned a lot of the corals and swept a lot of the sand away.

IT will still take some time to recover, but as you can see from the surface it's still a very scenic place to visit.
The upper picture is from the rocks above Snapper alley, looking over the site towards Donald Duck Bay.

The lower picture is looking west towards the liveaboard mooring bay that has hundreds of different names.

And yes, the water is that blue. Again - it's why we live here.



Most of our training dives are now done in either Donald Duck Bay or Honeymoon Bay


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