Underwater Photo Location: Koh Ma Reef, Koh Phangan

This dive site is really unique. The site is a reef surrounding a small island that is attached to Koh Phangan by a sandbar that you can walk over. The reef is easily accessable by the shore or boat. What I really loved the most is the coral has nearly no damage which is quite unusual at sites in Thailand. The coral is very diverse, staghorn, brain, boulder, whip, fan - the list is endless and all in prisitine condition.
One amazing feature of the site is an anenome garden approx 30m square - I have never seen one like this before - you amost get vertigo diving through as there is nothing solid in sight to focus on and it is very shallow at 2-4m deep.

There are big shoals of fusilier, trevally and yellow fin barracuda and occasional green back turtles, black tip reef sharks. Every dive I have done there I have also seen blue spotted sting rays.

There is a dive shop situated on koh Ma called Phangan Divers and the staff there are very friendly and helpful.
Facts about Koh Ma Reef, Koh Phangan

It is in Thailand
Koh Ma Reef, Koh Phangan is in the South China Sea.
The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.

by Gabriele Pastonchi
Flabellina Rubrolineata laying eggs

by Stefan Follows
Night Rider. Common Seahorse: Hippocampus taeniopterus. Kit and settings used were EM5-NAEM5-iso 800-1/250-f6-12-50mm @ 43mm-Inon D2000-Inon UCL165. Love using B&W to try and bring somthing new to a common subject.

by Stefan Follows
Branching Sea Cucumber - Pentacta sp. EM5-NAEM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f10-iso200-Inon D2000-Inon UCL165-2xH20 +5

by Stefan Follows
"But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose." Anne Bronte. Crown of Thorns - Ancanthaster planci. Mae Haad, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f6.3-iso100-Inon D2000-Inon UCL 165-H2O Tools+5x2

by Stefan Follows
"Ambition can creep as well as soar." Edmund Burke. Nudibranch - Cerberilla ambonensis. Mae Haad, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f8-iso100-Inon D2000-Inon UCL 165

by Stefan Follows
"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at." Bruce Lee. Feather Star - Crinoid sp. Mae Haad, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f2.8-iso200-Inon D2000

by Stefan Follows
Slim slow slider. Flatworm - Pseudobiceros sp. Mae Haad, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f8-iso200-Inon D2000

by Stefan Follows
Slow but Steady ... Nudibranch, Head Shield Slug - Philinopsis pilsbry. Mae Haad, Gulf of Thailand, EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f8-iso200-Inon D2000

by Stefan Follows
Spellbound ... ! Crown of Thorns - Ancanthaster planci. Koh Ma, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f2.8-iso100-Inon D2000-Inon UCL 165-H2o Tools+5x2

by Stefan Follows
The Sound of Music ... ;)Nudibranch - Costasiella usagi. Mae Haad, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f8-iso100-Inon D2000-Inon UCL 165-H2o Tools +5x2

by Stefan Follows
Psycho Killer. Pink Anemonefish - Amphiprion perideraion. Mae Haad, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f11-iso100-Inon D2000x2

by Stefan Follows
Half Way ... ! Sea Pen Shrimp - Latreutes sp. Chaloklum, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/160-f14-iso200-Inon D2000- -Inon UCL165-H2oToolsx2

by Stefan Follows
Half Way up the Stairs. Sea Pen Shrimp - Latreutes sp. Mae Haad, Gulf of Thailand, EM5-Oly 60mm-1/160-f8-iso200-Inon D2000-Inon UCL 165-h2o tools+5 x2

by Stefan Follows
The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea - Vladimir Nabokov. Porcelain Crab - Porcellanidae sp. Ang Thong, Thailand-EM5-Oly 12-50-iso200-f8-1/250-Inon D2000x2-Inon UCL 165-h2o tools+5x2

by Stefan Follows
Crabbikins. Porcelain Crab - Porcellanidae sp. Mae Haad, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1160-f8-iso200-Inon D2000-Inon UCL 165-H2o Tools+5x2

by Stefan Follows
Head Case Nudibranch - Jorunna funebris Koh Ma, Thailand

by Stefan Follows
Gasp! Longfin Snake Eel, - Pisodonophis cancrivorus Mae Haad, Thailand

by Stefan Follows
Shine! Variable Fangblenny - Petroscirtes Variabilis Mae Haad, Thailand

by Stefan Follows
Softly Softly Hermit Crab - Diogenidae sp. Mae Haad, Thailand

by Stefan Follows
Smile and wave, smile and wave ... ! Porcelain Crab - Porcellanidae sp. Mae Haad, Thailand

by Stefan Follows
Windows of the Sea

Underwater Photo Location: Koh Ma Reef, Koh Phangan

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