Haad Yao
Excellent shallow beach dives offer great conditions for diver training and snorkeling, with an abundance of colorful corals including table corals, barrel sponges, and brain corals. The shallow reef extends west to the wall drop off at 10m-16m.
Always changing sea conditions brings a variety of marine life to the reef including sea turtles, blue-spotted rays, porcupine fish, parrotfish, squirrelfish, barracuda and nudibranchs.
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Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
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Total number of species: 300
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Total number of species: 80
Stingrays
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Total number of species: 90
Angelfish
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Total number of species: 130
Butterfly Fish
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Total number of species: 100
Parrotfish
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Total number of species: 3000
Nudibranch
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Total number of species: 250
Grouper/Basslets
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Total number of species: 8
Bannerfish
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Total number of species: 30
Sand Eel
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Total number of species: 28
Clownfish
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Total number of species: 150
Sweetlips and Grunts
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Total number of species: 60
Soldierfish
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Total number of species: 3400
Shrimp
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Total number of species: 7000