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Koh Tachai, West Reef
★★★★☆
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Koh Tachai West Reef is a popular site known as the “Pinnacle“ or “Twin Peaks,“ featuring massive granite boulders and a coral garden from 12-40m. Currents can be strong, attracting large pelagics like manta rays, whale sharks, and barracudas. Also home to leopard sharks and diverse reef fish.
Tachai West features abundant gorgonian fans and soft corals on its boulders. It’s a hotspot for manta rays, whale sharks, barracudas, tuna, and leopard sharks, plus diverse reef fish
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
99 Sightings
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15
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2
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18
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15
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
93 Sightings
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12
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16
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16
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12
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0
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21
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16
AdobeStock-Nikolai Sorokin
Blacktip Reef Shark
79 Sightings
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19
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12
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16
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18
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0
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0
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0
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0
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D
14
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Total number of species approx.: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
69 Sightings
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11
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16
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15
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15
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12
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
64 Sightings
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11
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11
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15
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13
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0
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0
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14
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Total number of species approx.: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
54 Sightings
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11
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23
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10
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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D
10
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
49 Sightings
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11
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14
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13
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1
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0
J
0
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0
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0
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0
N
10
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
45 Sightings
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14
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13
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9
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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9
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 8
Alamy-Reinhard Dirscherl
Bannerfish
37 Sightings
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0
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0
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16
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11
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
N
10
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 250
Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker
Grouper/Basslets
33 Sightings
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0
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0
M
10
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12
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0
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0
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11
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