Samran Pinnacle

★★★★☆ (1,220)

Samran Pinnacle, between Sail Rock and Koh Tao, is a huge rock that starts at 9m deep and drops down to 28m. You can go slightly deeper if you follow the other rock pattern along the bottom.

Around the rock you can spot schools of barracudas, fusiliers and trevalli’s. On the main rock you’ll find hermit crabs, white eye moray eel, pink anemone fish and much more!

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Total number of species: 27

Barracuda

24 Sightings
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Total number of species: 600

Wrasse

16 Sightings
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Total number of species: 250

Grouper/Basslets

56 Sightings
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Total number of species: 40

Triggerfish

38 Sightings
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Total number of species: 28

Clownfish

36 Sightings
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Total number of species: 90

Angelfish

32 Sightings
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Total number of species: 100

Parrotfish

32 Sightings
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Total number of species: 8

Bannerfish

31 Sightings
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Total number of species: 250

Scorpionfish

28 Sightings
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Total number of species: 130

Butterfly Fish

20 Sightings
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Total number of species: 150

Sweetlips and Grunts

17 Sightings
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Total number of species: 60

Soldierfish

16 Sightings
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Total number of species: 350

Damselfish

15 Sightings
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Total number of species: 3000

Nudibranch

10 Sightings
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Total number of species: 90

Goatfish

7 Sightings
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Total number of species: 60

Squirrelfish

6 Sightings
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