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7 April 2003 ½ day tour, had a brill day. Instructors were excellent, snorkeling + video are fab. Defo recommend it to others Simon and Carley (Eastbourne, UK) Just want to say that this day has been the best day for me ever in Thailand. I have been here twice and never seen such beautiful fisches! Thank you so much! Love Smulan

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Ko Ha

Ko Ha lies between Phi Phi Islands and Hin Daeng, close to Koh Lanta. There are 5 small islands (Ha is Thai for five) with several dive possibilities. The best is on Ko Ha Yai where you find two enormous caverns with their entrance at 10-14m depth. A dive is best started on the reef to the West of the caverns, where there are some nice coral heads and fields of sea whips down to a depth of 20-25m.

The caverns though, are the highlight. You can surface inside and see large stalactites hanging over your head. The light coming into the caverns makes for some beautiful photographs. At the back of the East cavern is a small hole leading to a tunnel some 25m long, ending in a chamber. This should only be attempted by divers with appropriate training and equipment.

Lunch is suitable in the lagoon between islands #2, #3 and #4. This is a very shallow lagoon with excellent porites corals. Great snorkeling.

The second dive is usually on and around island 2 and 4. Since they are only 80 meters apart, it is appropriate to circum navigate both islands during one dive.

The walls of island #2 are covered in daisy corals (Tubelestrum). Giant morays are very common, as are lionfish and scorpion fish. Frog fish can be found hiding in shallow hard corals and it is common to sea Hawksbill turtles at these sites. Look carefully on the sand between the islands and you may discover the elusive sand eels, with their heads sticking out of the sand.

Depth: 5- 22m
Visibility: 5 - 20m
Currents: Mild to strong

Surface conditions
Often flat during November to April. Low season (May to September) wind action makes Ko Ha sometimes inaccessible
Water temperature: 28C - 30C

Experience level
Beginner

Number of dive sites: At least 4

Diving season: All year round depending wave action.

The Dive trip
Ko Ha is considerably further than our local dive sites, the journey generally takes about 1.5 hours aboard the Reef Ranger. This is a 2 dive day trip and the first dive site will be picked depending the currents.

We recommend you explore the shallow reefs with mask and snorkel during the surface interval.

Refreshments, water and lunches are served between the dives.

Each group of divers consists of no more than four divers per Divemaster.

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