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Koh Yippon
Site ID
Choice: Secondary to primary
Rating: 4 star
Topography: Fringing Island Shallow Reef. Hard and soft corals and many anemones, large barrel sponges.
Fish Types: Fusiliers, Rays, Angel Fish
Max Depth: 23 meters
Average Depth: 16 meters
Current: Mild to moderate
Visibility: Good mostly 8 - 15 meters
Experience Level: All level of divers and excellent for beginner divers
Highlights: Swim throughs in the shallow area, good snorkelling spot beautiful landscape
Only a short distance by boat from Koh Wao is the even smaller island of Koh Yippon. Maximum depth around the island is around 20 meters rising to about 6 meters towards the rocky shoreline. Along with some stunning topography you'll find beautiful Barrel Sponge formations and a huge array of soft corals forming a series of pretty coral gardens amidst the rock and boulder formations. There are a couple of impressive rock overhangs at around 6 meters and a shallow swim through. Turtles are sometimes sighted here as are banded sea snakes. It is home to blue ringed and six-banded angelfish, porcupine fish, schools of squirrelfish, sergeant-majors and fusiliers.
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