Koh Doc Mai is a popular dive site located off Kata Beach. The site consists of wall. The west side of the wall, with hard coral extending out from 12 - 18m/39-59ft, is shallower, the east wall is more popular with divers. There are many cracks and crevices along the walls. There is also a big cave and small cave located on the east side of the island.
When To Go Diving
Diving is possible all year-round. The warmest month is April, with an air temperature of 25-33C/77-91F. The coldest is October, with an air temperature of 24-30C/75-86F. Water temperatures peak in the range of 29-31C/84-88F in April and are at their lowest in January around 27-29C/81-84F.
What to see
Wall, reef, cave, sharks, macro species,colourful nudibranch, flatworms, tiny white eyed morays and corals.
Best liveaboards in Koh Doc Mai
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Price from USD 1,040Reviews about Koh Doc Mai
Paradise for macro photograpy as it is called...
Koh Doc Mai is such an amazing place to dive in, if you're lucky enough to get the best conditions and not too many dive boats at the same time. A lone rock sticking out from the sea Doc Mai is a magnet for all life around the area, beautiful rock formations over sea level and luscious dive site underneath. Depending how fast you dive, you can circle whole island within an hour dive easily, but if you take time and look in the cracks for small thing you will not be dissapointed. My utimate highligh in so many dives on this d... Read more
ive site was a seahorse, there are some living in various places so if your guide knows where to find them you will end the dive with a huge smile on your face. Out in the blue you might see bigger fish, turtles, groups of squid and of course schools of fish just swimming by. If you go there for a night dive look up to see hunting squid. After being there many times I know how different conditions might surprise you while diving there, from excellent visibility and hardly noticable current to 3 m vis and a current so strong that it's a crazy drift dive.