We woke this morning to another beautiful day. We head back to Similan 9 for our first dive. We dive North Point, just a little west of the Three Trees site we dived yesterday. I’m doing my Advanced Open Water course on this trip, and this is going to be my deep dive, so we head down to 30 meters first. After the mandatory deep dive exercises, we head back for shallower water and enjoy the scenery. There are more clown triggerfish, as well as Moorish idols and bannerfish. I also spot a lion fish or two.

After breakfast we head off to Koh Bon for our second dive of the day. We go down on the west ridge. The currents are brisk, as are the thermoclines. I pass through several of these as we drift up and down over the boulders. They don’t affect visibility, which is excellent, they just make the dive a bit more “refreshing”. The actual temperature difference is not much – just a degree or two. Enough to feel, but it won’t give you the chills. We see many varieties of surgeonfish, as well as more Moorish idols and some sweetlips.

Next we head of to Koh Tachai. I decide to skip the Tachai Pinnacle, as I’m still not very good in strong currents, but we do have enough time in the day to dive Leopard Shark Reef on the north side of Koh Tachai. It’s near dusk, too late for the reef fish to be out and about, and too early for the night critters to be around. But the thick forests of staghorn coral are a fantastical sight.

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