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Boulder City Similan Islands

Boulder City Similan Islands

Boulder City Similan Islands

Boulder City is situated to the south east of Similan Islands 3. Named after the boulders that are formed in long rows giving the impression of a city layout.

Many hard corals and less soft coral and some stunning fluorescent pink Anemone Coral can be found.A great searching site, looking in crevices and finding undiscovered marine life. The site throws up some great stuff even though the site is not in abundance of life.

Hook jaw eels are here as well as the hard to find Ribbon eels along with some nice tuna. Be careful of deco time as you can be in single figures for most of the dive. All in all a very enjoyable site however it should be the first dive of the day. for experienced divers only.

Similan Islands Liveaboard Phuket Scuba Diving Boulder City

Similan Islands Liveaboard Phuket Scuba Diving Boulder City

A deep site with the shallowest of boulder at around 12 metres and the deepest at 40m and beyond. Visibility is quite good even for an early morning dive and if often around 30+ metres.

Depth: 12-40m Difficulty: ✩✩✩✩ Marine life: ✩✩✩ Coral: ✩✩✩ Currents: ✩✩✩✩

Lat: 8.517194 Long 97.674637

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