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Turtle Rock  Island 7

Turtle Rock Island 7

Turtle Rock – Island 7

Turtle Rock is situated west of Donald Duck Bay on Island 7 and is named after the turtle shaped rock that marks the divesite. this is a great afternoon dive site and consists of a series of shallow boulders and staghorn coral. It has some fun swim throughs and coincidently has an abundance of turtles. Both ghostpipe fish and nudibranchs are here as are the typical reef fish including sweetlips, groupers and angelfish. A very enjoyable dive site.

Situated in a nice bay area for a liveaboard on her overnight mooring.

Depth: 10-25m Difficulty: ✩ Marine life: ✩✩ Coral: ✩✩ Currents: ✩✩

Lat: 8.666560 Long: 97.641335

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Hawksbill Sea Turtle photographed at Three Tree's in the Similan Islands Thailand

Hawksbill Sea Turtle photographed at Three Tree’s in the Similan Islands Thailand

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