Green Rock Dive site is one of the three dive sites randomly named after the colors of the Italian flag. It has those swim through things that you’re not supposed to go through, more trigger pits than the rest of the Gulf of Thailand combined, and a huge range of marine life that even whalesharks come to see.
Green Rock Dive Site
Situated to the West of Nang Yuan Island, it’s a big dollop of rock sitting at depths between 5m and 30m, and it caters perfectly for fun diving. There are occasionally strong currents, but they are not usually too bad and can be used to ferry you around the dive site. One of the best things to do is just watch the shoals of yellowtail and chevron barracuda as they ride the current. On calmer days, if you stay still you may get a huge shoal of barracuda to circle you. Having hundreds of eyes all looking at you is an amazing experience, unless you suffer from Ommetaphobia- fear of eyes, in which case it’ll probably be the single most horrific experience of your life.
Other marine life to be seen include blue spotted Stingrays, groupers, Hawksbill and Green Turtles, Banded Sea Snakes, and baby yellow box fish- the smart car of the ocean. It’s not that big a dive site compared with White Rock for instance, but the rock formations are varied enough to make you think you’ve never seen any of it before, even on your third lap round. We go to the Green Rock dive site fairly regularly on our fun diving boat, so put it on your to do list if you’re heading out to dive with us- there’s always a chance of seeing a whaleshark too!
