The sinking of the Trident Wreck on Koh Tao a few years back was pretty much the instigator for Tech Diving in the Gulf of Thailand. There are actually a surprising amount of shipwrecks around Koh Tao but most of them lie in waters too deep for recreational divers to dive on, which is why Koh Tao has become such a popular destination for Tech divers who are able to dive deeper & stay longer than recreational divers.
Interestingly enough one of the wrecks that had the biggest impact on tech diving in the area was the sinking of the Trident wreck on Koh Tao, which was the first liveaboard based on Koh Tao and would explore the waters of the Gulf of Thailand in search of wrecks. The most famous of which was the US Lagarto, a submarine sunk during the Second World War in which all the crew lost their lives and the wreck lay submerged for 60 years before it was found by Jamie Macleod the pioneer of Tech Diving in Thailand, and the owner of the Trident boat.
In September 2011, Jamie chose to sink the Trident and make it a new artificial reef made safe for the environment and so sunk her just off the south of Koh Tao near Shark Island. It rests at about 36 meters in an area renowned for strong currents so it is reasonably challenging shipwreck most suitable for Tech Divers.
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