Richelieu Rock, Surin Islands
Located in the Surin Island National Park, Richelieu Rock is one of the star attractions of the Thailand and the Andaman Sea.
The Richelieu Rock has a shape of a horseshooe and is a submerged pinnacle.
The Rock hosts everything from small to big marine life in a garden of soft and hard corals.
Whale shark are commonly sighted throughout the season along with manta rays.
The stars of the show include:
- sea horses,
- Janss’s pipefish,
- ghost pipe fish,
- tigris allied cowries,
- harlequin shrimp,
- angel fish,
- juvenile sweetlips,
- tomato clown fish,
- cube box fish,
- squat shrimp,
- cuttlefish,
- moray eels,
- white and black tipped sharks,
- leopard sharks,
- octopus,
- schools of barracuda,
- Schools of rainbow runners,
- blue finned trevallies,
- blue powered surgeon fish,
- yellow damsels,
- frogfish.
You will definetly need several dives to have a glimpse at the diversity of the dive site.
Richelieu Rock, dive briefing.
Richelieu Rock, dive briefing.
Richelieu Rock dive site map (click to enlarge).