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 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).