Dive· Koh Ba Ngu (#9)· Thailand

Breakfast Bend

8° 40.7′ N · 97° 39.2′ E · approximate

A long, gentle reef on the east side of Koh Ba Ngu sloping to sand, with staghorn, porous and brain corals and anemones. It is a classic first dive of the morning, which is how it got its name.

Practical

Approx: placed off the east shore of Koh Ba Ngu from the Wikivoyage island position. Depth 5–30 m; current moderate; beginner (Khao Lak Explorer). Leopard and whitetip sharks, Napoleon wrasse, Kuhl's stingrays, garden eels, potato groupers and batfish. Sheltered from westerly swell.

Best for

An easy reef dive with a good chance of leopard sharks

Season

Mid-October to mid-May