Dive· Open water (south of Koh Lipe)· Thailand

Eight Mile Rock

6° 21.3′ N · 99° 18.1′ E · approximate

A lone submerged pinnacle in open water south of Lipe, rising to within 12-14 m and dropping past 40 m — the area's cleaning station for big pelagics, with whale sharks and manta rays on good days.

Phuket & Phang Nga BayKoh Lanta to Koh LipeKoh Samui & the Gulf of Thailand

Practical

Ko Lipe Diving School: deep pinnacle, 18-40 m, Advanced Open Water; 'roughly 8 miles due south of Koh Lipe'; whale sharks, devil and manta rays, leopard sharks, giant barracuda and groupers. Dive-the-world: shallowest point 12-14 m, very strong currents, offshore exposure, advanced divers able to deploy a surface marker from depth. Wikivoyage: about 75 minutes by boat. POSITION IS APPROXIMATE, derived as 8 nm due south of Lipe's island centre from the KLD description; it may lie near the Thai–Malaysian maritime boundary. Dive only with a Lipe operator; a yacht should not try to find or anchor on it.

Best for

Advanced pelagic dive

Season

Best Feb–Apr

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