Snorkel· Koh Ma· Thailand
Koh Ma Sandbar (Mae Haad)
9° 48.1′ N · 99° 58.8′ E
A small island tied to Mae Haad beach by a sandbar you can walk across at low tide, ringed by some of the best snorkelling and shallow diving on Phangan, with hard and soft corals, barracuda and moray eels.
Practical
Island position from Wikidata (Ko Ma). Wikivoyage describes Koh Ma as part of a national marine park and says you must swim out over a first, dead reef to reach the good coral; go in and out at high tide, because crossing the dead reef on a falling tide is difficult and painful. Sail Rock Divers lists Koh Ma as a local dive to 18 m, about 20 minutes by boat from Chaloklum or from the beach at Mae Haad, suitable for all levels. Dinghy from the Ao Mae Haad anchorage. No fishing or coral collecting.
Best for
Easy reef snorkel straight off the anchorage
Nearby
- Koh Ma Reef Dive (northwest Phangan)Right here
- Ao Mae Haad Anchorage0.4 NM away
- Ao Thong Lang and Koh Tae Nok Reefs0.5 NM away
- Mae Haad, Haad Salad and Haad Yao Reefs1 NM away
- Haad Salad Anchorage1.1 NM away
- Ao Chaloklum Anchorage1.6 NM away
- Chaloklum Fishing Village1.7 NM away
- Chaloklum Fuel and Water (jerry can)1.7 NM away