Koh Haa
“The macro paradise”
Well known for its environmental water quality.
Koh Haa, amazing site for all!
This beautiful archipelago is located two hours away from every inhabited island. Actually, Koh Haa site consists of five separate islands (although a pinnacle joined to Koh Haa 5 has earned the rather confusing nickname of “Koh Haa 6” and represents a dive site of its own).
There at Koh Haa site, you will find reefs, lagoons, swim troughs, huge caverns, and a wide variety of marine life, including the occasional pelagics, such as manta rays and whale sharks.
Several stunning sites
Most popular for “the chimney”, this vertical swim-through begins at a depth of around 4 meters on the western corner of the island and descends to a small cavern at approximately 9-10 meters, from where divers continue diagonally down to exit at approximately 17-18 meters.
Fascinating site
This is a favorite spot to visit both for divers and freedivers. If this seems scary a bit, then as an alternative, spherical cavern nicknamed “the fish bowl” after the school of bronze sweepers that are found residing there can be accessed behind the chimney at approximately 8 meters. The site itself consists of walls, plateaus and sloping reefs and is an excellent place to spot nudibranchs, shrimps, pipefish and the occasional frogfish along with much more wonderful marine life.
These islands come together to form a magnificent lagoon which has a lot to offer both for beginners and more experienced divers. Nice sandy areas provide an excellent place for students to practice skills easily and without fear of damaging marine life. Experienced divers will be certainly amazed by the plethora of that very same life, including frogfish, mantis shrimps, octopuses, harlequin shrimps, pipefish, sea moths and turtles, and occasionally even whale sharks!
Incredible layers
The outer side of the Island 4 is a steep wall dropping from the surface down to around 22 meters, from where a sloping reef then continues down to around 35 meters. There is a sloping sandbank between Island 4 and Island 2 that makes an opportunity for a short “muck” dive on the spot where many interesting marine creatures have made their homes in the sand. The wall rises again from the depths at around approximately 20 meters to make up Island 2, but unlike her sister, the majority of this dive site is made up of sloping reefs.
Amazing lagoon
For those who have not yet made the plunge beneath the water with diving, snorkeling in the shallow lagoon within the borders of these three islands is a must-to. There are substantial areas of hard corals just meters below the surface and a small beach on Koh Haa 3 can also be accessed for those who may wish to rest during their snorkeling activity.
Koh Haa Yai is the largest island in the archipelago and is most famous for the Cathedral, a series of three large caverns located to the south of the island. Two of these caverns begin at approximately 14 meters deep and rise up to the surface, while the last one continues to rise for approximately 10 meters more. In favorable conditions, divers can surface in this largest cavern that offers an amazing unique diving experience. It goes without saying that this is reserved for technically skilled cave divers only.
Great for all
The site itself consists of small walls and sloping reefs descending down to approximately 25 meters. On the other hand, sandy beach area is an excellent place for students undertaking diving courses and a great place for snorkelers seeking for shallow areas to enjoy in wonderful marine life of the island. This spot is also notable for finding various forms of macro life, including nudibranchs, frogfish, and shrimps. Turtles and octopuses can also be regularly seen by keen diver’s eye.
The rather confusingly named Island 6 is actually a small pinnacle at the north end of Koh Haa Yai. It is connected to the island by a short sandy ridge approximately 13 meters deep. Not visited so often like the other islands of the archipelago (maybe due to lack of sand areas for students to use), this beautiful site should not be in no way dismissed! Offering unlimited wealth of soft and hard corals it attracts a wide variety of marine life, both small, within the pinnacle confines, and large in the surrounding blue. Occasionally, it even gets visited by leopard and whale sharks.
WHAT PEOPLE SAYS
The DC provides the best experience ever. I've been diving with Emir for fun dives in Hin Daeng and Hin Muang. The visibility is so clear, it can go up... read more to 50m. I've seen a lot of bigger fish like Trivoli, Barracuda, etc. Not to forget, I met a whale shark in Koh Haa 1 too.
AndreaEnos
17 September 2023- J5737EWkatec
Dive with Blue Planet Divers Koh Lanta - Friendly budget price for diving 3 days.
Dive Lead : Kabi is the best, he good at searching the big things and small things. I’m so happy.
Boat is big... read more and comfortable. Food and beverage services are all every dive.
The accommodation is clean and have enough space for drop the dive gear.
7 March 2023 - Coastal24272695621
Convenince for divers. Friendly vibe. - Friendly welcome. This dive center is international vibe. Good management on boat and also since preparation on shore (equipment). Staffs have good experience and skill. Espicially Kabi dive leader is... read more well know in dive site. Diving is so fun. About rest room, it is not bad. Have everything that you can rest your body to go back to dive tomorrow.
7 March 2023 - gunaseelan28
Great experience - Dive Shop
Had a lovely experience with Blue Planet divers shop Koh Lanta - Thailand.Dive Shop deserve that 5 stars and the recommendations..
because they do their job perfectly and... read more they have an amazing staff.
Dive shop room clean & very convenient all we needs in walk-in distance & best things step out frm room can reach dive shop. 😊
🤩🤩🤩Dive Master Kabi ( Kabilan )
Amazing 2 days of diving with DM Kabi gone diving, Me & my son felt safe and well taken care of by the Kabi
Great organisation and planning before dive, amazing and warm dive guides.
Good vibes and you should dive with Kabi if you dive at Blue Planet divers.
Thank you so much Kabi for the great two days !!!
Special Thanks to :
Matt great photographer & really puts a lot of effort to take amazing pictures of us
3 March 2023 - Ccc34
Hope to dive with you again, great experience - I was unable to dive due to injury but I would go to the shop everyday and was greeted, they have a nice sitting area next to the water... read more to relax. When the boat would arrive back my husband would tell me about his day. Our group went out on the boat for 3 dives a day for 5 days, (first two were 60 mins and the third was 45mins. My husbands group had both Josh and Erica as the dive guides, they both did a great job keeping the group together, they were easy to dive with, courteous, professional, and had fun. The Captain, who also came to get the group every day at the hotel was very nice, had a smile on his face and was safe regardless of driving the trucks or the boat. The boats are big and comfortable as mentioned in other reports, food and drinks were available. All and all it was a great experience and we will return again. thanks to all. In addition, I'd like to that Matt for all the pictures If made me feel like i was underwater.
25 February 2023 I just did my open water diving licence there and the guys from the Diving Center are doing a very professional job (they are not overwhelmingly friendly or funny, I... read more felt like they keep a professionelle distance)
, everything went on really fluent, the boat trip to the spots was enjoyable (thanks to the anti sea-sickness pills from the Diving Center), the food was delicious, the thai staff was extremely friendly, and the dives have been nice! I did the course because I am/was really afraid of deep water, the sea, swimming... I always felt like water is just not my element. With all the knowledge I got and my very calm and sophisticated teacher (thanks Raf) I managed to go down and keep breathing. From Dive to dive my fear shrunk and I could enjoy my experience. The only thing what I was missing was a long wetsuit as I started freezing at the end of every dive.Stay08598734055
9 February 2023
We did two full days on the boat, honest price, which includes breakfast, snacks and lunch, equipment rental and 2/3 dives. Very nice and comfortable boats. Prepared and attentive guides, special... read more thanks to Brice! 😀 Highly recommended!!
Stefano Molinari
13 December 2022Good company to dive with, easy communication before the dive day. Enjoyed two days diving with these guys. The catamaran is a great dive boat . Koh Lanta is a... read more lovely island and the diving is excellent
Tdog Ambrose
3 December 2022If you dive here, definitely ask for Eak to be your instructor! He was so friendly and fun to spend the day with. He made our experience really great 🙂... read more His love and passion for the ocean definitely showed on our dives.
Holly Cooper
18 May 2023We've had a great 3 days diving experience at sites like Ko Bida Nok, Kled Kaeo Wreck, Koh Haa - some of the best places in Thailand. Dive instructor Katarina... read more took a great care of us, all dives were fun and long. Love it will definitely be back 😍
Mariya Velychko
8 December 2019