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Scuba Diving at Koh Talu Krabi Ao Nang
Koh Talu is one of the larger islands in the archipelago. One of the main attractions are two shallow swim throughs often guarded by schooling barracuda fish.
This guide contains important information about the Koh Talu dive site, with extra details about the marine life that lives near the shallow beaches.
When is the Best Season to Dive Ao Nang?
Generally speaking, you can go snorkeling and scuba diving near Krabi and the offshore islands all year round.
Even so, you'll experience some of the best scuba diving in Thailand in the calm and flat seas from the end of November through to May.
Furthermore, you should still expect to have sea temperatures around 29° Celsius (85° Fahrenheit) even during the winter months.
More than 100 islands offer divers an exciting variety of gentle sloping reefs, shallow swim-throughs, and underwater caverns.
You'll also have an opportunity to see several hundred different species of fish around seven distinct island destinations. The archipelago is only a short boat trip from Aonang, and always popular for scuba diving courses and snorkeling adventures.
Here's the thing:
Advanced or experienced divers are more likely to appreciate the deeper spots at the Phi Phi Island dive sites. This is an ideal location to see big fish, aquatic invertebrates, and colourful coral formations.
The optimum season for scuba diving in Krabi and Ao Nang peaks between the months of December and April. The dry sunny high season offers tranquil warm water diving and underwater visibility in excess of twenty (20) metres (65 feet).
Dive shops operate for most of the year. Nonetheless, the sea conditions will deteriorate from June and often result in heavy rainfall around the Andaman Sea and Phuket dive sites towards the end of October.
Pro Tip: The south-west monsoons, and general bad weather during the rainy season, both affect the underwater clarity and often produce choppy boat crossings. Hence, novice scuba divers should find better conditions in Koh Samui dive spots or Koh Tao diving sites in the Gulf of Thailand from May to September during the Andaman low season.
Aquatic Life at Ao Nang Krabi
Most divers enjoy swimming through natural holes and canyons. As you move southwards into deeper water, watch out for mantis shrimps scuttling along the sea bed.
A lack of large pelagic predators at Talu Island encourages lobsters, bluespotted ribbontail rays, and huge groupers to settle in the area.
Another top attraction for adventurous divers (with the required certification and experience) are the small tunnels that run along the island.
This dive site near Krabi and Ao Nang is a good place to see large fish families. Scuba divers should also expect to catch sightings of some stunning macro marine around the reef, especially:
- Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
Common sea fans (Gorgonia ventalina)- Fusilier fishes (Caesionidae)
- Grouper fish
- Moray eels
- Nudibranch (sea slugs)
- Orbicular batfishes
- Peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus)
- Pickhandle barracuda (Sphyraena jello)
- Seahorses (genus Hippocampus)
- Spotted garden eels (Heteroconger hassi)
- Stingrays (Myliobatiformes)
Pro Tip: Dive in Krabi or Aonang between March and June and you may be lucky and see leopard sharks and even a passing whale shark. Koh Talu Island dive site has moderate water currents and an average depth of twelve (12) metres and a maximum depth of twenty (20) metres.