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Scuba Diving Pattaya, Thailand
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Dive Site: HTMS Kood
Location: Koh Sak
Description: World War II U.S. Landing Ship
Length: 56 metres (184 feet)
Depth: 12 (39 feet) conning tower - 32 metres (104 feet) bottom
Visibility: 5 - 8 metres (15 - 26 feet)
Rating: ***
Brand new shipwreck sunk off Koh Sak, about 30 minutes away from Pattaya. Sister ship to the Khram (shipwreck off koh Phai).
Still a little young for a shipwreck as sea life is slow to grow on it.
Some GREAT wreck penetrations - most notably the tower section and the bow sections.
Update June 2007
Nurse shark spotted on the shipwreck.. the site is improving as fish are starting to colonise it. Brilliant !!
Anthony, MSDT Instructor
Similar to the Kram with similar appalling current if you miss slack. Very poor visibility meant we swam the entire length of the wreck but thought we hadn't strayed any further astern than the midships conning tower! The second dive had better viz because the current had dropped but apart from seeing more in the way of fish the dive was ultimately disappointing. Some limited penetration but no long swim throughs. Nothing special. I would avoid Pattaya for diving if this is the best on offer as was reported to us beforehand.
Martin Frankcom | 25/02/2009
You Really have to hit Pattaya at the right time of year. I’ve seen this wreck site with fantastic viz; I’ve seen sting rays, large grouper, moray eels and mass schools of barracuda too. No long swim throughs, but if you are wreck speciality-certified it is possable to penertrate from bow to stern entirely! HTMS Khram is far better however, having been down a lot longer and generally having better viz on average.
Anthony, MSDT Instructor | 22/10/2010
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