Beacon Reef – North
A sloping reef starting on a sandy plateau with a number of outcrops at 5m and falling gently towards a sandy bottom to depths of 30m where large groupers are commonly sighted. Beacon Beach is also home for one of the few wrecks at the Similan Islands – a sunken liveaboard vessel formerly known as Atlantis X, lost in bad weather in the autumn of 2002. The wreck is still in good shape and rests on the slope with its stern at 30m and bow at 14m. Here you can find schools of very curious batfish coming really close, really making you wonder: “who is watching who?”
Diving at the reef you’ll find the thickly packed coral creating a protective labyrinth for the chameleon like Reef octopus. It’s also a perfect hiding place for the small schooling reef fish which are hunted by a number of predators including the Blue-fin trevally, the Queen fish and the Trumpet fish, that changes colour ranging from a drab brown to a gleaming yellow.
Snorkelling: Beacon Beach is excellent site for snorkeling.
Diving depths range from 5-30 meters (15-100 feet) and most of our time is spent at 10-20 meters (30-70 feet)
Visibility is usually 20 meters (70 feet).
Experience levels – everyone can dive this site. The perfect check dive for a liveaboard.
