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  • Nº2 # Date: 2012-02-28 - 13:44
  • # Max Depth: 11.8m Duration: 57mins
Diver's Notes

Palong Wall features the best wall diving in Koh Phi Phi. With a maximum depth of 18 meters, this is an easy dive suitable for all level of divers.

The marine life is abundant and the coral is very beautiful. Here you can spot the harmless Blacktip reef Sharks, Sea Turtles, Seahorses as well as the usual reef fishes of the Andaman Sea.

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  • Temp: Surf 32°C Bottom 30°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 8.2 kg
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Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller and Henle, 1839) (Black-tip shark) The fast-swimming blacktip shark is an active fish that can be seen leaping out of the water and spinning before dropping back into the sea . This agile spinning behaviour is thought to be used while feeding on small scho...
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Amphiprion ocellaris Cuvier, 1830 (false clown anemonefish)
Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pennant coralfish) Inhabit deep, protected lagoons and channels, and the deeper parts of outer reef slopes. Juveniles are often solitary while adults occur in pairs . A planktivorous species that generally remains within a few meters of th...
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Heniochus diphreutes Jordan, 1903 (False moorish idol) Occur primarily along outer reef slopes, in current channels. Juveniles in aggregations around isolated patch reefs, adults in large schools well above the bottom . In Indonesia, adults most common in depth 40-50 m, repo...
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Chaetodon lunulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (Oval butterflyfish)
Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Blackspotted puffer) Relatively uncommon in patch reefs and coral slopes near sandy areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Juveniles occur in sandy and weedy inner reefs, adults on clear lagoons and seaward reefs . Juveniles inshore, usual...
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Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Yellow boxfish) Inhabit lagoon and semi-sheltered seaward reefs. Juveniles often among Acropora corals . Benthopelagic . Solitary . Juveniles expatriating to subtropical zone from the pelagic larval stage. Small juveniles secretive i...
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