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Unrecorded aboard swimming is choice to this area and many plunge shops are now situated in Ko Yangtze,
Ko Rang and Ko Kut.
They get sites suchlike the Ko Rang Pinnacles, Ko Wai Reef and Hin Luk Bat Reef. These sites commonly hit visibleness ranging from 20ft to 45ft with clement currents and Uphill corals.
Roughly 85% of Ko River, along with near 50 small islands, is share of the Ko Yangtze Man General Commons.

PETCHBURI BREMEN
Location: Between Ko Khram Yai & Sattahip
Depth: 62-82ft (19-25m)
Access: Boat
Expertise Rating: Intermediate 1-=
The Bremen is in a fairly poor state due to its use as a demolition target for the Royal Thai Navy at one time. Its parts cover an area across about 300ft of the sea floor. Some wreck exploring can be done, as parts of the ship still remain upright. Its biggest plus may be that it is a very good artificial reef that schools of yellowtail snapper, barracuda and jacks gather around. The ship went down due to an engine room fire in the 1930s near the village of Sattahip, just south of Pattaya.
Its depth and low visibility make it a good training site for advanced divers who can navigate the ship and the sandy bottom while getting the depth requirement out of the way. It isn’t used that much for wreck diving courses as penetration isn’t really safe due to its broken condition.
The newer HTMS wrecks are actually the shipwrecks of choice these days for a lot of Pattaya wreck diving.
The good news is that it tangles up fishing nets, so net fishermen stay away from the jag A jewel box urchin ged ship. When the current is running, look for the school of resident eagle rays that favor this site.

76 HARDEEP
Location: Between Ko Samae San & Ko Chuang
Depth: 50-85ft (16-26m)
Access: Boat
Expertise Rating: Intermediate 1-=
The Hardeep is a better wreck for those wanting to see a WWII victim. This Indonesian freighter
was sunk in 1942 (some accounts say 1943) by Allied bombs.
Only about 200ft long, she sits on her port side on a sandy sea floor in depths ranging from 50ft to 85ft, and can be covered in one dive. Encrusted with sponges of brilliant orange and bright yellow tubastrea corals, she has been a fish magnet for decades The ship is also decked out with large gorgonian sea fans, barrel sponges and wire corals, and resident schooling fusiliers, snappers and longnose barracuda. Bluespotted stingrays like the sandy areas around the ship.
Divers normally follow the descent line down, as visibility can be low and the wreck is small.
Thus, currents can easily push those free descending off the wreck.
One line goes down by the forward hold while the other is aft near the stern.
It is wise to note where the line is and use it on the way back up as well. There are open hold areas and the bridge that can be entered. But some of the deeper parts of the ship are starting to deteriorate and are not really safe for mass swim-throughs with a group of divers.

One can find more ship parts, including the mast and funnel, in the sandy area around Hardeep. There are also two large bombs close by.

KO RIN
Location: 13 nautical miles (24km) southwest of Pattaya
Depth: 0-46ft (0-14m)
Access: Boat
Expertise Rating: Intermediate 1-=
Considered one of Pattaya’s best coral dives with a nice selection of hard corals on a shallow and rocky reef and good visibility being the norm. This is also very popular as a day trip for divers and snorkelers. Though shallow, there are canyons between rocks, swim-throughs and hard coral formations – some shallow enough for snorkelers to enjoy. Black coral can be found in just 40ft of water, and big barrel sponges host hundreds of tiny, white sea cucumbers clinging to their outer surface. The fact that this site has some occasional current also helps the invertebrate count, with nudibranchs, flatworms and anemones all present.
Fish include harlequin sweetlips, lionfish, squirrelfish and ember parrotfish.