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Underwater at Hon Tai
Stripe-Throated Bulbul confirmed 2 months ago

Hon Tai

Con Dao · Vietnam

Hon Tai is Con Dao's premier reef site — a small island surrounded by healthy hard coral gardens running from 5 to 25 meters, with resident hawksbill turtles, prolific reef fish, and the occasional dugong sighting in the seagrass meadows adjacent to the reef. The site exemplifies why Con Dao National Park is considered Vietnam's most intact marine ecosystem, with table corals and staghorn formations rarely seen in comparable condition elsewhere in the South China Sea. Early morning dives here consistently produce the park's most diverse reef fish counts.

Conditions

Depth

5 to 25 m

Open water and up

Current

Often strong

Can pick up on the edge

Visibility

5 to 15 m

Clearest in the calm season

Water

27 to 30°C

3mm wetsuit

Month by month

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Water (°C)272728282828272727272727
Vis (m)101515151510555101010
CurrentModerateGentleGentleGentleGentleModerateStrongStrongStrongModerateModerateModerate

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Gear

  • Basic kit

    • Mask and fins
    • BCD and regulator
    • 3mm full wetsuit · warm water
    • Dive computer