West Canister:

This island is at the very end of the Mergui Archipelago and is only visited during private charters on special request.

(we hope it remains that way for a while).

Location: Located almost 80 nautical miles north of Black Rock

The island looks almost exactly like Ko Bon in Thailand, just flipped 180.

The best site is a pinnacle located almost in the middle of the small bay, and is almost connected to a ridge (Quest ridge) that runs from the western-most point of the island.

On dives we have done there, the top of the rock acts as a cleaning station for manta rays.

It's a huge granite rock, the top is covered by soft corals, starting about 15-meters and continuing to over 40-meters.

From there, you will find a hard coral reef sloping down to over 60-meters.

Large sea fans swathe the granite boulders, with purple, pink and orange soft corals covering most of the rock. Grey reef Sharks, Barracudas, Fusiliers, Jacks, Spanish Mackerel, and Rainbow Runners (size 1m+)cruise over the top of the reef.

Painted crayfish hide in the overhangs.

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