Bangsak Wreck

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About This Site

This was a platform dredger used in the tin mining industry on the Phang Nga coast. In 1984 the dredger sank during a monsoon storm. As the wreck has been under the water for such a long time it is now home to a huge amount of marine life. We regularly see angelfish, bannerfish, batfish, scorpionfish, lionsfish, pufferfish, triggerfish, shrimp, crabs, squid, moray eels, rays, barracuda, snappers, sweetlips nudibranchs. And occasionally we see something quite special, like a ghost pipefish or …