Pufferfish contain tetrodotoxin, a substance that makes them foul tasting and often lethal to fish. To humans, tetrodotoxin is deadly, up to 1,200 times more poisonous than cyanide. There is enough toxin in one pufferfish to kill 30 adult humans, and there is no known antidote.
Liveaboard Diving at Ko Haa
Ko Haa Lagoon
- Site Layout:
- Mini-walls with large sand coral patch
- Diving depth:
- surface to 20m
- Currents:
- Generally mild
- Visibility:
- Up to 20m
- Surface:
- Very calm and sheltered almost year round.
- Site access:
- Dinghy
Dived as a night dive, the lagoon lies between islands 3 and 4 in the Ko Haa Group. The walls of the islands are coated in pink, orange and yellow Cup Corals that extend their polyps at night to feed. The cracks and crevices of the wall are home to various Crabs and Shrimp while the sand between has led divers in the past to hunting Cuttle Fish, Decorator Crabs and Peacock Flounders.
Select other Ko Haa Dive Sites you can see on your liveaboard trip.
For more information on Ko Haa, visit the Ko Lanta National Park Official Site.
To see more dive sites in Thailand, choose another area:
Thailand liveaboard - Northern Phuket dive sites
Similan Islands -
Surin Islands - Ko Bon - Ko Tachai - Richelieu Rock
Thailand liveaboard - Southern Phuket dive sites
Phi Phi Islands - Hin Daeng and Hin Muang
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