{"id":1971,"date":"2026-01-21T16:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:05:23","slug":"discover-coral-mountain-phu-quoc-unique-snorkeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/en\/discover-coral-mountain-phu-quoc-unique-snorkeling\/","title":{"rendered":"DISCOVER CORAL MOUNTAIN \u2013 PHU QUOC UNIQUE SNORKELING"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-header-text entry-header-text-top text-left\">\n<div class=\"entry-image relative\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/explore-coral-mountain-in-the-jade-water-phu-quoc-snorkeling-experience\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazy-load-active aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GOPR8023.jpg\" alt=\"Phu Quoc Coral Mountain at Crystal Reef - Phu Quoc Distinct &amp; Touristy-avoiding Snorkeling Tour\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GOPR8023.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GOPR8023.jpg 800w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GOPR8023-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GOPR8023-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GOPR8023-400x300.jpg 400w\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"badge absolute top post-date badge-square\">\n<div class=\"badge-inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content single-page\">\n<p>Apart from the weather, the light, the water we want to explore coral reefs in a completely quiet atmosphere which just has the sound of waves &amp; birds but not the noise of crowds. That why we always offer guests proper timeframe and crowd-avoiding route to explore hidden coral spots in Phu Quoc and Coral Mountain is one of them. Read more about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/best-snorkeling-diving-in-phu-quoc-vietnam\/\">the best Snorkeling &amp; Diving Spots in Phu Quoc Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\">\n<p class=\"toc_title\">MAIN CONTENTS\u00a0<span class=\"toc_toggle\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/explore-coral-mountain-in-the-jade-water-phu-quoc-snorkeling-experience\/#\">hide<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"toc_list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/explore-coral-mountain-in-the-jade-water-phu-quoc-snorkeling-experience\/#_Location\">\ud83d\udd1b Location:<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/explore-coral-mountain-in-the-jade-water-phu-quoc-snorkeling-experience\/#_So_what_exactly_Phu_Quoc_Coral_Mountain_is\">\ud83d\udd1b So what exactly Phu Quoc Coral Mountain is?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/explore-coral-mountain-in-the-jade-water-phu-quoc-snorkeling-experience\/#i\">\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/explore-coral-mountain-in-the-jade-water-phu-quoc-snorkeling-experience\/#How_to_find_Coral_mountain_underwater\">\ud83d\udd1b\u00a0How to find Coral mountain underwater?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/explore-coral-mountain-in-the-jade-water-phu-quoc-snorkeling-experience\/#_What8217re_special_things_we_figured_out_at_Phu_Quoc_Coral_mountain\">\ud83d\udd1b What\u2019re special things we figured out at\u00a0 Phu Quoc Coral mountain?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%F0%9F%94%9B_Location\"><\/span><span id=\"_Location\"><strong>\ud83d\udd1b Location:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Phu Quoc Coral Mountain is located in a very shallow and calm jade water which is 16 km in the South from An Thoi town would be a coral reef that cannot be missed in this case, especially its beauty also very worth exploring.<\/p>\n<p>We left Duong Dong town at 7:30 by OnBird\u2019s car after had breakfast, we headed for the dock in An Thoi town which is a beach facing the West. After boarding the speedboat we left the beach for An Thoi archipelago in the dawn of sunlight.\u00a0<strong>Crystal Reef is the first venue in our route in this exclusive snorkeling trip.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%F0%9F%94%9B_So_what_exactly_Phu_Quoc_Coral_Mountain_is\"><\/span><span id=\"_So_what_exactly_Phu_Quoc_Coral_Mountain_is\"><strong>\ud83d\udd1b\u00a0<\/strong><strong>So what exactly Phu Quoc Coral Mountain is?<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Phu Quoc Coral Mountain is a large colony of Cactus coral (Pavona Coral) that has been growing in Crystal Reef with a many stony and table corals surrounded. You can imagine that you will be getting into a genuine hard coral society in a shallow depth of 0.5 \u2013 3m.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17339\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17339 lazy-load-active\" src=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM_1600x1200-5-1.jpg\" alt=\"Phu Quoc Coral Mountain - Phu Quoc Tailor-made Snorkeling tour\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM_1600x1200-5-1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM_1600x1200-5-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM_1600x1200-5-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM_1600x1200-5-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM_1600x1200-5-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phu Quoc Coral Mountain \u2013 Phu Quoc Tailor-made Snorkeling tour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jumping off the speedboat into the jade water, due to the presence of a lot of massive corals which play a critical role in keeping superb underwater visibility of 10 \u2013 20m. You could see large schools of SARDINE swimming across, around, and over huge Massive corals, and you know what? the seabed is covered by white sand made by cute-looking Parrotfish.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"i\"><\/span><span id=\"i\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%F0%9F%94%9B_How_to_find_Coral_mountain_underwater\"><\/span><span id=\"How_to_find_Coral_mountain_underwater\"><strong>\ud83d\udd1b\u00a0How to find Coral mountain underwater?<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>To find the exact location that Coral Mountain is situated at, we need to have a guide lead the swimming way in the water. We swam across huge rock-like Massive corals.\u00a0 After 5 minutes of swimming, Coral Mountain gradually appeared. It was super huge and majestic; especially because it is situated in shallow water that the top is just 0,3 \u2013 0,4 m from the surface. It made us feel kind of extraordinary fascinating.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the guide, we circled the coral mountain, sometimes we stopped to be floating ourselves to take a look at cute reef fishes and closer contact with Cactus Corals (Pavona Corals). We saw coral polyps in a very close range. We did have to try to keep the water around as calm as possible to avoid the strong impact on the coral also.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17077\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17077\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-load size-full wp-image-17077 lazy-load-active\" src=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-20.jpg\" alt=\"Phu Quoc Coral Mountain at Crystal Reef - Phu Quoc Distinct &amp; Touristy-avoiding Snorkeling Tour\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-20.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-20.jpg 800w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-20-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-20-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-20-400x300.jpg 400w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phu Quoc Coral Mountain at Crystal Reef \u2013 Phu Quoc Distinct &amp; Touristy-avoiding Snorkeling Tour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17063\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17063\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-load size-full wp-image-17063 lazy-load-active\" src=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-12.jpg\" alt=\"Phu Quoc Coral Mountain at Crystal Reef - Phu Quoc Distinct &amp; Touristy-avoiding Snorkeling Tour\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-12.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-12.jpg 800w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-12-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-12-400x300.jpg 400w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phu Quoc Coral Mountain at Crystal Reef \u2013 Phu Quoc Distinct &amp; Touristy-avoiding Snorkeling Tour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%F0%9F%94%9B_Whatre_special_things_we_figured_out_at_Phu_Quoc_Coral_mountain\"><\/span><span id=\"_What8217re_special_things_we_figured_out_at_Phu_Quoc_Coral_mountain\"><strong>\ud83d\udd1b What\u2019re special things we figured out at\u00a0 Phu Quoc Coral mountain?<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As the Coral mountain is just under 1 m away from the water\u2019s surface, we saw a lot of light waves running across the Coral Mountain due to the light refraction when sunlight is bent by the water\u2019s surface. The scene was quite interesting! And of course, we saw many yellow convict tang swimming in search of prey on the coral, the Coral Mountain is also the home to many sea worms which would sink into their shell if feeling threatens.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17095\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-load size-full wp-image-17095 lazy-load-active\" src=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-29.jpg\" alt=\"Enjoy the jade water at Crystal Reef to explore Phu Quoc Snorkeling tour to Coral Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-29.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-29.jpg 800w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-29-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-29-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/resized_CM_text_logo-29-400x300.jpg 400w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enjoy the jade water at Crystal Reef to explore Phu Quoc Snorkeling tour to Coral Mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the highest point of Coral Mountain, around 3m from the seabed, the Cactus Coral (Pavona Coral) coral has been forming a rough terrain with a completely mountain-like outward appearance. Swimming at leisure just like an exercise in the early morning in mild, non-harsh sunlight as if you are swimming in a big swimming pool between the sea. After got back to the speedboat, we had time to relax and witness natural surroundings in a fresh space, absolutely quiet before headed for Half-moon Reef.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16573\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-load size-full wp-image-16573 lazy-load-active\" src=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/z2355905718325_4bfad9001ebcc359ec34a3eb2d164c6a.jpg\" alt=\"Phu Quoc Coral Mountain - Phu Quoc Private &amp; small group Snorkeling tour\" width=\"980\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/z2355905718325_4bfad9001ebcc359ec34a3eb2d164c6a.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phu Quoc Coral Mountain \u2013 Phu Quoc Private &amp; small group Snorkeling tour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Please make a reference to<a href=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/tour\/phu-quoc-private-snorkeling-trip-exploration-of-coral-mountain-and-u-turn-reef-in-the-early-morning\/\">\u00a0Exploration of Coral Mountain in the early morning<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16576\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16576\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-load wp-image-16576 size-full lazy-load-active\" src=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cano_text-4000x3000-7-3.jpg\" alt=\"Enjoying sparkling water on the touristy-avoiding tour early in the morning - Chilling time after fascinating snorkeling experience\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cano_text-4000x3000-7-3.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cano_text-4000x3000-7-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cano_text-4000x3000-7-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cano_text-4000x3000-7-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onbird.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cano_text-4000x3000-7-3-400x300.jpg 400w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enjoying sparkling water on the touristy-avoiding tour early in the morning \u2013 Chilling time after fascinating snorkeling experience<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Learn_more_about_Phu_Quoc_coral_reefs_here_and_join_us_for_a_unique_snorkeling_trip_following_distinct_touristy-avoiding_sometime\"><\/span><strong>Learn more about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/category\/phu-quoc-travel-about-onbird\/phu-quoc-coral-reefs\/\">Phu Quoc coral reefs<\/a>\u00a0here and join us for a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/product-category\/tours-in-phu-quoc\/phu-quoc-snorkeling-trip\/\">unique snorkeling trip following distinct &amp; touristy-avoiding<\/a>\u00a0sometime.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Follow OnBird<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/onbirdtrip\">\u00a0o<strong>n Facebook<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/onbird_phuquoc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>to get updated on useful information about Phu Quoc island guide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apart from the weather, the light, the water we want to explore coral reefs in a completely quiet atmosphere which just has the sound of waves &amp; birds but not the noise of crowds. That why we always offer guests proper timeframe and crowd-avoiding route to explore hidden coral spots in Phu Quoc and Coral<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/en\/discover-coral-mountain-phu-quoc-unique-snorkeling\/\">&#8230;[Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1973,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions\/1973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/1972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}