Located all along the east side of Koh Similan (Similan Island number 8), Beacon Beach dive site is part of Beacon Reef and along with Beacon Point to the south, forms the longest reef in the Similan Islands. It's an easy sloping reef of predominately hard coral and makes a good check dive to start a liveaboard trip. 
There are mooring buoys along the length of the reef. The protection of island number 8 makes this a safe haven for dive boats that venture to the Similan islands in the rainy season and then get caught out by bad weather and some divers may find themselves doing more dives on this dive site than they had bargained for.
A fairly recent addition to the reef about half way down is the wreck of the Atlantis X liveaboard that sank in August 2002. It sits upright on the bottom with the bow pointing up the reef in about 16m of water and the stern sitting at around 30m. The upper deck has slipped and now hangs off the port side. This is not one of the world's great wrecks by any means but it's a good place to start a Beacon Beach dive. Lionfish and scorpionfish are already in residence and corals are starting to take a hold. Glassfish and juvenile fish inhabit the inner parts of the wreck....
Beacon Reef and Beacon Point >>
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