| PHUKET DIVE SITES
RACHA YAI ISLAND : 30 minutes by high speed boat. Visibility 15-30 meters. Depth 3-20 meters. Dives on the East side are with easy conditions, clear water and a good variety of marine life. Dives on the West side consist mostly of granite rocks, sparse coral growth, invertebrates and a good variety of reef fish. Racha Yai Island is the perfect place for a diver to do a check dive. For divers of all levels.
RACHA NOI ISLAND : 40 minutes by high speed boat. Visibility 15-30 meters. Depth 3-30 meters. Dives consist of rocky slopes, coral gardens and huge rock pinnacles. Marine life here includes both hard and soft corals, crinoids of many colors, and a wide variety of reef fish with occasionally pelagic fish. Many divers compare the dive spot with those in the Similan/Surin Islands. For divers of all levels.
KOH DOC MAI : 20 minutes by high speed boat. Visibility 15-25 meters. Depth 1-30 meters. The East side of the island offers a wall rich in invertebrates and a good representation of tube corals. There are large moray eels, Black-banded Sea Snakes, Honeycomb Groupers and angelfish, and you have a good chance of seeing Leopard Sharks out on the sand. The western side of the island features a steeply sloping reef. Both Blacktip and Whitetip Reef Sharks have been seen here as well as visiting pelagic are often on view. For divers of all levels.
SHARK POINT : 40 minutes by high speed boat. Visibility 10-25 meters. Depth 3-25 meters. Shark Point is classified as a Marine Sanctuary. This reef is home to an incredible profusion of sea creatures with soft and hard corals, tropical and pelagic fish and Leopard-Sharks for great pictures. The density and diversity of marine life here is favorably compared to the best coral reefs anywhere in the world. For intermediate divers only.
ANEMONE REEF : 40 minutes by high speed boat. Visibility 10-25 meters. Depth 4-26 meters. Anemone Reef is a collection of rocky plateau. As you might guess, the top part of the reef is smothered in sea anemones; there are many resident clownfish, shrimps and Porcelain Crabs. Elsewhere on the reef you will find large clusters of soft corals and enormous gorgonian sea fans. At its deepest point a solitary rock is home to a group of juvenile moray eels. For intermediate divers only.
PHI-PHI ISLANDS : 70 minutes by high speed boat. Visibility 10-25 meters. Phi-Phi Islands offers numerous walls, caverns and caves, as well as shallow coral gardens and sloping reefs. Typical sights include both hard and soft coral, nudibranchs, shellfish and many other invertebrates. Fish life is abundant and range from coral reef fish to leopard shark or whale sharks. For divers of all levels.
KING CRUISER WRECK : 40 minutes by high speed boat. Visibility 10-25 meters. The 70 meters steel hulled passenger ferry had been sunk on May 1997 by hurting Anemone Reefs. That huge catamaran rests within the zone of Shark Point Marine Sanctuary in about 30 meters of water on a sandy bottom. Divers can swim through most of the wreck. For intermediate divers only. 
KING CRUISER WRECK
SIMILAN ISLANDS MARINE NATIONAL PARK : 130 minutes by high speed boat. Visibility 20-40m. Depth 3-40m. The Similans can certainly lay claim to being one of Asia's top dive destinations with over 20-30 different dive sites. East-facing dive sites feature gently sloping reefs and drop-offs with impressive gardens of sea anemones, flourishing hard and soft corals, and teeming fish populations. Western dive sites is quite the opposite. Here, giant granite boulders tumble down to the seabed to depths of 40m or more. Strong currents keep the gaps between the boulders free from build-ups of sand, leading to the development of a network of tunnels, archways and caverns that provide exciting swimthroughs. The currents also provide nutrients for masses of gorgonians, crinoids, sea fans and lush soft corals. Pelagic fish as whale sharks, reef sharks, mantas, eagle rays, barracudas, Trevallies, tuna ands jacks are frequently observed. For intermediate divers only.
HIN DAENG / HIN MUANG : 110 minutes by high speed boat. Visibility 20-40m. Depth 3-40m. This is one of the best dive spots in Thailand (truly a world-class dive site). the 2 rocks with vertical walls dropping straight down to 50-60m are completely covered with hard and soft coral, sea fans, sea anemones and attract large school of jacks as well as fusiliers, tuna and barracuda. Hin Daeng is also perhaps the only place in Thailand where gray reef sharks can be seen in schools of up to 15 animals. The richness and variety of pelagic fish compares to that found at Richelieu Rock, particularly for the sight of whale shark. For intermediate divers only.
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