Divesites

Sharkpoint (Hin Musang in Thai) is a marine sanctuary since 1992. It’s located 25km east of Phuket and takes approximately 110minutes to get there with daytrip boats. It’s one of the most beautiful dive sites in the area which offers world class diving. The rock pinnacles are full of marine life, purple and pink soft corals, huge gorgonian sea fans. Sharkpoint got it’s name from the commonly sited leopard sharks. Other highlights are Seahorses, Blue-spotted Stingrays, Lionfish, Many species of moray eels and Anemone fish.

Depth: 5-27m
Visibility: 10-25m
Current: Moderate - Strong

Anemone reef is located just 10 minute boat rides away from Sharkpoint. Anemone Reef is a huge pinnacle rising from a depth of 27 meters to just 4 meters beneath the surface. This is the pinnacle that King Cruiser hit before it sank (See King Cruiser Wreck).This dive site is very similar to Sharkpoint and as you guess from the name, it’s full of sea anemones. Here is also a good chance to spot leopard sharks. Lion fishes are also very common here and it’s not unusual to count 15-20 on a dive. Here you will also find big schools of snappers, groupers and of cause clownfish.

Depth: 4-27m
Visibility: 4-20m
Current: Moderate - Strong

On May 4th 1997 King Cruiser catamaran was on its daily routine between Phuket and Phi Phi islands. The weather was fine but for some reason the captain lost the course and hit anemone reef. It took 1 hour for the 87m long and 25m wide catamaran to sink and all 600 passengers were rescued.King Cruiser has become a huge artificial reef and covered with shells and a great variety of marine life. Nurse sharks, leopard sharks, huge lion fishes, scorpion fish and big schools of trevallys just to name a few.

Depth: 12-32m
Visibility: 5-15m
Current: Moderate - Strong

Koh doc mai which means “Flower Island” in Thai are a huge pinnacle rising from a depth of 30m to far above surface. Koh doc mai are located approximately 1 hour boat ride from Phuket, on the way to sharkpoint. Although visibility often is poor, this is the best wall dive in the area. If stay close to the wall you can find a lot of small stuff like: Shrimps, sea horses, ghost pipe fish, and nudi branchs. Other common marine life is Moray eels, sea snakes, clown triggerfish and also leopard sharks. There are also 2 small caverns. The cavern at 14m can be safely penetrated. Sometimes have a look away from the wall out in the blue, if you are really lucky you might see something big.

Depth: 5-25m
Visibility: 5-15m
Current: Moderate - Strong

Phi Phi-Bida Nai/Nok is located east of Phuket and you reach the islands after a 3 hour boat ride. Although the distance its well worth to go there. Bida nai and Bida nok is 2 limestone pinnacles rising from a depth of 30 meter and up a bow surface. On this 2 dive site you get a great variation of diving. You get wall dive, sloping reefs, swim troughs and a fabulous marine life.The marine life includes soft and hard corals, huge gorgonian sea fans, and big schools of snappers, octopus, sea horse, moray eels, and lionfish. Here is also the greatest chance to spot leopard sharks and turtles.This site is also popular for snorkeling.

Depth: 5-30m
Visibility: 10-25m
Current: Moderate

Racha Yai Island is located south of Phuket, approximately 1, 5 hour with daytrip boats. Around this island are several good dive sites. On the east coast you find sloping reefs mainly of stag horn corals with a good variation of marine life and also two wrecks. You usually find big schools of false barracudas,lion fishes, cuddle fish, turtles, octopus, moray eels and sometimes leopard sharks. Divers of all levels of experience and snorkelers can visit Racha Yai, we also conduct most of our entry level courses here. This is a good destination for everyone.

Depth: 2-30m
Visibility: 15-30m
Current: Weak - Moderate

Further south you find its sister island Racha Noi. This is a popular destination for the more experienced divers. Around this island are also several dive sites. Sloping hard coral reefs, big boulders and rock Formations, swim through and drop offs to +40m. Usually seen are stingrays, moray eels, octopus and big puffer fish. Highlights are Manta Rays, reef sharks and leopard sharks.

Depth: 10-40m
Visibility: 10-30m
Current: Moderate - Strong

The best dive sites of the southern Thailand, Hin Deang and Hin Muang. The 2 huge rocks with vertical walls dropping straight down to 50-60m are completely covered with hard and soft coral in red and purple. There are sea fans in many different colors and sea anemones. These rocks attract large school of jacks, tuna and barracuda. Some of the highlights are: reef sharks, leopard sharks and manta rays. Even whale sharks can be seen here if you lucky. These dive sites can be compared with those at similan Islands. Koh Ha Islands are a formation of five islands, with many different types of dive sites. The amount of little teeny marine life is amazing. Also in Koh Ha, you will find many caves with swim-throughs, such as the “Dome” at 8 meters; a chimney from 17 to 6 meters; fantastic drop-offs, interesting shaped rocks and rocky ridges.

Depth: 5-60m
Visibility: 15-35m
Current: Moderate - Strong

Similan Islands Marine National Park - nine uninhabited tropical islands in the Andaman Sea offer you first class diving in one of the worlds top dive destinations. Here you will find the best and most diverse diving in Thailand. Famous for their white sand beaches, fringed by extensive coral reefs in crystal clear blue water with a rich variety of marine life. Aside from coral walls and deep dives with huge sea fans, barrel sponges, and big fish, the bottom topography is also fantastic. Large granite boulders, overgrown with coral and algae, lie jumbled together all the way from the surface to 40 meters (132 ft.) below, providing many interesting swim-troughs, canyons, archways and caves. The Similans also have a rich variety and abundance of reef fish. Many spices of sharks, rays, eels, frogfish, sea horses, ghost pipefish, turtles and wrasse. Deep water creatures like manta rays and whale sharks also visit the area, particularly in season from February to early May when nutrient-rich water cause plank tonic blooms.

Depth: 10-40m
Visibility: 15-40m
Current: Moderate - Strong

Koh Tachai and Koh Bon offer fantastic dives with many soft coral and schools of large tuna and barracudas. The main attraction of Koh Tachai is a huge underwater reef with big boulders, sea fans, and swim-troughs. Koh Bon offers a beautiful submerged coral ridge. The ultimate spot for deep dives, as the impressive reefs and walls drop down to depths of more than 45 meters (150 ft.) in crystal clear, blue water. Also, manta rays are frequently sighted in this area. Richelieu Rock is a collection of submerged pinnacles and is renowned for its visiting whale sharks from February to May. But even without the whale sharks, this is an outstanding dive site, with large schools of different fish, including barracuda, jackfish, snapper and many others. As the only rock formation in this area, rising up from the seabed and breaking the surface at low tide, Richelieu is a natural magnet for all fish life seeking protection from their predators. This is also a good place to see seahorses and ghostpipe fish.

Depth: 5-45m
Visibility: 15-35m
Current: Full range

Burma Banks a largely unexplored area, the Burma Banks are a series of large underwater flat-topped sea-mounts that lie approximately 180 kilometers (100 nautical miles) northwest of the Similan Islands. Although Similan Islands offer beautiful corals and a lot of marine life, the reason to travel all the way to Burma banks are for the BIG ANIMALS-and that means big sharks as well. Close shark encounters are virtually guarantied here. The most common types of sharks is the nurse shark and silver tip sharks that grows up to 3 meters in length. Where else can you go to see tens of large nurse sharks freely swimming nose-to-tail over the top of the reef on every dive. These attractions offer the opportunity to photograph these silver tips and nurse sharks, with the occasional tiger or hammer head making an appearance. In addition, you'll see larger reef fish than in other areas of Thailand, such as huge sweet lips and the occasional grouper. The Mergui Archipelago contains more than 800 islands and stretches over 10,000 square miles. The diver will find untouched reefs, sharks, big fish and an endless variety of coral. The bay of South Twin Island has three different dive sites with a depth around 16 meters. Big boulders, covered with Staghorn and other kinds of hard corals, provide shelter for many small marine life. Outside the bay you can see schools of barracudas, jacks and tunas. The great plateau of North Twin Island starts at a depth of 20 meters and is covered with colorful gorgonian fans. Sometimes, curious white-tip sharks and barracudas escort you during your dive in this amazing underwater world. Parrotfish and large groupers swimming near schools of colorful coral fish and fan corals can be found at Northern Rocky. This extraordinary reef has a drop of up to 50 meters and is considered one of the best dive sites in Mergui. Black Rock is where anything can happen - anything to do with fish, that is. You might see Leopard Sharks dancing a graceful ballet just for you or Manta Rays enjoying the sensation as your bubbles tickle their mighty wings. Grey Reef Sharks roam around the rock as shoals of Barracuda and Trevali form great spirals nearby. Smaller fish abound too, Frog Fish, Devil Scorpion Fish, all the way down to countless varieties of tiny Nudibranches.

Depth: 10-40+m
Visibility: 10-30m
Current: Moderate - Strong