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Diving in Phuket
Boat dives are the most common diving activities in Phuket year around! There are also some fantastic shore dives that can be arranged during the dry season from November to May. Most of the dive boats depart from Chalong Pier, located in southern tip of Phuket.
One Day Dive Trips
All day trip boats are equipped with modern navigation & communication tools, first aid kits & oxygen tanks, sundeck & shaded area, western style bathrooms and fresh water showers. Service, safety practice and food on boats are relatively high standard as there are high competitions in the region that most boat operators try hard to keep up their standard. |
Phuket Boat Dives
When diving from a dive boat, divers get dropped off on the dive site, and get picked up at where the dive ends by the boat (dinghy is occasionally used). There is very little surface swimming involved. A safety balloon is highly recommended to be easily spotted on the surface and usage of dive computers is also recommended especially for advance level dive sites.
Non divers & snorkellers are very welcomed to join our trips at up to 50% discounted rates. |
| Daytrip Boats Listed below are just highlights of Phuket day trip boats. We also arrange charter trips & special trips on requests. Please email for details. |
ECONOMY |
Boat 1 (** 1/2)
Budget & Friendly |
Boat 2 (***)
Best Western food & Wi-Fi |
Boat 3 (***)
Friendly Thai atmospher |
Boat 4 & 5 (***)
Coffee machine onboard |
STANDARD |
Boat 6 (****)
Freshly cooked breakfast & lunch
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Boat 7 (*** 1/2)
Freshly cooked breakfast & lunch
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Boat 8 (****)
Very Spacious, kitchen onboard
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Boat 9 (***)
Overnight Phi Phi Island Trip w/ 7 dives + 5 meals
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DELUXE |
Boat 10 (*** 1/2)
Air con cabin & Free Nitrox
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Boat 11 (***)
German operation
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Boat 12 (****)
4 dives on Sunday
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Boat 13 (***)
One day trip to Similan Islands
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Phuket Day Trip Schedule & Prices till 30 April 2012 (All prices are quoted in Thai Baht)
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| Boat 1 |
Everyday: RY 2800 (2 dives) **free transfer fr/to Kata & Karon only |
| Boat 2 |
RN/RY 3200 (3) |
PP/SP 3200 (3) |
KC/PP 3200 (3) |
PP/AR 3200 (3) |
RN/RY 3200 (3) |
PP/KDM 3200 (3) |
PP/SP (3200) |
| Boat 3 |
KC/SP/KDM 3500 (3) |
Raya Yai 3000 (2) |
RN/RY 3500 (3) |
RN/RY 3500 (3) |
Phi Phi 3500 (2) |
AR/SP/KDM 3500 (2) |
RN/RY 3500 (3) |
| Boat 4 |
Everyday: KC 3400 (3 dives) |
| Boat 5 |
Everyday: RY 2900 (2 dives) |
Boat 8: free transfe fr/to all Phuket
Boat 9: Thur & Sun trips departure at 10AM
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Sunday |
Boat 10 |
KC/SP/KDM 3900 (3) |
RY 3300 (2) |
PP 3500 (2) |
RN 3500 (2) |
KC/AR/KDM 3900 (3) |
RY 3300 (2) |
RN 3500 (2) |
| Boat 11 |
RN+RY 3900 (3) |
PP/KDM 3900 (3) |
SP 3400 (2) |
RN+RY 3900 (3) |
PP/KDM 3900 (3) |
RY 3400 (2) |
PP/KDM 3900 (3) |
| Boat 12 |
AR 3750 (2) |
RY 3750 (2) |
PP 4500 (3) |
KC 3750 (2) |
RN+RY 4500 (3) |
SP 3750 (2) |
PP/SP/KDM 5250 (4) |
| Boat 13* |
Similan 5600 (2) |
Similan 5600 (2) |
Koh Bon 5600 (2) |
Similan 5600 (2) |
Similan 5600 (2) |
Similan 5600 (2) |
Koh Bon 5600 (2) |
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Trip Fees Include: Tank, weights & weight belts, transfer between boat and accommodation (Kata, Karon and Patong), light breakfast, lunch, fruits & snack, drinking water, coffee & tea, dive guide (per 4-6 divers), 5 meals & overnight accommodation (Boat 10)
Trip Fees Exclude: Rental diving equipment (full set: 500 THB / day), Rental dive computer (300~500 THB / day), soft drinks & beers (30~60 THB), transfer outside of pick-up areas listed above, National Park fee (600 THB for Boat 13*)
Private Dive Guide Service (our specialty): Recommended for divers have been out of water for a while, photographers and divers who enjoys quality service with a small additional cost. Available on request from 1000 THB / day
Private Photographer or rental camera + Edited CD: 1,000~1,200 THB / day
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| Dive Sites - Phuket & Beyond |
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Raya Yai Island approximately 1.5 hour boat ride to south of Phuket, offers close to 10 different dive sites. Dive sites are commonly selected by the tour leader base on divers’experience/certification and weather conditions. There are many bays where you will be sheltered from wind & waves year round. Rare micro species can be found on sandy slopes while schools of yellowtail barracudas, jacks and snappers appear regularly. Healthy coral reefs, good visibility, and home to abundance of parrot fish, groupers, rabbit fish, and trumpet fish etc. Raya Yai is a perfect location for beginners and check out divers. There are also 2 small wrecks (Fishing Boats), tempting experienced divers to explore.
Visibility: 15-30 meters+
Depth: 5-30 meters
Current: very mild
Diver level: All |
Raya Noi Island is 45 minutes further south of Raya Yai and is known for fantastic visibility and opportunity to encounter Manta and occasional Whale Sharks. The island attracts Manta Rays due to its current and depth. There're swimthroughs and rocky landscapes as well as white sand bottom sloping from the beaches to the depth. The great visibility, various underwater scenery and variety of marine life allow all levels of divers to enjoy.
Visibility: 15-30 meters+
Depth: 5-40 meters
Current: mild to strong
Diver level: All
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Phi Phi Islands, approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes east of Phuket, include Phi Phi Don, Phi Phi Lei, Koh Bida Nok and Koh Bida Nai. The only inhabited place in this group is Phi Phi Don. White sandy beaches, limestone caverns, and clear blue water are the main attraction of the Phi Phi Islands (also famous for being the location for the film, The Beach). Most of the dive sites in this area offer interesting underwater landscapes such as swim-through, great overhung walls and boulder crevices. The resident marine life include leopard sharks, black-tip reef sharks, turtles and schooling barracudas. You also will find some reef fish common only in this area such as Blue ring Angel Fish. Extra action can be seen on a dive are leopard sharks mating, seasonal whale sharks and small stuff like seahorses, ghost pipefish.
Visibility: 10-25 meters
Depth: 5-30 meters
Current: very mild to strong
Diver level: All |
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The King Cruiser Wreck is an 85 meter catamaran passenger ferry that hit Anemone Reef and sank in 1997between Phuket and Phi Phi Island (All passengers and crew were rescued)? The ferry hull lies at 32 meters and the top is about 18 meters. Located just a few minute boat ride from Shark Point, the wreck is now home to many lion fish, stone fish, nudibranches and nurse sharks.If qualify, it is a good dive site to visit as schools of jacks, snappers and barracudas regularly come by for a feeding frenzy!
Visibility: 5-15 meters
Depth: 15-30 meters
Current: medium to strong
Diver level: advance and above |
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Shark Point Marine Sanctuary (Hin Musang) A group of submerged pinnacles inside a marine sanctuary, is 1.5 hour east of Phuket.One to three pinnacles can be visited in one dive where hard coral, sea fans and soft coral gardens home to most of the Andaman reef fish species. Gentle leopard sharks are often found sleeping on the sandy bottom. For those with keen eyes for small things will find ghost pipefish, seahorses and small crustaceans hiding among sea fans and crevices. Shark Point is a must see dive site in the Phuket area!
Visibility: 10-20 meters
Depth: 5-28 meters
Current: mild to strong
Diver level: advance and above
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Koh Doc Mai (Flower Island) is only an hour from Phuket and mostly visited on the same trip with the King Cruiser Wreck or Shark Point. This uninhabited island offers great wall dives where you can expect to find various moray eels, shrimps, nudibranches, sea slugs, ghost pipefish and seahorses. The island also has a couple of caves on the east side which gives great cavern view at entrances.
Visibility: 5-15 meters
Depth: 10-25 meters
Current: mild to strong
Diver level: advance and above
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Anemone Reef, also located near Shark Point and offers a very different underwater scenery. This submerged pinnacle is covered with extensive colorful anemone including 4 different types of clown fish This dive sites attracts fusiliers, snappers, green turtles and larger pelagic like tunas and barracudas as well as leopard sharks and occasional whale sharks.
Visibility: 10-20 meters
Depth: 5-28 meters
Current: medium to strong
Diver level: advance and above |
Coral Island has a few dive sites around the island offering very rich marine life and healthy corals. The island may not be the best dive site in Phuket but it's only 20 min boat ride from the pier. And there's no big waves or strong wind while you are on the boat and while you are underwater.
Visibility: 5-15 meters
Depth: 5-18 meters
Current: mild to strong
Diver level: All
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Similan Islands & Koh Bon have available for day trips from Phuket for a few years, especially for those do not have enough time to go on overnight trips and liveaboard trips. The Similans & Koh Bon offer more than 25 dive sites. The Similan Marine National Park is known as one of the world top 10 diving destination due to good visibility, wide variety of marine life including small animals, unique and colorful reef fish, leopard sharks, reef sharks and very healthy coral reefs. Koh Bon, also part of the Marine Sanctuary, is famous for Manta Ray Encounters and one of the best wall dives in the region. A must see for all avid divers visiting Thailand!
Visibility: 15-40 meters+
Depth: 15-40 meters
Current: mild to very strong
Diver level: advance and above |
Phuket Shores, (November till April only) offers easy access to dive sites that can be done in just an hour. Shore dives are found along the main beaches on the west coast or just 10 minutes from shore by a local wooden motor-boat (The Long-tail boat). Kata Beach Reef is perfect for non-certified experience, certification courses and refresher programs. Kata Beach Reef, Karon Rock and Koh PU are suitable for both beginners and experienced divers with cameras as short excursions and still get the unique and vibrant marine life as a day trip.
Visibility: 5-20 meters
Depth: 0-18 meters
Current: none to medium
Diver level: All
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