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Dive the Andoman Sea
Execptional Experiances liveaboard trips to the top dive spots around Phuket, Phi-Phi Island and Hin Daeng diving sites. Koh Phi Phi
The main dive sites for Phi Phi are Ko Bida Nok and Ko Bida Nai, two rocky outcrops just south of Phi Phi Ley. Both these sites are abundant in colourful soft coral, gorgonian seafans and sea whips.
The classic limestone scenery with its caves and caverns, ledges and walls give Phi Phi Island its well deserved reputation above and below the water line. The Islands are good places to spot Leopard sharks and the occasional visit by whale sharks.
Koh Ha Islands
Koh Ha is a group of five magical uninhabited islands, unspoiled and usually offering crystal clear waters. One of the highlights is diving the Twin Cathedrals, a large cave system that has formed into two large domes with a passage between them. This island group is a haven for marine life and divers alike! – awesome beauty with caverns, caves, chimneys, swim throughs, soft coral covered walls, coral heads and sea bed. The marine diversity here will suit all divers with interesting macro such as sea horse and rare nudibrancs and good fish action plus squid, cuttlefish, lobsters, morays and more.
Koh Doc Mai
This small, jungle topped island is located on the way to Shark Point from Phuket and is considered one of the best wall dives in the area. Doc Mai is a huge limestone rock that rises steeply out of the sea.
On three sides the sheer walls occupied with a different creature in every nook and cranny drop straight down to the sea floor. The west side is a gently sloping hard coral reef with an abundance of colorful sea life decorating its underwater cliffs. This dive is noted for its variety of reef fish and an opportunity to view some of the resident Moray Eels. The east-side of the island is a virtual garden of yellow tube corals and you can explore some of the small caves along the base of the wall.
Anemone Reef
Anemone Reef or Hin Jom (Submerged Rock) lies just underwater, about 600 meters to the North of Shark Point. As the Thai name makes clear, no part of the pinnacle is exposed, and underwater the rock drops off more dramatically to a depth of between 20 and 27 meters until reaching a bottom of sand and oyster shells. Although not as colorful as Shark Point, the fish life here is excellent as well and our friends, the leopard sharks, often are seen free-swimming at the top of the rock in six meters of water.
Located just South of Ao Phang-nga and all of its fresh water rivers, visibility averages around 10 meters, often less. Although conditions such as this are not what divers dream of when they think of perfect visibility, the amount of marine life more than makes up for the often limited visibility.
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