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Home run reef
East side of island
This dive site is usually dived as a drift dive starting at Bay 1. The reef running along the edge of the island offers a lot to see. There are big schools of fish and a wide amount of small macro life. At its best, diving here is an effortless glide with the current and enjoying the views.
Level
Beginner
The best attractions in the depth
5 - 18m
Hard coral - Soft coral
Mostly hard coral
What to expect under the surface
Huge schools of fish, small macro life
Wall - reef - pinnacle - wreck
Reef
Bay 1 / Ao La
East side of island
This bay is the most popular site in the Phuket area for divers and snorkelers. The shallow reef offers lots to see for everyone, despite the experience. The sandy bottom provides a perfect area to practise skills during courses. You can practice buoyancy control with concrete cubes on an artificial reef, as long as you watch carefully that there is no coral growing or other marine life that You can disturb in the cube.
Level
Beginner
The best attractions in the depth
5 - 20m
Hard coral - Soft coral
hard coral
What to expect under the surface
schools of fish, rays, macro life
Wall - reef - pinnacle - wreck
Reef - artificial reef
Ha Ruby wreck
East side, front of bay 1
This former liveaboard vessel has been intentionally sunken as a dive site. The wreck works perfectly for educational use and wreck speciality courses are conducted here often. The wreck has gathered life around it from barracudas to bat fish. While visiting the wreck, you can go to see if “The Old Lady” - a huge-sized moray eel - is at home next to the propellers.
Level
Beginner - advanced
The best attractions in the depth
16 - 25m
Hard coral - Soft coral
hard coral
What to expect under the surface
Nice spot for photo shoot
Wall - reef - pinnacle - wreck
Wreck
Marla's Mystery wreck
East side, front of bay 1
The 34-meter vessel has been sunk by a dive center owner to the delight of divers. It's located south of Bay 1. The wreck was planned to be shallower, but upon sinking it slide deeper and remained lying at the bottom to a depth of about 36 meters. The wreck is therefore not suitable for beginner divers.
Level
Advanced - experienced
The best attractions in the depth
25 - 40m
Hard coral - Soft coral
Hard and soft coral
What to expect under the surface
Nice spot for photo shoot, big flocks
Wall - reef - pinnacle - wreck
Wreck
Bay 3 / Lucys Reef
East side of island
This dive site is popular during the summer when the waves are too high on the west side of the island. Here You can find more familiar barracudas and sting rays as well as rarer stonefish and frogfish. There is also a fast sailfish seen here swimming in one glance past.
Level
Beginner - Advanced
The best attractions in the depth
5 - 26m
Hard coral - Soft coral
Hard and soft coral
What to expect under the surface
Middle size fishes, flocks and macro
Wall - reef - pinnacle - wreck
Reef
Bay 4 / Waterfall Wall
East side of island
A very similar type of dive site to Bay 3. The biggest difference is that the dive site continues south as a rocky sloping reef that can be dived as a drift dive during high tide. The site can also be seen by Thai marine department coral planting areas, as in this site they are trying to revive and plant new coral as a reef.
Level
Beginner - Advanced
The best attractions in the depth
5 - 26m
Hard coral - Soft coral
Hard and soft coral
What to expect under the surface
Middle size fishes, flocks and macro
Wall - reef - pinnacle - wreck
Reef
Bungalow Bay, South
West side of island
Also known as Ao Patok. An undervalued dive site that is perfect for Discover Scuba Diving-program, but also offers interesting things to see for more experienced divers. In particular, the macro life of the dive site surprises with its abundance. If you are not interested in small animals then you can admire larger schools of barracudas and other reef fish. The entire southern edge of the bay is full of coral.
Level
Beginner
The best attractions in the depth
5 - 20m
Hard coral - Soft coral
Hard and soft coral
What to expect under the surface
Flocks, reef fishes and macro life
Wall - reef - pinnacle - wreck
Reef
Bungalow Bay, North
West side of island
North-side edge of the bay is also a great reef. There you can dive with a large school of fusiliers and look for Scorpionfish and small sea snails a.k.a. nudibranchs among the corals. Guitar shark and manta ray have been seen on this dive site too. Although it seems like Manta had a compass totally messed up in that time…
Level
Beginner
The best attractions in the depth
5 - 18m
Hard coral - Soft coral
Mostly hard coral
What to expect under the surface
Basically anything
Wall - reef - pinnacle - wreck
Reef
Siam Bay
West side of island
Two huge elephant statues are sunk on the site, which are also protected by two Thai warriors in the form of a statue. The statues are actually sunk as a tsunami memorial. As a funny detail on the head of another warrior, an anemone has found its way and it sways in the currents like hair. The site also has coral formations that are home to many sea animals.
Level
Beginner - advanced
The best attractions in the depth
14 - 25m
Hard coral - Soft coral
Mostly hard coral
What to expect under the surface
Nice spot for photo shoot
Wall - reef - pinnacle - wreck
Reef - artificial reef
Siam Bay north
On the northern edge of Siam Bay is a smaller bay where a lot of coral grows. It is a popular destination for both snorkelers and divers. The lively reef serves as a home for many species, so there is plenty to see here.
Level
Beginner
The best attractions in the depth
5 - 12m
What to expect under the surface
Moray eels, lively marine life
Hard coral - Soft coral
Mostly hard coral
Wall - reef - pinnacle - wreck
Reef
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