Easy Dives at Racha Yai: 2 Dive Racha Yai Trip
If you are limited on time and looking at scuba diving in Phuket the shortest scuba diving day trip on offer is 2 dive trip to Racha Yai. It is a basic and simple scuba dive day, better suited to beginner divers. Racha Yai dive sites are a great opportunity to do the PADI Discover Scuba Diving Experience and PADI ReActivate programs.
In October 2023, a new wreck was added to the underwater landscape between bays 1 and 2 of Racha Yai. This wreck, known as “The MV Meditation,” a former 37-meter charter vessel intentionally placed in approximately 24 meters of water, offering an enticing site for scuba divers.
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Racha Yai is one of the most popular sites for snorkeling, fishing and dive tours from Phuket. It is not uncommon to have 20 – 50 boats in the large bay that makes up Bay’s 1 & 2 (mostly snorkel and day trip vessels).
Only an hour and a half boat ride from Chalong Bay, Phuket. It provides a good range of marine life and is popular for both beginner and novice divers. The calm, clear waters at Racha Yai is ideal for beginner divers and experienced divers who’ve been out of the water for a while needed an easy refresher. One of the benefits is that the 2 dive day trip to Racha Yai leaves Chalong pier 08:00 should have you back at the pier at about 14:30/15:00.
Racha Yai is Phuket’s most popular day trip destination, accessible to all levels of divers and snorkelers. Coral begins almost immediately at the waters edge and starts to taper off around the 20 metre mark. The east side contains the majority of the dive sites and is popular during the summer months May to November. Good visibility that usually averages around the 20 metre mark. A decent dive site that we would recommend for beginners and anyone learning scuba diving in Phuket.
Unfortunately most of the dive sites here fell victim to the coral bleaching in 2010 & again in 2014, when water temps got up to around 32c. This severely affected the coral and subsequently the marine life. Whilst the dive site provides enough for the beginner and novice diver it may not be as exciting for experienced divers.
Racha Yai contains a few small wrecks, the most commonly dived is the Harruby wreck an ex dive charter vessel which was sunk in May 2011. Harruby used to be a snorkel and dive charter boat, donated to the Raya group and now used as an artificial reef & training wreck for divers.
The wrecks are best dived between April – November when the Eastern side of Racha Yai is protected. During the period between November – April there maybe days where the boats instead dive Bungalow Bay & Siam Bay due to the winds.
Thanks to the Thailand DMCR (Department of Marine and Coastal Resources) our newest wreck “The MV Meditation,” can be found nestled between bays 1 and 2 of Racha Yai. This 37-meter former charter vessel, the MV Meditation, has been thoughtfully prepared and intentionally submerged to provide a unique diving experience, resting in approximately 24 meters of water.
Transfers are free from the following areas Patong, Kamala, Kalim, Kata, Karon and Chalong. All other areas will incur a transfer surcharge.
All boats provide breakfast and lunch, snacks and drinks with the only extras being soft drinks and beer on the way home.
Dive Sites at Racha Yai
- Bungalow Bay ✩✩
- Siam Bay ✩
- Bays 1and 2 ✩✩✩
- Racha Yai Wrecks ✩✩✩✩
- Staghorn Reef ✩✩
- Bay 3 Lucy’s Reef ✩✩
- Bays 4 and 5 ✩✩✩
- Home Run Reef ✩✩
**Please note that dive site selection is made at the discretion of the tour leader on the boat on the day. Safety and dive conditions are taken into consideration when selecting dive sites**
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