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Dive Sites For Intermediate Scuba  Divers

Dive Sites For Intermediate Scuba Divers

Dive Sites For Intermediate Scuba Divers

Recommended For Confident Open Water Divers and Higher

Here is a list of nice dive site that we consider good for those who are certified and have some confidence and experience. Consideration is given to the dive sites exposure to the weather and currents and the most likely visibility. Along with the general difficulty to which the site is normally dived.


Bida Nok Phi Phi Thailand Day Trip With Aussie Divers Phuket

Koh Bida Nok – Phi Phi

Koh Bida Nok - Phi Phi is possibly Phuket's best day trip dive site. It is one of my favorite dives sites in the area and is the most likely dive site you will do when scuba diving the Phi Phi Islands (weather permitting). A dive site that is accessible to all diving levels and provides great entertainment for all divers. The underwater topography is diverse from sandy bottoms, slopping reefs, a great wall, small caves and large cr [...]

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Koh Biba Phi Phi Scuba Diving Phuket Thailand Best

Koh Bida Nai Phi Phi

Koh Bida Nai is the sister island to Koh Bida Nok and a part of the Phi Phi National Park. Although it does not have the same diversity as Koh Bida Nok it is still a very nice dive site. The northern wall contains some stunning corals and it is the feature of the dive site. A beautiful swim through on the south eastern side provides divers with a picturesque view of some large schools of snappers that line either side. Black tip reef [...]

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Leopard Shark Scuba Diving Hin Bida Phuket Thailand PADI

Hin Bida (Bida Rock) Phi Phi

Hin Bida (Bida Rock) is a part of the Phi Phi Islands. She is a dive site some 20 minutes boat ride further east of Koh Bida Nok. Hin translates to rock in Thai and you can see the top rock protruding the surface depending on the tides at the time. This unusually shaped rock is not dissimilar to the shape of a human hand. The main rock has five finger like pinnacles that run from the surface down to 15 - 20 metres where it then flatte [...]

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Bay 3 Racha Yai Day Trip Scuba Diving Phuket

Racha Yai – Bay 3 – Lucy’s Reef

Bay 3 and Lucy's Reef is another very popular dive site on Racha Yai for all the same reasons as Bays 1 and 2. Another great place to learn to scuba dive. There are no wrecks in this bay however at around the 20 metres mark there are a stack of concrete cubes that form an artificial reef. The reef is a popular home for Batfish, Moray eels, Lionfish and a great selection of common reef fish. Head south and you will enter Lucy's R [...]

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Long Fin Bannerfish Racha Noi Phuket Thailand Best Scuba Diving

Bays 4 and 5 Racha Yai

Bays 4 and 5 are dive sites situated at the south east end of Racha Yai. They are not commonly dived however in recent times have started to gain popularity. Both bays have shallow water to begin the dive however both have rock formations that drop away to about 30 metres and beyond. The rock formation are proving to be popular given that they run deep and it offers divers something to look at rather than the sandy bays where the coral [...]

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Surgeon Fish Racha Yai Padi Open Water Course Scuba Diving Liveaboard

Homerun Reef – Racha Yai

Homerun Reef is a popular last dive of the day as it runs north along the east side of Racha Yai and starts to take you back in the Chalong direction for the end of the dive day and another popular place for learner divers. As a dive site, Homerun Reef is typical of the Racha Yai dive sites. It is made up of mostly hard corals including staghorn, branch and pore coral and is suitable for all levels of divers although at times the curre [...]

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Racha Noi Bay Scuba Diving Phuket PADI Best

Racha Noi Bay

Racha Noi Bay is a delightful and scenically beautiful bay to the vey south east side of Racha Noi. This bay is rarely dived as a stand alone dive site because of its distance from Phuket itself. It can take as much as 40 minutes extra boat ride to the dive site. The dive site is the closest dive site to the favour manta ray dive site of South Tip. For this reason often when the experienced divers are diving South Tip this is the ba [...]

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Racha Yai Scuba Diving Phuket Thailand Best

North Bay Racha Noi

North Bay as the name would suggest is situated on the northern point of Racha Noi. The bay consists of three vastly dive options. The bay itself is relatively shallow and is often well sheltered and ideal for beginner divers learning to scuba dive. On the eastern side of the bay is a long pinnacle that takes most of the dive to cover ending with a large drop off that reaches down to well over 40m. The western side takes you through to [...]

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Snappers Phi Phi Day Trip Scuba Diving Padi Aussie Divers

Is Phi Phi the best day trip scuba diving in Thailand?

Here is why Aussie Divers Phuket think that Phi Phi may be the best day trip scuba diving in Thailand. Yesterday we went scuba diving with Jake and Tara as they did their PADI Advanced Open Water Course with Aussie Divers Phuket. We headed off to the Phi Phi Island group for two dives and a third dive at Shark Point on the way back. This was the second time Jake and Tara had done this trip, the first was a few days earlier for the [...]

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Ornate Ghost Pipefish Similan Islands Liveaboard Phuket Scuba Diving

What are the Best Dive Sites in Phuket?

Here is a blog with what the Aussie Divers staff think what are the best dive sites in Phuket. Between the dive sites in the day trip region of Phuket, the Southern Andaman and the Northern Andaman dive areas of the Similan and Surin Islands there are more than 100 different dive sites. Here are some of the Aussie Divers Phuket staff with their views on what their favorite dive sites are. 1. Koh Bida Nok – Phi Phi: Just [...]

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Low Season Scuba Diving Aussie Divers Phuket

Phuket Scuba Diving – Wet Monsoon Months

The months of May/June see the start of the wet season (monsoon) season for Phuket and the west coast of Thailand. This change in weather delivers more wind and rain and in turn increases wave height. Ultimately this determines what scuba diving we can do during that period of the low season. We do continue to scuba dive during this period and although the weather does not effect diving under the water so much it does have an effect the bo [...]

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Lionfish Scuba Diving Day Trip Phuket Aussie Divers Phuket

Green Island

Green Island is a small rarely dived island that is due south of Shark Point and about an hour boat ride west of the Phi Phi Islands. It doesn't provide the same quality of diving as either Shark Point or Phi Phi hence the lack of appeal for the day trip boats to stop there. It is a small circular island with a sparse mixture coral and rocks. The southern side of the island is basically a flat sandy sea bed with not much marine life. Ha [...]

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Day Trip Diving In Phuket, Thailand

When scuba diving in Phuket you'll be embarking on what is referred to as 'Day Trip Scuba Diving', day trips will take you to one or many of the Islands around Phuket that house our outstanding reefs & wrecks. Because these Islands are typically one to two hours from Phuket mainland (Chalong Pier) by boat it works out much better if you do multiple dives while you are out there. Day trip diving in Phuket, Thailand will usually see you doing two or three dives per day, which is awesome because you get to see a multitude of different dive sites, marine life and scenery for a relatively low price, plus we get you back home in time for dinner.

Day trip diving in Phuket is suitable for divers of all levels, whether experienced, new, or total beginners, including Discover Scuba Divers, we have many options for day trip divers, including Phi Phi Island, Racha Noi & Racha Yai and the King Cruiser Wreck. Basically it is just a matter of deciding which day trip and dive sites best suit your level of diving comfort and then contact Aussie Divers to book it.

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