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Phuket has many excellent dive sites and Pro-Tech will get you there with very little time and effort. The College utilises more than 10 day boats so you can guarantee access to all sites every day of the week. Boat trips include transfers to and from your hotel to the Marina, breakfast, lunch, dinner on longer trips, snacks, fresh fruit, water, tea and coffee, tanks and weight also provided. Equipment hire available on request. Why not visit AGENT LIVEABOARD for overnight and longer duration trips to Phi Phi, Hin Daeng, Hin Muang and The Similan Islands.
 
Racha Yai  |  King Cruiser Wreck  |  Racha Noi  |  Anemone Reef  |  Shark Point
Koh Dok Mai  |  Pu Island  |  Phi Phi Islands  |  Hin Daeng / Hin Muang  |  The Similan Islands
 
 
Racha Yai
 
  Travel Time 1 ½ Hours
  Type of Dive Hard Coral Reef Some Soft Coral/ Drift Dive
  Depth 5 meters -25 meters Recreational Point / up to 45m Technical Points
  Current Slight to moderate
  Experience level Suits all levels
  Visibility 10 meters - 25 meters
     
Offering a sheltered bay of 10 or so dive sites for calm entries and sloping coral reefs this is a great site for all levels of divers. Beginners will be spoilt by the abundance of marine life such as octopus and juvenile barracudas at shallow depths of 10-12 meters whilst the more experienced divers will be fascinated by the life that goes on at the 25m bottom of the hard coral reef.

This is also the perfect training ground for deeper divers and those new to Tec with the max depth of 45 meters slightly away from the bay offering great visibility to practice skills and the coral reef as a backdrop for decompression.
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King Cuiser Wreck
 
  Travel Time 1 Hour 40 minutes
  Type of Dive Car Ferry Wreck Dive / Artificial Reef
  Depth 15 meters - 30 meters
  Current Moderate to strong
  Experience level Can sometimes be a challenging dive but suits most levels
  Visibility 5 meters - 25 meters
     
After striking Anemone Reef in 1997 The King Cruiser Car Ferry, almost 85 meters in length lies upright on the sea bed at 30 meters. The wreck is teaming with marine life and soft coral growth and provides a multitude of levels from the 12 meter wheel house to the depths of the giant propellers at 30 meters.

Lion fish, Scorpion fish and schools of Trevally and Fusiliers provide the marine entertainment and the wreck itself is the perfect adventure playground to advance your diving abilities with a wreck specialty programme. Penetration of the wreck is not recommended without the appropriate training.
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Racha Noi
 
  Travel Time 2 Hours
  Type of Dive Gardens of Hard and Soft Coral / Granite Boulders
  Depth 5 meters - 35 meters Recreational Point / up to 75m Technical Points
  Current Moderate to Strong
  Experience level Advanced Divers
  Visibility 10 meters - 35 meters
     
Located just South of Racha Yai, these uninhabited islands are the preferred home of large Pelagic fish during the high season, with Manta Rays, Eagle Rays and Whale sharks often spotted at the North and South tips. The sheltered bay offers less challenging conditions but the site suits more experienced divers.
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Anemone Reef
 
  Travel Time 1 ½ Hours
  Type of Dive Soft Coral / Limestone Pinnacle
  Depth 5 meters - 28 meters
  Current Moderate to strong
  Experience level Most qualified diver levels
  Visibility 10 meters - 25 meters
     
As the name suggests this reef is covered with thousands of purple and red sea anemones at its shallowest points. Small in size it will cease to amaze you with it’s over crowded marine life hideaways.

Large sea fans provide a sprinkle of great photography opportunity and the morays, lion fish, groupers, snappers, scorpions and even frog fish are never camera shy.
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Shark Point
 
  Travel Time 1 ½ Hours
  Type of Dive Gardens of Hard and Soft Coral / Pinnacles
  Depth 5 meters - 25 meters
  Current Moderate
  Experience level Most qualified diver levels
  Visibility 10 meters - 25 meters
     
This marine sanctuary is probably one of the best sites to be found in Phuket. It has three pinnacles with the northern most pinnacle just breaking the surface to mark the spot. A large variety of marine life can be found here including leopard sharks, moray eels, jacks, trevally and honeycomb grouper. The lucky ones, only with the best dive guides, will be introduced to the resident Sea Horses.
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Koh Dok Mai
 
  Travel Time 1 Hour
  Type of Dive Wall Dive / Soft Coral / Caverns
  Depth 5 meters - 30 meters
  Current Moderate
  Experience level Most qualified diver levels
  Visibility 10 meters - 25 meters
     
This is a small island located halfway between Chalong Bay and Shark Point offering great wall diving with the eastern side featuring sheer walls and two caverns at approx. 16-20m adorned with soft coral and the western side having a steep sloping reef with sea fans and barrel sponges. Ghost pipefish, white eyed morays, black and white-tip reef sharks and turtles are all common here a great place for nudibranch fans and night dives.
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Pu Islands
 
  Travel Time 10 minutes
  Type of Dive Soft Coral
  Depth 5 meters -20 meters
  Current Slight to Moderate
  Experience level From beginners to Advanced
  Visibility 5 meters - 20 meters
     
Situated only 10 minutes by long tail boat from Karon and Kata beaches lies a small island home to one of the best training grounds for new divers and a paradise for those who like to dive and be home by lunch-time. Stepping stone layers of coral drifting down to a maximum of 20 meters you will find schools of fish swimming in circles around every diver as it is one of the quietest sites around. Pu Island is great for snorkelling and a fun day out.
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Phi Phi Islands
 
  Travel Time 2 ½ Hours
  Type of Dive Soft Coral / Wall Dives / Pinnacles
  Depth 5 meters - 25 meters
  Current Moderate
  Experience level Most qualified diver levels
  Visibility 10 meters - 20 meters
     
The main dive sites in Phi Phi are Koh Bida Nok and Koh Bida Nai, two rocky outcrops just south of Phi Phi Ley. Both of these sites boast colourful soft coral, gorgonian sea fans and sea whips and an explosion of rainbow marine life. Phi Phi is also famous for its limestone scenery, caves, caverns, ledges and walls both above and below sea level. One of the longer trips from Phuket but well worth the experience for overwhelming views and long lasting memories.
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Hin Deng - Hin Muang
 
  Travel Time 2 ½ Hours
  Type of Dive Soft Coral / Limestone Pinnacle
  Depth 5 meters -75 meters
  Experience level From beginners to Advanced
     
Hin Daeng is classified as on of the best dive sites in Thailand. This massive limestone pinnacle protrudes by only a few meters above the surface. On the southwest side a vertical wall drops down to 50m. The pinnacle is covered with colourful soft corals and oysters, with huge beds of anemones in the shallower portions. Large stingrays have a tendency to rest on the sea bed. Large schools of barracuda, tuna and fusilier cruise around the rock and if you are lucky, you may get the visit of a reef shark.

Hin Muang is definitely a world class dive site. This totally submerged rock is completely covered with hard, soft and antipatharian corals, sea fans and sea anemones. All the reef species found in the Similan can be seen here together with large oceanic visitors; whale sharks, manta rays, whitetips and silvertips.
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The Similian Islands
     
Often categorised in the top 10 dive sites of the world by international diving press The Similan can be explored on a fast-Cat day trip or by luxury 3, 5 or 10 day liveaboards. Located North West of Phuket, the Similans consist of nine granite islands covered in lush, tropical jungle foliage, surrounded by crystal clear blue oceans.

Large granite boulders and dramatic rock formations await below the surface with overhangs and swimthroughs a plenty.

Baby powder beaches offer fantastic scenery and relaxation spots while Manta Rays are the order of the day for the keen eyes. There is no end to the marine life you will see here, just remember to take a fish identification book with you, the Similans is full of surprises.
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