| Kata-Karon diving
is varied and has outstanding marine life. The dive sites are
easily accesible and all levels of divers will find a dive to
suit their needs. In addition to the rich marine life it's also
possible to do wreck diving. Some dive operations offer Phi
Phi Island as an overnight liveaboard trip.
Always
dive according to your level of training. Check with your dive
center for safety, additional information and level required
for each dive site before entering the water.
Diving
is possible all year round however from June to September
the diving is weather dependent.
Some
of the dive sites around Kata Karon are:
Koh
Racha Yai, a tropical island about 90 minutes south
of Phuket with calm waters that are clear for diving all year
round. Racha Yai is characterised by hard corals
and an abundance of colourful marine life. You may encounter
parrot fish, yellow tailed snappers and trigger fish.
This site is suitable for divers of all levels and experiences
as the maximum depth is 18 meters (59 feet).
There is excellent drift diving during
the monsoon period and snorkling is practicable as well.
Koh
Racha Noi is about 30 minutes away from the sister
Island Racha Yai has deep water around and good visibility.
There are occasional strong currents and bigger pelagics such
as barracudas, leopard sharks, eagle
rays, black spotted stingrays, big
groupers and manta rays are spotted
here.
Koh
Doc Mai meaning Flower Island is made up of a huge
rock and lies halfway between Shark Point and Phuket. Some of
the best wall diving is found
in this area. Marine life includes bearded scorpionfish,
common lionfish, sea snakes, barracudas, clams, sea fans, soft
corals and colorful tube corals.
Macro lovers can see cleaner shrimps, sea horses, ghost
pipefish, nudibranch, sea slugs, and juvenile white-eyed morays!
Shark
Point consists of three submerged pinnacles approximately
90 minutes east of Phuket. There is a huge variety of marine
life present in this famous marine sanctuary. To be seen are
colorful soft corals, sponges,anemones and sea fans on the limestone
pinnacles a wide range of tropical marine life like clown
fish, octopus, squid, sweetlips, morays, trevallies, and spotfin.
At the sandy bottom lionfish and the resident
leopard sharks can be found.
Anemone
reef is an underwater rock north of Hin Musang which
drops off dramatically to a depth of between 20 and 27 meters
(65 - 88 feet). The reef starts at 5 meters (16 feet) and is
completeley covered with anemones and soft corals. The diving
conditions are good in general but due to the ooccasional strong
currents this site is more suitable for the advanced diver.There
is abundant fish life and leopard sharks and
moray eels are often seen.
King
Cruiser a catamaran passenger ferry, strayed and hit
Anemone Reef ripping one of her twin hulls open on the 4th of
May 1997.This wreck located close to Shark Point
is an excellent dive for advanced divers. The marine life found
here includes porcupine fish, Common Lionfish, Scorpion
Fish in the hull and Nurse Sharks
in the sand under the wreck.
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