Tauchen Racha Yai & Raja Noi Inseln Phuket Mit Aqua Vision Tauchcenter, Krabi, Thailand +66 (0)75 637 415

This incredible dive site is an underwater plateau of huge boulders starting at 18 and dropping off to below 70 meters, making it very similar to the Similans Islands dive sites.

It's open ocean position makes it a magnet for both predators and prey alike, and on a typical dive you can see huge schools of reef fish being hunted by slowly circling barracudas, trevallies and other pelagic predators, which constantly dart in to try to catch a quick meal.

During full and new moon South Point can have extremely strong tides, but the tides at other times, particularly during January and February, bring majestic Mantas, Eagle rays and occasional Whale Sharks to the site. Definitely one of the premiere dive sites in Thailand, and one of the best reasons for getting an Advanced Divers License! Map

Dive Level - Experienced - Advanced

At the Northern tip of Racha Noi is a small bay with some of the best coral formations in Thailand. Like South Point, the site is very similar in topography to the Similan Islands with large granite rock formations and a pristine white sand seabed.

Inside the bay are large areas of of delicate green sheet corals and formosa bottle-brush corals where many octopi offer great photo opportunities.

Moving eastward out of the bay, is a small wall like pinnacle reaching down to a depth of forty meters and full of schooling fish. The currents here can be strong but attract manta rays, one of the main draws for diving Rach Noi. North Point is also renowned for large numbers of bullet head parrotfish, huge morays, sea snakes and a fantastic variety of other reef inhabitants. Map

Dive Level - Intermediate - Experienced - Advanced

Maritas Rock / Manta Bay on the more sheltered south west side of Koh Racha Noi is a beautiful bay characterized by steep slopes dropping from eight down to thirty meters. The many colorful corals that cover the site are full of aquatic activity including turtles, octopus, leopard sharks, stingrays, puffers, porcupine fish, sea snakes and much more.

The atmospheric swim through's at Maritas rock are also a great place to test your buoyancy skills whilst swimming amongst tightly packed schools of glass fish between the enormous granite boulders. Map

Dive Level - Novice - Intermediate - Experienced - Advanced

On the eastern side of the Island is one of the worlds most beautiful tropical bays - Banana Bay, a small but perfect white sand beach with clear aquamarine water filled with stag horn and soft coral patches that slope gently down to a depth of thirty 30 meters.

Although this site is ideally suited to less experienced and trainee divers, visibilty regularly in excess of 20 meters never disappoints, allowing you to see a diverse variety of Thailand's endemic reef fish, including leopard sharks, colorful angel and banner fish and the ever present parrot fish and wrasse. One of Thailands best site for snorkelers too. Map

Dive Level - Beginner - Novice - Intermediate - Experienced - Advanced

This gorgeous bay is made up of coral rock formations on the north and south side which slope gently down to a white sandy seafloor littered with large coral bommies.

The North side is the busier site, with trainee divers enjoying the soft and hard corals and on the look out for elusive leaf fish and ghost pipefish before heading into the center of the bay to explore some of the huge bommies with schooling reef fish and juvenile pelagics.

The South side is covered with staghorn and pore corals with some huge granite boulders towardsa the western edge of the reef. Starting at around 10 meters at the Beach, the reef slopes off down to around 25 meters as you head along the wall spotting sea snakes, fusiliers, surgeonfish, , morays, octopus and turtles and rare sea moths. Map

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Homerun on the north east coast of Koh Racha Yai is a hard coral reef with staghorn, branch, brain and pore corals growing between scattered rocks and boulders.

If heading north, the dive often starts at the Andaman Explorer wreck which lies at a depth of 22 meters before heading back to drift along the sloping reef. Great Barracudas, cornets and trumpet fish can be spotted along the way, along with many types of parrotfish, wrasse, butterflyfish and all other types of tropical reef fish. Map

Dive Level - Novice - Intermediate - Experienced - Advanced

The wreck of a boat named "Marla's Mystery" was placed at this site in 2004 by local dive operators to act as an artificial reef and added dive attraction.

The 35 meter long wreck rests upright at 35 meters depth, and is now a very colourful reef attracting large numbers of lion fish, scorpion fish, groupers and other tropical reef life. The wrecks hull is open and inside you can find great moray eels and titan triggerfish.

Piles of rocks have been palced on the decks and several reef balls and concrete tubes have been placed around the wreck to act as artificial reefs and both attract a large variety of sea life with coral development rapidly taking place. Map

Dive Level - Intermediate - Experienced - Advanced

Staghorn Reef is an excellent drift dive passing large coral bommies in 20-30 meters of depth which appear out of the white sand sea bed. The coral covered bommies are surrounded by fields of staghorn coral, where groups of yellofin barracuda's congregate.

Other sea life includes juvenile white tip reef sharks, huge moray eels, triggerfish, many types of snapper and several types of rays swimming over the white sand. Towards Bay Three the beautiful shallow corals provide a great place for a safety stop and for between dive snorkelling. Map

Dive Level - Novice - Intermediate - Experienced - Advanced

Lucy's Reef is seperated from Staghorn reef by a ridge of rocks, and is filled with hard corals and bommies with very little staghorn coral in comparison.

This is another nice drift dive with a gradual slope from the surface down to 30 meters making it a good choice for all experience levels. Slightly off the site at 21m is a small coral outcrop which has a resident giant moray eel and cleaner shrimps, but on occassion dolphin, rainbow runners, sailfish, mantas and occasional whale sharks have been spotted here. Map

Dive Level - Novice - Intermediate - Experienced - Advanced

At the southernmost part of Racha Yai's east coast is Purple Garden. This is a long and exciting drift dive with stingrays and sharks ever present on the sea bed. Mantas and eagle rays can be seen on occassion but the site is most highly regarded for the fast paced drifting around the full and new moon periods.

The site runs from Racha Yais "Bay 4" to "Bay 5" and has large Boulders and coral bommies along the full length of the site. There's a lot of aquatic life to be spotted in and around the reef, but it's also worth keeping an eye on the blue for large schools of Barracuda and the odd sighting of big oceanic pelagics. Map

Dive Level - Intermediate - Experienced - Advanced