Phuket Hotel
and Travel Guide - Phuket Dive Sites
Racha
Yai
Granite
Island
Gardens
of Hard & some Soft Corals
Tropicals,
Turtles, Stingrays, Moray Eels
Moderate
Currents
15
to 25 Meters Visibility
All
Levels of Diver, Good for Beginners
With its 10 dive sites Racha Yai offers some of the best
year around diving in the Phuket area. On the west side
of the island is beautiful Bungalow Bay famous for its clear
waters and soft coral gardens.
The best diving at Racha Yai, however, is along the East
Coast where good visibility and prevailing currents allow
for a gentle drift dive along sloping rocky reefs that are
abundant in hard coral forests. For more advanced divers,
off the Ter Bay there is an interesting wreck dive in depths
of 25-35 meters.
You'll find large schools of false barracudas hovering
over the reef while on the reef itself expect to find octopus,
cuttlefish and the more common tropicals.
Divers of all levels and experience can visit Racha Yai
as the diving is easy and gentle.
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