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Raja Yai about 1½ hours South of Phuket is a beautiful tropical
island with a lot of good hard coral reefs, colorful shallow
water coral gardens and a great opportunity for some enjoyable
drift diving.
There are several excellent dive sites particularly
suitable for the beginner and snorkeler, making this island
a favorite destination for everyone.
Raja Noi offers in addition to Raja Yai's attractions some
truly spectacular sites with giant underwater boulders and
scenery almost like the Similans and a great chance to see
manta rays and whale sharks. |
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Shark Point, a small rock outcropping about 1½ hours East
of Phuket, is a famous marine sanctuary due to its tremendous
variety of marine life.
Particular attractions you should
look out for are the colorful soft corals and sea fans decorating
the limestone pinnacle, the great range of tropical fish and
the famous leopard sharks, found on the sandy bottom. |
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This submerged reef located not far from Shark Point is similar
in character and you will be amazed at its extensive fields
of sea anemones.
Harmless leopard sharks are also to be found
together with some massive schools of smaller fish and some
larger pelagic such as tuna and barracuda.
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3 hours due East of Phuket, the Phi Phi Islands are a famous
destination even for those unaware of the great diving available.
As a diver, you will find that the spectacular limestone cliffs
above the water become sheer drop-offs and craggy coral encrusted
landscape under the water with a rich and colorful diversity
of marine life and even whale sharks are known to visit. |
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On the 4th of May 97 King Cruiser, a 85 m catamaran passenger
ferry, strayed off course and hit Anemone Reef ripping one
of her twin hulls open. Subsequently King Cruiser sunk within
an hour with no loss of life.
With it's multiple decks, great
open passages and depths between 12 and 30 meters the King
Cruiser is an ideal wreck dive site for all divers. |
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This small, jungle topped island lies halfway between Shark
Point and Phuket. It provides some of the best wall diving
in the area with sea fans, soft corals and colorful sea life
decorating its underwater cliffs. |
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