Diving in Phuket
Off we go and the journey to each dive sites may takes from 90 minutes to 2 hours journey. Phi-Phi Island is the furthest of all. I will not cover any Phi-Phi Island trip in this post because I have been there before during my Krabi trip which you can check it out more here. FYI, the trip was bumpy and if you are prompt to seasick, please remember to eat one tablet of seasick pill 2 hours prior departure. |
Lionfish is very common here and some come really large in size. If you like lionfish, here is the best dive site for you to go. A lot of different species of lionfish which you can discover here. |
At Racha Noi, there is a dive site where there are a lot of artificial wreck to be found here. So you will see all kinds of colorful fishes having their meals here. |
There are two diving boat wrecks and the most attractive wreck is this motorbike. Cool huh? |
Anemone Reef is not really the popular one but it is optional where you can choose between Anemone Reef or Shark Point. By the way, Anemone Reef is the reef that sunk the MS King Cruiser. |
Pufferfish and Porcupinefish are very common in Phuket too. However, this is the first time I see a yellow color Giant Pufferfish. |
Mantis Peacock Shrimp is really a shy creature. It is so hard to get them on close up. But at least they do face the camera unlike the Blue Spotted Stingray which I always got his tail shots. |
Cleaner Shrimp is another common creature to be found here. If you are lucky like me, you can see 3-4 of them staying together. Seems like a lot of cleaning up work to do here. |
Flounder is found in Racha Noi dive. There are quite a few but my eyes just seems quite able to spot them as easily as my dive master did. |
Giant Moray Eel is a lot here! They are just a teenagers thou. I was hoping to see an adult Giant Moray Eel which can grow up to 1.8meters long! |
Finally I am able to see a slightly bigger version of reef crab. |
Two headed White Eyed Moray Eel? No way...hahaha. It was just two eels hiding in the same rock. I was able to get a moray eel to nibble my finger. It was ticklish. You can see it in my video below. |
The Macro life in Phuket is more exciting at Koh Doc Mai dive. At least you can see more than one nudibranch in one place. The best part for me is to see them move! |
Here are some of the nudibranches which I caught them in a still image. The rest of their actions can be seen in my video below. |
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