Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Diving
Crystal Andaman water and abundant marine life make the perfect recipe for top-notch
scuba. Popular sights include the
King Cruiser Wreck
, sitting a mere 12m below the surface;
Anemone Reef
, teeming with hard corals and clownfish;
Hin Bida
, a submerged pinnacle at-
tracting turtles and large pelagic fish; and
Ko Bida Nok
, with its signature karst massif lur-
ing leopard sharks.
Hin Daeng
and
Hin Muang
, to the south, are expensive ventures from Ko
Phi-Phi - it's cheaper to link up with a dive crew in Ko Lanta.
An Open Water certification course costs around 12,900B to 13,800B, while the stand-
ard two-dive trips cost from 2500B to 3200B. Trips out to Hin Daeng or Hin Muang will
set you back about 5500B.
KO PHI-PHI DIVE SITES
Leopard sharks and hawksbill turtles are very common on the dive sites around Ko Phi-Phi. Whale sharks sometimes
make cameo appearances around Hin Daeng, Hin Muang, Hin Bida and Ko Bida Nok in February and March. The top
five dives at Ko Phi-Phi are the following:
DIVE
SITE
DEPTH
(M)
FEATURES
Anemone
Reef
17-26
Hard coral reef with plentiful anemones and clownfish
Hin Bida
Phi-Phi
Submerged pinnacle with hard coral, turtles, leopard sharks and occasional mantas
and whale sharks
5-30
Submerged pinnacle with a few leopard sharks, grouper, barracuda, moray eels and
occasional whale sharks
Hin Muang
19-24
Karst massif with gorgonians, leopard sharks, barracuda and occasional whale
sharks
Ko Bida Nok
18-22
Island rim is covered in coral and oysters, with moray eels, octopus, seahorses and
swim-throughs
Phi-Phi Leh
5-18
Adventure Club
OFFLINE MAP
DIVING
GOOGLE MAP
( 08 1970 0314;
www.phi-phi-adventures.com
)
Our favourite diving operation on the island runs
an excellent assortment of educational, eco-focused diving, hiking and snorkelling tours.
You won't mind getting up at 6am for the much-loved shark-watching snorkel trips on
which you're guaranteed to cavort with at least one reef shark.
Blue View Divers
DIVING
