Koh Phi Phi

Around Koh Phi Phi, there are approximately 20 dive sites. The most popular dive sites, are the Bida Islands. With their enormous red Gorgonian Sea Fans, great diversity of sea life and year-round diving, they have earned their place as one of the best dive sites in Thailand. You can find creatures from as little as a Seahorse or Nudibranch, all the way up to Hawksbill Turtles and Sharks. In the deeper parts (reaching up to 35 meters between the islands) you might get lucky and see a Whale Shark, Manta or Eagle Ray!

Excellent sites to do your Padi Deep Diver Speciality Course and Padi Multi Level (see video below) Diver Speciality Course on !

 

Video about the Padi Multi Level Diver Speciality Course

 

Bida Nok

This large pinnacle dive site would take at least three separate dives to cover the main parts of it. If you head South-West over Finger Reef, you are most likely to find the Leopard Sharks, which Koh Phi Phi is so famous for. Starting from the shallow bay area, you can swim over beautiful soft and hard corals, past avenues of red Gorgonian Sea Fans, towards the wall on the back side of Finger Reef. Here the bottom drops away to a depth of 20 metres.

Remember to look down as you pass the sand patches, you might see a Leopard Shark or Khul's Ray. One of our instructors saw seven Leopard Sharks and two Black-Tip Reef Sharks during just one dive here! In the corals you can find many small juvenile fish, Shrimps and Crabs and if you look out into the blue, look out for Tuna, Travellie and other Sharks. At the end of this dive there is a cavern at 5 metres, where the light falling inside is gorgeous.

Starting on the Deep Side of Bida Nok, you can dive along the beautiful wall, where you can find small Boxfish, Nudibranches and watch the fantastic hunting displays that the Travellie and Fusiliers put on in the blue. As you follow the reef into the shallower bay area, you can find many Lionfish and sometimes Octopus hiding amongst the rocks and corals. There's a good chance of seeing some Giant Barracuda's and some Black-Tip Reef Sharks.

Heading East out of the Bay, you can see some of Koh Phi Phi's finest corals. Many rare types of Moray Eel can be found hunting for crabs in the shallower sections of the reef. In the sand patches between the coral you can find Stingrays and often Leopard Sharks. For the diver with a keen eye, there are Scorpionfish and some Stonefish hidden amongst the rocks on the sandy bottom.

An excellent site to do your Padi Deep Speciality Diver Course (see video below) or Advanced Open Water Diver Course on !

 

 

Video about the Padi Deep Diver Speciality Course

 

Bida Nai

Bida Nai, the smaller of the two Bida Islands, can be comfortably explored in one or two dives. Basically a pinnacle dive site, you can find many rocky outcroppings that provide some fascinating underwater topography. There are some very nice swim throughs where there's an excellent chance to show off your buoyancy skills. In can be quite an experience to swim through what looks like a wall, but is actually a dense school of glassfish.

In a small crack between the rocks you might find a Tiger-Tail Seahorse, that never strays far away from it's home. On the North side of the island, there is a huge wall that plunges down to 30 metres where there is a good chance to see Black-Tip Reef Sharks and Leopard Sharks. Lionfish and Scorpionfish can often be found swimming around the bottom or lying on the corals, waiting for their prey. Inside the huge schools of Glassfish you will be able to find nice Shrimps and other smaller creatures.

 

 

Video about the Padi Peak Performance Buoyancy (PPB) Diver Course

 

Fantasy Reef

Hidden away between Bida Nok and Bida Nai is our favourite dive site on Koh Phi Phi - Fantasy Reef. This is one of the deepest places to dive around here - you can reach a maximum depth of around 35 metres, and because of its greater depths, it remains a very pristine reef. There is a particularly good chance to find some of the larger creatures, like big schools of Giant Barracuda, Tuna, different kinds of Sharks and sometimes the Whale Shark.

Palong

Palong offers an interesting and beautiful dive no matter what depth profile you choose. With a maximum depth of around 22 metres and beautiful coral and rock formations at every depth up to 5 metres, there is something for everyone on this dive site. This is also one of the best spots in Phi Phi to find a Seahorse, Blacktip Shark or a Turtle. There are many cleaning stations along this site, so you can observe the Cleaner Shrimps and Wrasse going to work on the larger fish, even exploring inside their mouths and teeth to clean.

Located on the west side of Phi Phi Ley, this dive site is best enjoyed in the early afternoon, when the light is at its best and ripples through the many small caverns and rocky swim-throughs.

This is an excellent site for snorkelers, that would like to do Underwater Digital Photography (Level 1) or the Shark AWAREness Distinct Speciality Course for Snorkelers.

Join us for your Shark AWAREness Diver Distinct Speciality Course or for the Shark Snorkeling one !!

Shark Point Phi Phi (or Hin Bida)

Accessible, only when there is little or no current, Shark Point Phi Phi (or Hin Bida) is a rocky pinnacle, which sticks out of the water with a small tip, at low tide. Offering exceptional diving in the right conditions, this site is home to many large schools of reef fish, Painted Lobster and, of course, Leopard Sharks. Amongst the dense soft corals you can find Scorpionfish, Lionfish, Moray Eels and many types of juvenile fish.

At its deepest point, at about 17 metres, you can see Leopard Sharks resting on the sandy bottom. There are Stingrays and sometimes a Whale Shark in season. There are often Cuttlefish to be found in the shallower regions. There's also a few Giant Triggerfish that are normally friendly, but sometimes, when they're nesting, it's best to give them a wide berth.

This is a perfect site to do your Padi Shark AWAREness Diver Distinct Speciality Course on !

 

Karen Heng

Karen Heng is also one of our favourite dive sites. Because this dive site is only known to people who have been working in this area longer, it is a nice and quiet place to dive. Karen Heng is a completely submerged, rocky outcrop in the open ocean, which has beautiful soft and hard corals from 6 to 20 metres. The top of the pinnacle often attracts Snappers and other larger predators so you can watch a dramatic feeding display. This is also a good spot to see Leopard Sharks and Bamboo Sharks.

 

Journey time by Speedboat	40 mins
Journey time by Big boat	1 hours and 45 minutes
Max Depth	40 metres
Ability level	Divers of all levels

 

Video about our local Marine Life