Phuket Scuba - Dive Racha Yai - Daytrip Phuket Diving

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Koh Racha Yai Island (literally "Big King Island") lies 10 km south of Phuket and provides a wealth of dive sites out of the scuba diving Thailand Phuket scuba daytrip Phuket diving destinations list. You may see this island also referred to as Raja Yai Island or Raya Yai Island. The island's pristine beaches continue underwater as a white, sandy seabed, interspersed with hard-coral gardens and boulders. With your first descent into the clear turquoise water you'll know you made a good choice coming here for your scuba diving Thailand Phuket scuba dive adventure daytrip.

#gallery0 e5f81d36-603a-4f66-9916-c48e7fcab0eb Two of the islands prettiest sites, Lucy's Reef and Staghorn Reef, are home to some of the best staghorn coral you will see anywhere. Trumpetfish swim above this, their favourite habitat, sometimes hitching a ride above a grouper or porcupinefish. Giant moray eels, triggerfish, pufferfish, lionfish and scorpionfish are just a few of the other species on display. Down at 21m off Racha's Lucy's Reef is a small but special coral outcrop which always has a surprise in store. Besides the resident giant moray eel and shrimps living there, this is one of the few places around where you are likely to see a lively school of striped eel catfish, although on one recent dive we found an enormous stonefish there instead.

#gallery0 3048a240-e485-4886-b131-8fc764064647 Besides providing excellent Phuket scuba diving for experienced divers, Racha Yai island is a fantastic location to make your first open-water course training scuba dives aboard Santana's daytrip Phuket diving or just to snorkel. In the sheltered bays of Racha Yai the seabed is generally sandy, shallow and gently shelving, and visibility is always good. Racha Yai's scuba dive sites are spread all around her coast, so even on a rough day one of her top-class scuba dive Racha sites is sheltered. Bungalow Bay, home of the Racha island's small populated resort, is invariably sheltered and has some interesting scuba diving. Schools of barracuda live here and more unusual species such as and rockmover wrasse.

#gallery0 7f789c63-49d7-48fd-9d75-737336ee9822 Last dive of the Phuket scuba diving daytrip is often at Barracuda Bay in the north of the Racha island, or at Home Run, where a small ship wreck has become home to many species of reef fish.

Santana visits the dive Racha Yai sites 3 or 4 times per week aboard our daytrip Phuket diving adventure boat, all year round. Check Santana's daytrip Phuket diving Phuket daytrips Phuket scuba dive destinations page for details and prices.

To see more of Koh Racha Yai, browse Bubble Vision's Phuket scuba dive Racha Yai photo gallery or take a virtual scuba dive around Racha Yai Island at their Daytrip Phuket diving movie gallery.

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