King Cruiser wreck, Shark Point and Koh Dok Mai

More diving at Phuket. Three dives. King Cruiser wreck, Shark Point and Koh Dok Mai.

King Cruiser was used between Phuket and Phi Phi Islands as a ferry. It sank 1997 and there was 500 people onboard. Luckily nobody died. Wreck is 85 long and 25m width. Visibility is many times quite poor and there can be strong current. It's anyway very interesting place to dive.

Dive #: 187

Date: 24.2.2011
Place: Thailand, Phuket, King Cruiser wreck
Depth: 29m Average depth: 18,9m
Bottom time: 40min
Visibility: 5-8m
Sea Temperature: +28C

Equipment
Bottle: 12L/200bar (air) Wetsuit: short 3mm Weight: 5,4Kg

Dive Center: Chalong Sea Sport
Price: 3700THB/90,20€ + Equipment rental 500THB/12,20€

Total: 4200THB/102,40€ (3 dives)

Toilet.

Quite big turtle on the deck.

Bridge has already collapsed.

Deck.

Sea urchins, scorpionfishes, lot of small reef fishes. Visibility was also this time quite poor and the was some current. I like to dive anyway on King Cruiser. Interesting place!

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Dive #: 188

Date: 24.2.2011
Place: Thailand, Phuket, Shark Point
Depth: 21m Average depth: 13,7m
Bottom time: 53min
Visibility: 8-15m
Sea Temperature: +28C

Equipment
Bottle: 12L/200bar (air) Wetsuit: short 3mm Weight: 5,4Kg

Yellow seahorse.

A lot of small fishes.

Where is the diver?

Big fan corals, titan triggers, moray eel, nudibranches, very much reef fishes.

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Dive #: 189

Date: 24.2.2011

Place: Thailand, Phuket, Koh Dok Mai
Depth: 23,4m Average depth: 12,8m
Bottom time: 56min
Visibility: 6-10m
Sea Temperature: +28C

Equipment
Bottle: 12L/200bar (air) Wetsuit: short 3mm Weight: 4,5Kg

We dived to two small caves. Here is second one.

Two moray eels in the same places. Today we saw many morays here and there.

Beautiful nudibranch.

Giant pufferfish, yellow boxfish, Durban dancing shrimp, nudibranches.

Racha Noi and Racha Yai, Phuket

More diving. Today I had a diving day at Racha Noi and Racha Yai. Two dives at Noi and one at Yai.

Dive #: 184

Date: 22.2.2011
Place: Thailand, Phuket, Racha Noi, Marina Bay
Depth: 25,9m Average depth: 15,2m
Bottom time: 58min
Visibility: 15m
Sea Temperature: +28C

Equipment
Bottle: 12L/200bar (air) Wetsuit: short 3mm Weight: 5,5Kg

Dive Center: Chalong Sea Sport
Price: 3700THB/90,20€ + Equipment rental 500THB/12,20€

Total: 4200THB/102,40€ (3 dives)

Porcupine fish try to hide.

One of the swim throu in Marina Bay.

Just before safety stop we saw leopard shark on the bottom.

Big rocks and boulders, nudibranches, lionfish.

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Dive #: 185
Date: 22.2.2011
Place: Thailand, Phuket, Racha Noi
Depth: 16,7m Average depth: 12,2m
Bottom time: 62min
Visibility: 15m
Sea Temperature: +28C

Equipment
Bottle: 12L/200bar (air) Wetsuit: short 3mm Weight: 5,5Kg

Giant pufferfish.

Octopus hiding. It came also out from the hole, but when I went even little bit closer it went back to hole. This was quite big one.

Big rocks and boulders, very small lionfish, porcupine fish, lizardfish.

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Dive #: 186
Date: 22.2.2011
Place: Thailand, Phuket, Racha Yai, Bungalow Bay South
Depth: 13,7m Average depth: 8,2m
Bottom time: 58min
Visibility: 10m
Sea Temperature: +28C

Equipment
Bottle: 12L/200bar (air) Wetsuit: short 3mm Weight: 5,5Kg

Carb.

Scorpion fish.

Zebra moray eel again. Last diving day I saw zebra first time and now again.

Cuttlefish.

Not so special diving day, but good anyway. Relax and long dives.

Shark Point and Koh Dok Mai, Phuket

Today I had a diving day here in Phuket again. First dive on Shark Point and second one at Koh Dok Mai.

Dive #: 182
Date: 19.2.2011
Place: Thailand, Phuket, Shark Point
Depth: 19,2m Average depth: 13,1m
Bottom time: 60min
Visibility: 10-15m
Sea Temperature: +29C

Equipment
Bottle: 12L/200bar (air) Wetsuit: short 3mm Weight: 4,8Kg

Dive Center: Sea Bees Diving
Price: 3750THB/91,50€ + Equipment rental 500THB/12,20€

Total: 4200THB/103,40€ (2 dives)

Beginning of the dive we saw zebra moray eel. First time for me.

DM Barry with fishes.

More fishes.

In the end of dive we saw two cuttlefishes. I went very close and they didn't go anywhere. Amazing creatures!

I have dived here few times before, but didn't remember how good place this is. So much fishes. Durban dancing shrimp, clownfishes, moray eel, a lot of very big fan corals, nudibranches, titan triggers, very much reef fishes. Very good dive.

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Dive #: 183

Date: 19.2.2011
Place: Thailand, Phuket, Koh Dok Mai
Depth: 20,4m Average depth: 12,5m
Bottom time: 51min
Visibility: 6-10m
Sea Temperature: +29C

Equipment
Bottle: 12L/200bar (air) Wetsuit: short 3mm Weight: 4,8Kg

Koh Doc Mai is uninhabited island and the dives there are always wall dives.

White eye moray eel.

Diver with the fan corals.

Durban dancing shrimps.

Today visibility was quite bad at Koh Dok Mai. There is anyway quite much marine life. Moray eels, nudibranches, Fan corals, banded boxer shrimp, Durban dancing shrimps, reef fishes. Today was also first time when I dived with Sea Bees Diving. Everything worked very well. Also nice and big boat.