Phi Phi Islands

Today on Saturday I had a diving day at Phi Phi Island about 2,5 hours from Phuket, Thailand.

Dive #: 177
Date: 12.2.2011
Place: Thailand, Phuket, Phi Phi Leh, Maya Bay, South Wall
Depth: 23,7m Average depth: 13,7m
Bottom time: 57min
Visibility: 15-20m
Sea Temperature: +30C


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

Dive Center: Chalong Sea Sport
Price: 3700THB/90€ + Equipment rental 500THB/12,20€ Total: 4200THB/102,40€ (2 dives)


There was no current and it was very easy and relax to dive. Also weather was perfect. Some places had lot of small reef fishes.

Anemone crab.

There was also swim through caves, coral band cleaner shripm, harp coral, bubble honeycomb coral, fan coral, nudibranch, pufferfihs, porcupine fish, crown of thorns starfish, etc.

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Dive #: 178

Date: 12.2.2011
Place: Thailand, Phuket, Phi Phi Leh, Maya Wall
Depth: 18m Average depth: 10,9m
Bottom time: 66min
Visibility: 15-20m

Sea Temperature: +30C

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

Second dive near the first one. Just on the other side of the Maya Bay and the different direction. In the beginning of the dive we saw there small turtle. Luckily it was not so shy.

Group of Durban dancing shrimps.

Moray eel.

Fan coral.

We almost went to safety stop when our DM Julia saw something near on the bottom. We went to check it and it was leopard shark.

On the second dive we saw also barrel sponge, pufferfishes, porcupine fishes, parrot fishes, titan triggers, etc.

Here is one video clip where is easy to see how much there was fishes.

Great diving day!

Somewhere in Phuket,

Mika