Racha Yai, Phuket

Today on Wednesday I had a diving day at Racha Yai near Phuket, Thailand.

Dive #: 175
Date: 9.2.2011
Place: Thailand, Phuket, Racha Yai, Bay 5 to south
Depth: 18,9m Average depth: 12,5m
Bottom time: 49min
Visibility: 25-30m

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

Dive Center: Chalong Sea Sport
Price: 2900THB/70€ + Equipment rental 500THB/12,20€
Total: 3400THB/82,90€ (2 dives)

There was only little bit current and it was relax to dive with the current. Here some old fish cage.

Porcupine fish hiding.

This remora wanted to have a joy ride with a diver.

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Second dive was also on Racha Yai, but in different bay.

Dive #: 176
Date: 9.2.2011
Place: Thailand, Phuket, Racha Yai, Bay 3 to bay 4
Depth: 28,9m Average depth: 12,8m
Bottom time: 52min
Visibility: 20m

Equipment

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

There are lot of concrete cubics somewhere in 28-29m which divers can swim through.

Bluespotted stingray.

Visibility today was very good especially on the first dive. There was quite much small reef fishes in some places and some hard corals. Also some titan triggers, red tooth triggers, lot of small boxfishes, clown fish, moray eels. Anyway nothing so special. Weather was also perfect, so it was nice diving day. Only problems was my mask (Mares Demon), which has started to leak. Also my dive computer (Suunto Mosquito) shows way too early deco times. This problem has started already in Philippines end of last year. Maybe I have to update both mask and computer.

Last time I wrote about compressor diving in Palawan, Philippines. Today we saw also compressor diving on this trip here in Thailand. Two hoses went from boat to under the surface, so maybe there was also two divers.

Phuket,
Mika