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Krabi Aonang scuba diving : Phiphi dive site

PhiPhi islands dive sites

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Mu Koh Phi Phi Marine National Park
50km to the south west of Krabi, the Phi Phi island group has been an established diving destination for many a year and, despite reports in the international press of everything being destroyed by the 2004 tsunami, the fabulous beaches, great snorkelling and diving experiences continue to flourish. The topography of the larger and inhabited island of Koh Phi Phi Don comprises of two dramatic limestone outcrops divided by narrow flat isthmus. This stretch of land is where the vast majority of the island's amenities and services are found, of which there are plenty to choose from.

Diving around Koh Phi Phi
Koh Phi Phi offers a good variety of different types of diving with abundant hard and soft corals and healthy fish populations. Trips also visit Shark Point Marine Sanctuary and HinDaeng and Mouang. The Snorkelling around Phi Phi is excellent, with plenty of shallow coral gardens on the fringing reefs, which are alive with colourful fish.

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1. Ao Nui

Location: On the northwest coast of Koh Phi Phi Don
Depth: Average 15m / Maximum 21m
The dive circumnavigates the large rocky outcrop just outside the bay and really is an enjoyable dive. The waters around the eastern face are shallow and ideal for snorkelling. There are lots of corals and colourful reef fish among small boulders and rocks, which are encrusted with patches of sponges and interspersed with a multitude of plume worms.

2. Hin Phae
Location: Off Koh Phi Phi Don's southeast headland
Depth: Average 8m / Maximum 16m
This relatively shallow location is often dived as a stopping-off point during the return journey from the southern sites: it actually offers both good snorkelling and diving with the main feature being a shallow fringing reef. There are many holes and tunnels for moray eels to pass through in their quest for food. Look out for invertebrates, too: small crabs and the occasional lobster mingle with busy cleaner shrimps. Damselfish, angelfish, small rock groupers, snappers, surgeonfish and basslets are other familiar residents.
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3. Hin Dot

Location: Submerged pinnacle off Koh Phi Phi Don's southwestern headlands
Depth: Average 12m / Maximum 28m
The pinnacle is dominated by three interesting shelves which provide ample and varied underwater scenery as you spiral upwards. There are good soft corals at all depths. Many reef-fish are in evidence, including lunar wrasse, parrotfish, honeycomb groupers and spot fish and Indian lionfish. There are also bearded scorpoinfish lurking among the rocks as they await their prey of tine fish.

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4. Ao Maya

Location: West coast of Koh Phi Phi Ley
Depth: Average 16m / Maximum 24m
The dive follows the coast along a steep shelved reef, with occasional sections of wall; hard corals, sea whips and various species of sea anemones cover the elevated shelves. There are also small offshore pinnacles and submerged rocks to explore. Wrasse, Moorish idols and banner fish constantly pass by.

5. Ao Losamah

Location: The southern bay of Koh Phi Phi Ley
Depth: Average 14m / Maximum 20m
The sandy bottom is punctuated by rocky ledges among which are numerous bearded scorpoinfish. Fringing the rocks are sea whips, some bent over by the aggregations of wing oysters clinging to them. The southern section of the site is deeper, at 20m and follows a wall where many bivalves and clusters of soft corals are in evidence. Pairs of large blue-ringed angelfish explore the nooks and crannies.

6. Koh Bida Nok

Location: Outer outcrop directly south of Phi Phi Ley
Depth: Average 19m / Maximum 30m
There are many gorgonian sea fans, sea whips and colourful soft corals. Lots of small scorpoinfish disguise themselves amid the rocks, and lionfish hover between. Varying sizes and species of colourful parrotfish and wrasse, along with large schools of Moorish idols and hunting trumpet fish, seem to be at all depths. The higher ledges have numerous sea anemones well populated by clownfish. This site also offers encounters with leopard sharks and on a much grander scale, manta rays and whale sharks.
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7. Hin Bida

Location: Outcrop 8km southeast of Koh Phi Phi Ley
Depth: Average 12m / Maximum 18m
The area due north of the outcrop is covered with scattered rocks and is relatively shallow at around 5m. In calm conditions snorkellers and divers can enjoy schools of colourful reef-fish, including blue-lined snappers and harlequin sweetlips, not to mention more static attractions like multi-coloured plume worms, feather stars and crinoids. This location's secondary name (Phi Phi's Shark Point) refers to the overwhelming presence of leopard sharks. There are also lots of cuttlefish, squid and titan triggerfish. Large undulated and golden morays, spiny lobsters and octopi attempt to obscure themselves within the many craggy holes and crevices.

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