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Koh Pida Nai stands just a
few hundred meters away from Pida Nok. The island possesses the
distinctive underwater world; large fallen rock have created many
swim-through and submerged island, providing an ideal habitat for
marine life and a fascinating site for diving.
Maya Bay, with a maximum
depth of 18 meters, offers a plenty of marine life and rocks for
diving. Maya Bay is a great destination of the inexperienced
divers. Heading out of the bay, the underwater landscape become
the large caves with the depth of more than 30 meters. The fallen
rocks have left channels with the rocks towering above you on both
sides, creating a striking dive; this area is suitable for the
more advanced diver due to its depth. To reach the site, take a
-15-20-minute-boat-ride.
Hin Dot (Chimney Rocks)
submerges on Phi Phi Don's southern headlands, famous for the
large schools of fish. The population of fish around here includes
groupers, puffer fish, lionfish, squid and bearded scorpion fish.
Garang Heng is another
dive site for seeing sharks if you are unlucky at the Shark Point.
Garang Heng offers the abundant anemones and soft corals.
King Cruiser Wreck
recently became one of the most popular diving destinations of Phi
Phi Island when she sank on the 4th May 1997. King Cruiser was a
comfortable catamaran-hull passenger-cruiser with 4 decks. The
wreck creates an easy dive due to its large openings that allow
easy access to the spacious interior. King Cruiser wreck also
became the new habitat for various marine lives.
Hin Pae is a relatively
shallow dive site, 10-15 meters deep, making it a good place for
snorkeling. Hin Pae is also called Baby Shark Point because even
snorkellers have the opportunity to see different types of sharks.
This site is teemed with boulder and brain corals; soft and hard
corals provide the shelter for a various kinds of fish. Crabs,
lobster, angelfish, groupers, snappers and surgeonfish are also
abundant here. It requires a-ten-minute-boat-ride from Ton Sai
Bay.
This article is
written and copyrighted by
Royal Exclusive Travel Co., Ltd.
Bangkok, Thailand
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