Is there good scuba diving in Phuket itself or further afield?
The good diving isn’t right off the beach here (although there are some very nice sites not far from the shores of the island). Mostly however people go on scuba day trips to the best sites like Kingcruiser Wreck, the Racha Islands and Shark Point as well as Phi Phi and beyond. There is enough good local diving to keep you amused for five or six days but if you want the cream of diving in Thailand then a liveaboard to the Similans or beyond into Burma is where you really should go.
The good diving isn’t right off the beach here (although there are some very nice sites not far from the shores of the island). Mostly however people go on scuba day trips to the best sites like Kingcruiser Wreck, the Racha Islands and Shark Point as well as Phi Phi and beyond. There is enough good local diving to keep you amused for 5 or 6 days but if you want the cream of diving in Thailand then a liveaboard to the Similans or beyond into Burma is where you really should go.
