Scuba Diving in Phuket

Explore the wonders of scuba diving in Phuket, where a world of stunning underwater diversity awaits. Dive into vibrant coral gardens, thrilling steep walls, and intriguing shipwrecks, all teeming with abundant marine life. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, our multiple eco-friendly diving trips from Chalong pier reveal over 18 captivating dive sites. With a commitment to preserving the marine ecosystem through blue carbon projects, our scuba diving adventures in Phuket offer an unforgettable experience that will inspire and captivate.

Scuba Diving Day Trips

Choose from our selection of single-day options and comprehensive dive packages for booking.

Dive Charter Boat

Reserve the entire boat for your exclusive use.

Refresher Dive Day Trip

Designed to refresh your scuba knowledge and skills, ensuring you’re back to feeling at home in the ocean in just one day.

Scuba Diving in Phuket

Explore the wonders of scuba diving in Phuket, where a world of stunning underwater diversity awaits. Dive into vibrant coral gardens, thrilling steep walls, and intriguing shipwrecks, all teeming with abundant marine life. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, our multiple eco-friendly diving trips from Chalong pier reveal over 18 captivating dive sites. With a commitment to preserving the marine ecosystem through blue carbon projects, our scuba diving adventures in Phuket offer an unforgettable experience that will inspire and captivate.

Scuba Diving Day Trips

Choose from our selection of single-day options and comprehensive dive packages for booking.

Dive Charter Boat

Reserve the entire boat for your exclusive use.

Signature Dive Trip 3 Days / 2 Nights

Experience our signature dive trip, available only a few times each year from November to April.

Customised diving experience while scuba diving in Phuket

When you choose to scuba dive in Phuket with us, you can expect a truly personalized and tailored experience. We exclusively utilize our own diving vessel, the M/V Matchanu, dedicated solely to our divers. Despite being licensed for 20 divers, we intentionally limit the number of participants to a maximum of 12. This commitment to small group sizes ensures the utmost comfort for our divers, providing ample space to enjoy a relaxed and unhurried scuba diving experience in Phuket.

Our diving trips operate daily, year-round, but we purposefully avoid rigid schedules. Instead, we carefully select dive sites based on weather conditions, wind, waves, tides, and currents. We also take into account specific customer requests and diving course  requirements. Our aim is to visit lesser-known and secluded dive sites, steering clear of large diving boats that can accommodate 50+ divers. With years of experience, we have honed our ability to navigate to the right dive sites at the optimal times. We ensure that guided diving groups remain small and are divided according to diving experience. For those more experienced, the option to explore the dive spots independently is always available. Moreover, there are no strict time limits during our dives – we dive for as long as the air in our cylinders lasts. Rest assured that our diving vessel is always ready to swiftly collect us, regardless of where we resurface.

The absence of a tight schedule on our diving trips cultivates an incredibly relaxed atmosphere on board. This contributes significantly to the exceptional quality and individuality of the scuba diving experience you’ll encounter in Phuket.

Scuba Diving in Phuket to the Similan Islands

Discover the renowned Similan Islands and the magnificent Richelieu Rock in the northern region of Phuket. For an unforgettable experience, we recommend embarking on multi-day liveaboard scuba diving tours from Phuket or Tablamu. These expeditions allow you to fully immerse yourself in the highlights of the Similan Islands. As you venture further north, the opportunities to encounter majestic whale sharks and graceful manta rays significantly increase. Join us for an extraordinary journey where the wonders of the Similan Islands await.

Rebreather diving in Phuket

Our dive excursions cater to rebreather divers, offering longer dive times as needed. Certified rebreather divers can join our daily diving trips, receiving full support and rebreather gas fills. We provide secure and complimentary storage for rebreather units. With our vast experience in rebreather diving in Phuket , we offer detailed information and guidance to enhance your diving experience.

Frequently asked questions about Scuba Diving in Phuket

Scuba Diving in Phuket is mostly done as day trips by boat since most dive sites are located off shore and are only accessible by boat. There are also a number of dive sites which can be reached directly from the beach or by longtail boat. But the most beautiful places are mostly a bit further away.

The Andaman sea is usually between 28 and 30 degrees Celsius all year round.
During February and March nutrient rich currents may swell up from the open ocean and bring “cold water” with them for short periods. But it rarely gets colder than 25 degrees. If you are sensitive to colder water, an ideal wetsuit is a 3mm shorty or long suit. Shorty’s are available for hire from Aloha Diving.

A benefit from these “cold currents” is that manta rays and whale sharks follow them and can provide an unexpected spectacle.

Phuket is a year round destination for scuba divers. No matter the time of the year there is always good diving to be enjoyed. However, the main scuba diving season corresponds to the main tourist season for Thailand.
Usually, the best conditions for diving are from November to April. At this time, there is a lower chance of rain and storms. The sea is usually calm with clear blue skys, light winds and long sunny days.
This is also the best time to enjoy liveaboard diving trips. At Aloha Diving, we can provide you with current information about all diving options available year round. This web site also provides an overview of the most popular dive options for visitors to Phuket.

Visibility when scuba diving in Phuket - Tauchen in Phuket
The visibility at the dive sites varies during the year and from site to site. Dive sites around Racha Yai and Racha Noi enjoy great visibility all year round. Mostly in the 20-30m range.
Dive sites like Shark Point, Anemone Reef and the King Cruiser Wreck offer a little less. Mostly in the 15m range, with the odd 25+ m day,
Overall, divers can expect decent visibility all year round.

Check the wind/weather forecast hier.

Green Season Diving Phuket - Tauchen in Phuket
During the rainy season from May to October there is a higher chance of rain and tropical thunderstorms.
However, this does not mean that it is rainy every day or that the weather is bad all the time. In fact there are usually long periods of time when the weather is comparable to the best days in the high season.
Regardless of the season, there is always something interesting to discover diving at Phuket. More information on diving during the rainy season can be found here.
In the unlikely event that strong winds and stormy weather causes a last minute cancellation of your planned dives, we will go out of our way to ensure you can make alternative plans – for example, to dive on your other free days, to enjoy interesting land based excursions – or to take advantage of the Aloha Fun Tank to brush up on your dive skills!!

For divers who want to make daily trips to the dive sites around Phuket, it is recommended that you select a hotel in the region of Rawai, Nai Harn Beach, Chalong, Kata Noi, Kata, Karon or Patong. This will help you avoid long and tedious transfers to the diving pier in Chalong. We can always assist you in finding a hotel which suits your needs when you are planning your holiday.

When looking at the Diving industry in Phuket the focus is on faster + bigger = better. To make boats accessible for agents (joining dive shops) a fixed schedule is mandatory to manage bookings for 40 to 80 divers per boat. As you can see on the photo above there are 3 trips offered by all the diving boats. One Trip to the Racha Islands (2 dives at Banana Bay or Marina Bay and 1 dive at Bay 1. These dive sites offer shelter, very easy diving conditions even for non swimmers try out diving and a mooring buoy to save fuel cost and speed up the pre and after dive processes as 40 to 80 divers are on board. The second trip is going to Phi Phi Islands with dives at Koh Bida Nok and Turtle Rock or Palong wall and Shark Point on the way back. Usually the dive sites are always the same when scuba diving in Phuket. Especially at Koh Bida Nok usually are boats from Koh Lanta, Krabi, Phuket and Phi Phi Don arriving at the same time which makes it a crowded dive. The third trip option is going to King Cruiser Wreck, Shark Point and Koh Doc Mai. This trip is for experienced divers only. Diving at these dive sites is only pleasant when current and surface conditions are right. Current is created by the tides which shift every day. Therefore to keep a tight schedule is not the right thing as the timing is crucial for the dives. The last option is a 2 dive trip to Racha Yai. These trips focus und beginner courses and try diving. When offering Scuba Diving in Phuket we do not agree with the diving industry. We belief that adjusting the dive sites according to weather, current and ability of the divers gives each individual guest a great experience. A huge plus for us is that we have the schedule of each boat that we can avoid meeting them on a dive site.

The price for scuba diving in Phuket with Aloha Diving depends on how many days you like to sign up. As more you dive as cheaper it gets. Dive packages start at THB 2’800 per day. We may have special discounts available. Get in touch with us for the cheapest rate.

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