Koh Yao is the perfect starting point to explore the surrounding Phang Nga Bay and its interesting diving sites.
Phang-Nga province encompasses some excellent islands and offers visitors some good diving and snorkeling opportunities in Thailand. The marine life and reefs in this area are quite impressive and make for a rewarding underwater adventure!
For novices with no experience of diving or snorkeling, there could not be a better location for a first attempt.
The Dive Base on Koh Yao Island offers Padi Courses and Fun Dives with excellent new equipment and professional dive masters with many years of diving experience around Phang Nga Bay.
Fun dives at Koh Lao Hang or Koh Deang in the morning. While refreshments are served on board, continue to Koh Hong, the most scenic island at Phan Nga. After lunch, relax and sunbathe on a deserted white sandy beach.
Full day discovery to the most exciting dive sites at Phang Nga. King Cruiser Wreck and Shark Point with dives in the morning and afternoon.
Shark Point, is a marine sanctuary with a reef that comprises of three pinnacles. The largest of which actually breaks the surface appearing as a barren rock outcropping. The reef is home to a delightful abundance of tropical, colourful soft corals and vibrant sea fans that decorate the limestone pinnacle. The King Cruiser Wreck is a popular site just south of Koh Yao Yai, which claim remnants of a passenger ship which sunk in 1997 after it hit the Anemone reef.
First dives and snorkelling at Phi Phi Don in the morning, after refreshments, continue to Phi Phi Ley and Maya Bay where the movie “The Beach” was filmed.
Programs or itinerary may change because of sea or weather conditions without prior notice.
All courses include: