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You Save | Diving Day Trip to the King Cruiser Wreck Shark Point and
Koh Dok Mai | 2900THB | 2320THB | 580THB |
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King Cruiser Wreck, Shark Point and Koh Dok Mai - 3 dives
Enjoy the exploration of a sunken ship and diving with sharks: great corals. |
| | | King Cruiser Wreck
Sunk in 1997, the King Cruiser wreck is 85m long and lies in an upright position in
fairly shallow water. This is an excellent opportunity to wreck-dive and add some adventure
to your diving holiday.
Distance 18 NM
Boat trip 90 min.
Depth 6-32 metres (20-100ft.)
Visibility fair to good
Currents moderate to strong
Surface conditions can be rough
Diver experience level beginners with Divemaster.
The King Cruiser was a car ferry, built in Japan 30 years ago as a comfortable catamaran-hull passenger cruiser with four decks.
It had a length of 85 metres and a beam of 25 metres, giving it a capacity of nearly 900 passengers.
It was being used for sightseeing trips when it sunk after a collision with Anemone Reef, on the
4th of May 1997: it was on its normal route from Phuket to the nearby Phi Phi Islands.
Nowadays, the wreck lies in an upright position in fairly shallow water.
The steering house is located about 10m below the surface.
The propellers are at the deepest point and rest at about 32m.
The most interesting areas are the passenger decks between 15 and 20m down.
Penetration is extremely hazardous and should only be attempted by certified wreck divers.
The wreck itself, is a wonderful opportunity to study the process of marine life-forms taking
possession of a new part of their environment. Huge shoals of colourful fish already occupy the ship and groupers guard the holes and crevices.
Even the slower movers - shells and corals - have begun to move in.
Shark Point
Covered with soft sponges and coral, the tip of this reef only just breaks the surface.
The reef is constantly buzzing with fish of every imaginable size, a definite must for pelagic spotting. This is the only site where you are almost sure of seeing sharks, and you can feed them too.
Distance 16 NM
Boat trip 90 min.
Depth 6-25 metres (20-80ft.)
Visibility fair to excellent
Currents moderate to strong
Surface conditions can be rough
Diver experience level beginners with Divemaster.
Shark Point was named after the laid-back leopard shark that can often be seen resting there.
Only a small rocky outcrop breaks the surface of the sea,
beneath which you will find three large reef sections teeming with marine life.
The reef is covered with soft coral and sponges and is constantly buzzing with fish of every
imaginable size, shape and colour.
Jackfish and tuna patrol the reef, rays and barracudas cruise by. Leopard sharks can be seen on almost every dive - they are totally harmless and can be easily approached.
Currents can be brisk but they run parallel to the reef and therefore it is an excellent drift dive.
Koh Dok Mai
Rich in invertebrates and a wide variety of corals, black and white - tip reef sharks,
leopard sharks, large moray eels and other large fish are often seen.
Distance 17 NM
Boat trip 90 min.
Depth 6-25 metres (20-100ft.)
Visibility fair to good
Currents moderate to strong
Surface conditions can be rough
Diver experience level beginners with Divemaster.
Koh Dok Mai offers very interesting drift dives along a wall which goes down to 30m.
Visibility ranges between 10 and 25 metres.
The bizarre rock formations both above and below the water, are completely overgrown with
a large variety of coral, home to many species of colourful marine life.
The western side of the island features a steep sloping reef.
Both black and white tip reef sharks have been seen here as have many other large pelagic inhabitants.
On the eastern side of the island, there is the opportunity for an impressive wall dive and the exploration of a number of caves and caverns.
The area is rich in invertebrates and has a good representation of tube corals.
There are large moray eels and black and white banded sea snakes.
Besides that, there is every likelihood you will see leopard sharks sleeping in the
sand at the base of the wall. | | |
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