Diving Phuket Thailand - Dive Koh Doc Mai - Phuket Diving Day Trips

Some 10 nautical miles from Phuket stands a dramatic, uninhabited rock rising straight out of the sea. The dive Koh Doc Mai dive site makes a wonderful wall dive because her sheer cliffs continue down underwater.

Typically you will begin your dive Koh Doc Mai adventure down on the seabed at around 20m, where leopard sharks are often found resting. We will then work our way gradually up and along the wall. The Koh Doc Mai's wall is a mass of life. Giant pufferfish, writhing white-eyed moray eels, and families of lionfish are to be found amongst the spectacular giant sea fans. Ko Doc Mai is a great diving Phuket Thailand spot for those who appreciate the smaller things in life. You can find various species of nudibranch and cowries, seahorses regularly make an appearance, and those with a keener eye might spot the odd anglerfish or ghost pipefish at the dive Koh Doc Mai dive site.

At 15m experienced divers can enter the smaller of the 2 caverns found part-way along the "dive Koh Doc Mai" wall... safe, yet deep enough to give that thrill that only cavern diving can. Your safety stop is normally spent amongst the porcupinefish and crocodile needlefish that hang out above the small plateau at the end of the wall.

By night Koh Doc Mai really comes alive. Octopus, crabs and shrimps are all on the prowl, to name but a few species. An ideal opportunity to make a night dive as part of a diving Phuket Thailand PADI dive Thailand Adventure Diver course.

The dive Ko Doc Mai site offers fulfillment for all levels of diver. It makes a great spot for the latter dives of a dive Phuket Thailand scuba diving Thailand PADI Open Water course training, or why not make a naturalist or photography dive here as part of a diving Phuket Thailand PADI dive Thailand Adventure Diver course? The dive Koh Doc Mai site is also an ideal spot for divers interested in taking a variety of dive Thailand Phuket PADI Specialty courses training .

Santana visits the dive Koh Doc Mai site 2 or 3 times a week, all year round, in conjunction with 1 or 2 more dives at other classic Phuket diving day trips sites in the area such as scuba diving Thailand adventure dive Shark Point, scuba Phuket dive Anemone Reef or the dive King Cruiser wreck. Check Santana's diving Phuket daytrips calendar for details and prices.

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