The Harruby, a former liveaboard boat, is situated in Bay 1 of Racha Yai, very close to three stacks of concrete cubes, also forming an artificial reef in itself.
The bottom of the wreck is at around 21 metres with the top at about 15 metres, making it an accessible for all levels of certified divers. The wreck is in good condition and is the best wreck in the area for both penetration and to conduct the SSI or PADI Wreck Specialty Course.
Many batfish around, quite often hiding in the wreck, and schools of barracuda, snapper and fuseliers are frequently encountered here. And of course there are the usual bannerfish, parrotfish, scorpionfish, and sometimes also a stonefish and ornate ghost pipefish are encountered here.
In the summer of 2015 the Siniran Andaman, a Cambodian cargoship, sank close to Coral Island, where it tried to seek shelter from a storm. Part of it was taken to Koh Racha Yai to add to the tally of ship wrecks in the Phuket area. Due to the location of her sinking she is also known as the Coral Island wreck.
The bottom of the wreck is at around 26 metres with the top at about 22 metres, and makes for some excellent penetration. Due to the recent sinking it is not overgrown yet. It is located a few minutes under water due South of the Harruby. Again a very good wreck to conduct the SSI or PADI wreckdiving specialty course and since not many divers go here due to its more islotaed location and deeper depth excellent for penetration.
Quite often some schools of barracuda and snapper, but not yet the most prolific fishlife. Diving here is really diving about the wreck!
There is an old wreck, situated at 21 metres depth at the northern part of Bay 1 at Racha Yai. Due to its location it is called the Homerun wreck (the divesite there, normally done as a drift dive, is called Homerun), due to its origin it is called the speedboat wreck or the sailboat wreck. It was a sailboat called Andaman Explorer, used for daytrips by Fantasea Divers, purposefully sunk here, but the remains really looks like it was a speedboat, just look at the photo.
This wreck is in quite bad condition but is a fantastic wreck for the marine life that is gathered around it. Large schools of snapper and glass fish gather around the wreck. It is never too hard to find a couple of giant moray eels on the wreck along with the great barracudas which come down for a look. Shrimp are always in abundance and if you are lucky you can find a large Jenkins ray lurking under/inside the wreck itself.
This fantastic ship wreck, sunk in May 1997, is located close to Anemone Reef, about one and a half hours sailing from Phuket. The wreck once contained a huge car deck, a middle deck with saloons and dining rooms and a sun deck with captain's cabin, but these are hardly recognisable anymore. This 88 m former car ferry makes a challenging dive due to depth and sometimes strong currents and limited visibility.
King Cruiser started life as a passenger ferry in Japan, was after some time moved to Koh Samui, and ended doing multiple daily runs between Phuket and Phi Phi. It used to be a car ferry, but with Phi Phi being free of cars it ended as a passenger ferry only. On a routine voyage on 4 May 1997 it crashed into Anemone Reef, ripping the top part of the reef, and the reef ripping through the belly of the King Cruiser, which sunk 4 hours later after all passengers and crew had ample time to make their way out of the wreck. The King Cruiser sank slowly, resting at 32 meters. This huge 88 meters long and 25 meters wide wreck is no longer safe to penetrate, with collapsed ceilings and decks. Purely for wreck diving there are still many things to see including some swim throughs, but it is foremost a fantastic artificial reef, with large schools of many fish species. It is an advanced dive however due to depth, visibility and medium to strong currents.
There is a mooring line at the stern, with quite often cross currents it is really important to descend along this line, it would be a pity to miss the King Cruiser wreck. The wreck starts at 18 meters, normally we follow the outline of the boat on the port side to the bow, and return on the starboard side after a swim through two doors to cross a gangway. Keep an eye out for sharp objects and monitor your air and decompression time. Ascent again via the mooring line where we also have our 3 minutes 5 meters safety stop.
Surrounding the wreck you can encounter large schools of big mouth mackerels, yellowtail or giant barracudas, lionfish, scorpionfish, emperors, snapper and many more varieties. On the sandy bottom, occasionally little nursesharks are found sleeping.
You can dive at the King Cruiser wreck as a fundive or as part of the SSI Advanced Adventurer Course or PADI Advanced Open Water Course. It can also be part of a wreck diving course, without penetration.
Please note: all prices include transfers to and from your hotel from Patong, Karon, Kata, Chalong, Rawai and Nai Harn (unless indicated otherwise), tanks, weights, diveguide (max. 4 divers per guide), breakfast, lunch, fruits, drinking water, tea and coffee on board. If you want to rent scuba diving equipment from us, always in excellent condition, you can rent a full set for 600 Baht per day. A full set comprises of BCD, regulator, shorty wetsuit, fins, mask and snorkel. You can rent a dive computer at a small surcharge.
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