First Checkout dive: Snorkel regulator switch tired buddy cramp relief/buddy cramp

Checkout Dive #2 Partial and Complete mask flood/clear Regulator recover Orally inflate BC/buddy BC Surface unresponsive diver release/replace weights/BC Alt Air Stationary ascent

Checkout Dive-Snorkel dive

Check out Dive #3 Surface Navigation, Controlled emergency ascent, mask flood

Underwater Navigation (reciprocal), mask removal, hover

Bida Nok means outer father and is a small but steep limestone island less than two kilometres south of Ko Phi Phi Lae. Like Ko Bida Nai, it has several distinctive underwater diving environments, which make it one of the best diving places in Thailand and with not without reason. Most divers follow the same dive plan and start near a small sheltered bay on the south side of the island. From there it is a shallow gradually descending dive along a ridge named Finger Reef. Once you reach its edge around its south point you will find a steep wall which is decorated in vibrant anemones, brain corals, bubble corals and huge sea fans. The current picks up and brings several larger species such as tuna and jacks. The white sand is a very good place to spot khul stingrays and leopard sharks. Other sharks such as the black tip reef shark, bamboo shark and even whale sharks have been reported occasionally. Inside the cracks and crevices are nudibranches, moray eels, scorpion fish, seahorses, harlequin ghost pipefish and other macroscopic marine life.

Palong Wall features the best wall diving in Koh Phi Phi. With a maximum depth of 18 meters, this is an easy dive suitable for all level of divers. The marine life is abundant and the coral is very beautiful. Here you can spot the harmless Blacktip reef Sharks, Sea Turtles, Seahorses as well as the usual reef fishes of the Andaman Sea.

Shark Point is part of a Marine Sanctuary and is justifiably the most popular of the local dive sites. Named after the docile Leopard Sharks that are often encountered resting on the sandy seafloor here. The official Thai name for this site is Hin Musang or 'Shark Rock'. Approaching from the sea Shark Point appears as a tiny rock outcropping of no particular interest but beneath the surface lies a vast multicolored reef teeming with marine life. The main attraction here, in addition to sharks and vast schools of tropical fish are the colorful soft corals and sea fans that decorate this huge limestone pinnacle. The reef can be broken into three main sections and most divers could spend several days at least exploring the many interesting facets of the site which is arguably the most popular of all the local day-diving sites. Currents can be brisk at this site but they tend run parallel to the reef sections and allow for an excellent drift dive back to the dive boat.

Everything aligned for us on the trip and we were able to go here. any other day, and they would not have taken beginner divers here. Currents tend to be very strong, but today it wasn't so bad. ------ This is a great dive for experienced divers – in fact, good operators will bring only divers of advanced level and above! The underwater terrain is similar to that around the island’s northern tip, but much deeper – the shallowest part of any consequence is at 18m. Fine soft corals highlight the smooth-sided boulders. Crinoids and featherstars are well represented. There are fairly plentiful, reasonably sized fish, including lionfish, parrotfish, wrasse and triggerfish, as well as large visiting pelagics such as barracuda, rainbow runners and trevally. Manta and marbled rays are frequently seen here, as are whale sharks – although with slightly less regularity. All in all, this site can be compared with some sites found around Mu Koh Similan Marine National park.

In the small bay at the northern point of Racha Noi are some of the healthiest coral formations in Thailand. Diving along in the shallows, you'll find large patches of delicate green sheet corals, porites and formosa bottle-brush corals. Red octopus are plentiful and make for engaging encounters. Moving north, out along the eastern edge of the bay, large boulders take over the scenery. Once out of the bay confines at the extreme north point, currents often come into play, and here you're likely to see large groups of slowly circling chevron barracuda. With numerous off-shore pinnacles and many other diving sites to discover, Racha Noi is an eciting Phuket diving destination for both day-trippers and liveaboard charters.

At Home Run Reef you can experience some strong currents depending on the tide. Usually dives are one way along the reef slope depending on the current’s direction. There is a small bay to the south that is sheltered from the current. That is a good place to start from, especially for beginners. The topography is sloping hard coral reef which goes on down to 15m-20m where it meets the sand. The sand then slopes gradually off away from the island. To the South East of the northern corner of the bay is The Andaman Explorer wreck lying in the sand. It was a small dive vessel that was purposefully sunk for divers. It is lying about 40m from the reef at 22m. All decks have now collapsed and it sits no more than about a meter off the sand. It is a habitat for less common species like catfish and honeycomb morays. Shoals of glassfish is commonly seen.