Racha Yai Island is located 13 nautical miles south of Phuket Island and is dived by Phuket day trip dive boats. There is also dive centres on Racha Yai island. Racha is sometimes spelled Raya, or Raja but don’t be confused, they are all the same dive location. Racha Yai is a granite island with beautiful beaches and bays all around and dense tropical jungle covering the interior. There are several dive sites at Racha Yai. Most of those sites are suitable for all levels of diver and Racha Yai is often the location for a trainee's first open water dive. Koh Racha is also where most Phuket Discover Scuba (Intro) dives are done. Visibility is always good and currents mild. Racha Yai diving is easy and although you probably won’t see anything as big as a manta ray the reefs are very pleasant with lots of schools of fish. Racha Yai is a good place to do a refresher dive if you’ve been out of the water for a while. The best dive sites are along the east coast of Racha Yai where bays known by their number only are joined by long reefs of staghorn coral. The reefs drop down to around 25m before the sand levels off. The three main dive sites here are Lucy’s reef, Staghorn Reef and Home Run. In the sand you can find blue spotted sting rays and garden eels. Over the reef are large schools of yellowtail barracuda plus snapper and fusiliers. Butterflyfish, cornetfish and dog faced pufferfish are numerous as are moray eels. Titan trigger fish are very territorial on Staghorn reef and have been known to charge and bite divers. Turtles are common on Lucy’s reef and divers occasionally see a Leopard shark there too. There is a small wreck
Racha Yai Island is located 13 nautical miles south of Phuket Island and is dived by Phuket day trip dive boats. There is also dive centres on Racha Yai island. Racha is sometimes spelled Raya, or Raja but don’t be confused, they are all the same dive location. Racha Yai is a granite island with
