Phuket: how is it?

[Batfish]

I don't recall seeing any dead people recently...

 

[h90]

I don't recall seeing any dead people recently...

I am more afraid of living people than of dead people.....
That being afraid of ghosts is a Thai thing I'll never understand....

 

[orangelemon]

Croatia and infinity vis ! mmmm sounds good but I doubt it, This time of year the Vis in Phuket can be terrible to ok but not much better unless your lucky

 

[stevenl]

This time of year the Vis in Phuket can be terrible to ok but not much better

The time of year has no influence whatsoever on the visibility in the area.

 

[Ringo]

This time of year the Vis in Phuket can be terrible to ok but not much better unless your lucky

What are you talking about James?

 

[Bowmouth]

This time of year the Vis in Phuket can be terrible to ok but not much better unless your lucky

I guess we're all lucky then!

 

[Bubble Junky]

If you want nice diving, don't stay there. it would be much better to stay in Ao nang (Krabi), Phi Phi or Phuket.

Or Koh Lanta

 

[mislav]

I may come to Phuket or somewhere close to it.
How is diving there? something special? Wracks ?
Some operator who makes different things than mainstream?
I am a bit bored of looking corals at 10-20 meter.....something more amazing
(recently dived a wrack in Croatia at 47+ meter with almost infinity visibility, something like that)

Nice to hear you liked your dives in Croatia. Where did you dive and which wreck was it?

King Cruiser wreck is no deeper than 32 meters but it's a nice wreck and you might see some pretty big lionfishes over there and go all the way through the wreck. I like it, it's a bit like Salem Express in Red Sea. But only a bit.

Koh Doc Mai is a nice shallow dive but there are also two smallish caves over there worth paying a visit.

Diving here is nice and the water is warm but if wreck diving is what you're after you should definitely go someplace else.

Croatia and infinity vis ! mmmm sounds good but I doubt it

I second the " What are you talking about James? " response.

 

[stevenl]

Or Koh Lanta

In October I think Krabi, Phuket or Phi Phi are better choices.

 

[stevenl]

Koh Doc Mai is a nice shallow dive but there are also two smallish caves over there worth paying a visit.

At 29 meters there is a coral block with normally some sleeping sharks below it. I would not call that shallow.