Koh Bida Nai and Koh Bida Nok are two tiny islands located at the southern tip of the Phi Phi islands and about 45km south-east of Phuket. They lie within a national marine park and offer some of the best diving Phuket has to offer. Bida Nok means ‘Outer Father’ and Bida Nai means ‘Inner Father’. Their sheer limestone walls drop dramatically into the sea, are covered in colourful corals and large gorgonian sea fans and make for some fascinating Phi Phi diving. Likely encounters here include black tip reef sharks, turtles and huge schools of snappers. The majority of our Phi Phi diving day trips include 2 dives within the Marine National Park and one at Shark Point, however we also offer special day trips, with 3 dives at Phi Phi as well!
Shark Point
Shark Point is often included in our Phi Phi diving day trips, and is made up of a series of three pinnacles. The pinnacles are numbered as they head in a south direction and also get deeper as they go. Shark Point is blessed with a beautiful selection of the Giant Gorgonian Fan Coral, some as big as 3 metres, a stunning selection of barrel sponges and colourful range of soft corals and anemones. This site has a fantastic mix of marine life from giant puffers and groupers to small creatures like Ghost Pipefish and Seahorse. Shark Point is also home to cuttlefish, Kuhls rays, as well as Leopard Sharks, that have only returned to this site in the last year after a long time away!
Availability
Daily – 3 dive trip to Phi Phi Islands and Shark Point. Certified divers only
Visibility – 5 to 20 metres
Currents – Mild to moderate
Depth – 3 – 30 metres
Marine Life
Black-tip reef sharks, leopard sharks, Khul’s stingrays, turtles, anemonefish, Durban dancer shrimps, filefish, giant, fimbriated and white-eyed moray eels, snappers, giant trevallys, peacock mantis shrimps, sweetlips, scorpionfish, blue ringed and emperor angelfish, lionfish, groupers, banded sea snakes, porcupinefish, pufferfish, barracudas, batfish, yellow and spotted boxfish, cuttlefish, anemone crabs, octopus and occasionally whale sharks.
Phi Phi Diving & Shark Point/Anenome Reef or Koh Doc Mai
3 Dives – Price 4,400 THB + 600 THB marine park fees.
Scuba Diving Equipment rental (BCD, Regs, mask, fins & wetsuit) + 500thb per day
Includes:
- Expert Guiding in small groups
- 3 Boat Dives
- Boat & *Scuba Insurance (excludes chamber)
- Tanks, weights & weights belts
- Hotel transfers (Rawai, Nai Harn, Kata, Karon, Patong)
- Breakfast, lunch and refreshments
* Certified divers should have comprehensive dive insurance to cover dive incidents that may require the hyperbaric chamber – we can provide an annual membership cover, ask us for more details!
Excludes:
- Scuba equipment rental 500 THB for a full set per day
- Dive computer 300 THB per day
- Photo & video service 1,500 THB per day
- Crew gratuities