Explore Krabi

Nestled in southern Thailand, Krabi Province is a dream destination for divers seeking rich biodiversity and varied underwater landscapes. Known for its idyllic beaches and clear waters, Krabi offers an impressive range of dive sites. From the vibrant coral gardens of the Phi Phi Islands to the dramatic underwater cliffs at Hin Daeng and Hin Muang, divers can explore everything from shallow reefs to Thailand's highest vertical wall. These sites, often frequented by majestic manta rays and whale sharks, guarantee unforgettable encounters with marine life.

The dive experiences in Krabi are as diverse as its marine habitats. Boat diving is popular, with operators offering two or three-tank trips to explore shipwrecks, colorful reefs, and exhilarating wall dives. Liveaboards provide opportunities to visit remote sites like the Similan Islands, noted for their mild currents and excellent visibility. For those preferring shorter trips, the local islands near Ao Nang offer fantastic macro diving just minutes from the mainland. With warm waters averaging 27°C–30°C/80°F–86°F, Krabi is a year-round diving paradise, though the best conditions are from November to April when the seas are at their calmest.

Places to Explore

Koh Lanta

2 Divesites 7 Centers

With dramatic rock formations and soft and hard coral reefs teeming with fish, Koh Lanta offers some of the country’s best diving.

Koh Haa

2 Divesites

Ko Haa, meaning “five islands”, boasts some of Thailand’s best diving. What makes it so special is that its remoteness keeps it free from crowds and mostly untouched, while still being close enough to visit by boat.

Ao Nang

31 Divesites 6 Centers

Nestled on Thailand’s Andaman Coast, Ao Nang in the Krabi province offers a diving experience that is both enchanting and diverse. The region is famed for its picturesque landscapes, characterized by warm turquoise waters, lush mountainous greenery, and silky white sandy beaches. This scenic backdrop sets the stage for a diving adventure that appeals to both novices and seasoned divers alike. Ao Nang's dive sites are a tapestry of rocky pinnacles and boulders, forming intriguing caves and swim-throughs, in addition to vibrant coral reefs that teem with tropical marine life. With a keen eye, divers can spot elusive macro life forms, and occasionally, encounter majestic manta rays and whale sharks, adding to the thrill of the dive.

Hin Daeng

Hin Daeng (Red Rock) lies to the south of Phuket and is located in the Andaman Sea within the Mu Koh Lanta National Marine Park. The site itself is a huge underwater rock formation covered in reefs, that gently slopes down to around 70 meters.

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Diver Level Programs / Courses

DPM Diving Phi Phi

Basic Diver

13 Nov 2025 + 260 more

In the SSI Basic Diver program, you will learn the skills and knowledge you need to try diving up to 12 meters deep with an SSI Professional. It is a great way to explore the underwater world more fully as you try diving. The entire Basic Diver program can be credited towards the Scuba Diver or Open Water Dive programs within 6 months, so you can take the next step in your dive adventure.

Professional Level Programs / Courses

Princess Divers

Assistant Instructor

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The Assistant Instructor rating is the next step after becoming a Divemaster along the scuba instructor pathway. It allows you to collect valuable teaching experience, practice briefings, teach academics, and conduct in-water training. If you want to further your career as a dive professional, you can finish the Instructor Training Course, pass the Instructor Evaluation, and become an Open Water Diving Instructor.

Professional Level Programs / Courses

Phi Phi Island Divers

Assistant Instructor

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The Assistant Instructor rating is the next step after becoming a Divemaster along the scuba instructor pathway. It allows you to collect valuable teaching experience, practice briefings, teach academics, and conduct in-water training. If you want to further your career as a dive professional, you can finish the Instructor Training Course, pass the Instructor Evaluation, and become an Open Water Diving Instructor.

Diver Level Programs / Courses

OK Club Diving Center

Advanced Open Water Diver

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If you cannot decide which specialty programs are the best choice for you, join the SSI Advanced Open Water Diver program! You will try Deep Diving and Navigation plus a variety of 3 more specialty areas of choice before committing to full specialty training. It is a great way to experience what advanced diver training is all about and how valuable it can be to your diving adventures. During the Advanced Open Water Diver Program, you will experience 5 different specialties by completing one open water training dive per specialty after a comprehensive briefing with your SSI Instructor. By taking this program you will have total freedom to explore. You can complete the full Specialty trainings any time in the future and credit your Advanced Open Water Diver training towards them.

Diver Level Programs / Courses

Apo Dhatu Divers

Basic Diver

Contact the Center for more information.

In the SSI Basic Diver program, you will learn the skills and knowledge you need to try diving up to 12 meters deep with an SSI Professional. It is a great way to explore the underwater world more fully as you try diving. The entire Basic Diver program can be credited towards the Scuba Diver or Open Water Dive programs within 6 months, so you can take the next step in your dive adventure.

Diver Level Programs / Courses

Apo Dhatu Divers

Scuba Diver

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Using online learning, confined and open water dives, the SSI Scuba Diver program is a perfect foundation to become a confident and safe diver. You will learn all you need to scuba dive in open water up to 12 meters deep with an SSI Professional. In this program, you will complete almost half of the Open Water Diver course training and can upgrade your certification easily. You just need to complete the remaining academic and confined water sessions, plus two open water training dives.

Diver Level Programs / Courses

Apo Dhatu Divers

Scuba Skills Update

14 Nov 2025 + 113 more

It is easy for dive skills to get rusty and to lose confidence when you have not dived for a while. With the SSI Scuba Skills Update, we will get you back in the water and diving with ease in no time. This scuba refresher course allows you to review and practice scuba skills you learned in your Open Water Diver program, under the guidance of an SSI Professional. This is a great course to take just before a dive holiday, so you spend less time worrying about your skills and more time admiring the marine life. If you are a non-certified Open Water Diver student, a Scuba Skills Update is ideal for practicing your dive skills before your open water training dives. With no fixed course duration, you can take your time and focus on the skills you need help with.

Diver Level Programs / Courses

Apo Dhatu Divers

Advanced Adventurer

13 Nov 2025 + 199 more

If you cannot decide which specialty programs are the best choice for you, join the SSI Advanced Adventurer program! With this program, you can try a variety of specialties before committing to full specialty programs. It is a great way to experience what advanced diver training is all about and how valuable it can be to your diving adventures. During the Advanced Adventurer Program, you will try out 5 different specialties. You will complete one open water training dive per specialty after a comprehensive briefing with your SSI Instructor. With this trial program in specialty diving, you will have total freedom to explore. You can complete the full specialty programs any time in the future and credit your Advanced Adventurer training towards them.

Diver Level Programs / Courses

Apo Dhatu Divers

Open Water Diver

13 Nov 2025 + 168 more

This globally recognized certification program is the best way to begin your lifelong adventures as a certified scuba diver. Personalized training is combined with in-water practice sessions to ensure you have the skills and experience required to become truly comfortable underwater. You will earn the SSI Open Water Diver certification.

Diver Level Programs / Courses

Go Dive Lanta

Advanced Adventurer

13 Nov 2025

If you cannot decide which specialty programs are the best choice for you, join the SSI Advanced Adventurer program! With this program, you can try a variety of specialties before committing to full specialty programs. It is a great way to experience what advanced diver training is all about and how valuable it can be to your diving adventures. During the Advanced Adventurer Program, you will try out 5 different specialties. You will complete one open water training dive per specialty after a comprehensive briefing with your SSI Instructor. With this trial program in specialty diving, you will have total freedom to explore. You can complete the full specialty programs any time in the future and credit your Advanced Adventurer training towards them.

Diver Level Programs / Courses

Phi Phi Cabana Diving

Advanced Open Water Diver

13 Nov 2025

If you cannot decide which specialty programs are the best choice for you, join the SSI Advanced Open Water Diver program! You will try Deep Diving and Navigation plus a variety of 3 more specialty areas of choice before committing to full specialty training. It is a great way to experience what advanced diver training is all about and how valuable it can be to your diving adventures. During the Advanced Open Water Diver Program, you will experience 5 different specialties by completing one open water training dive per specialty after a comprehensive briefing with your SSI Instructor. By taking this program you will have total freedom to explore. You can complete the full Specialty trainings any time in the future and credit your Advanced Open Water Diver training towards them.

Diver Level Programs / Courses

Go Dive Lanta

Enriched Air Nitrox Level 2 (40%)

13 Nov 2025

As a Nitrox diver, you can increase your bottom times and safety margins, plus shorten your surface intervals - so you can spend more time diving and less time waiting! In this program, you will learn new skills and increase your diving knowledge whilst learning how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen. Upon completion, you will earn an SSI Enriched Air Nitrox 32% or 40% certification.

Top Dive Sites Map

★★★★★ Koh Bida Nok

This is one our favourite dive sites since it has the widest range of wildlife. The reef gently slopes down from the island apart from the wall at the south west which drops 22-26 meters.

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★★★★☆ Koh Haa Lagoon

Dive the famous Lagoon, Cathedral and Chimney dive sites. The dive sites at Koh Haa boast stunning visibility, pristine corals and a great variety of marine life from super-macro to the largest fish in the sea!

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★★★★★ Viking Cave

Viking Cave has a striking bay and a beautiful cave above the water, but the real deal is underwater a few hundred meters to the north of Viking Cave. A few years ago, the Phuket Marine Conservation department put down a beautiful artificial reef to re-establish marine life after the tsunami.

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★★★★★ Koh Haa Yai (Cathedral)

Koh Haa Yai is the largest of this group of islands. Often mistakenly called Koh Haa Five, many divers love to visit the three large caverns on the south west of Koh Haa Yai. Two of the caverns are inter-connecting via a large round swim-through and the largest is often referred to as The Cathedral.

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★★★★☆ Koh Bida Nai

One of many dive sites at Phi Phi islands. Small rocky island south from Phi Phi Lee. Diving depht starts at 5 meters and goes to 30 meters plus. This site lies just to the north of Koh Bida Nok and is made of limestone cliffs hosting a large array of marine life.

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★★★★☆ Shark Point (Hin Bida)

Shark Point is one the most famous and popular diving sites of Koh Phi Phi. It is maybe the best place to spot many Leopard Sharks resting and sleeping. The site consists of a large rock going down to 22 meters deep on a sandy bottom where the Sharks usually stay. Don’t worry, this kind of Shark is totally harmles

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★★★★★ RTN Kled Gaeow (Wreck)

Decommissioned in 2014, the ship was donated and purposely sunk via controlled explosion to create a new dive site on 19 March 2014. The 47 metre long wreck sits almost upright (20 degree list) facing north to south (bow-stern), some 800-1000m to the east of Piley Bay (Ko Phi Phi Ley).

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★★★★☆ Maya Corner, Maya Bay

Found on the west side of Koh Phi Phi Lei is the beautiful Maya Bay, made famous for being the location of the movie ‘The Beach.’ The dive site of Maya Corner starts just inside the bay’s northern entrance, and follows the coastline north. It is a steep shelved reef, with occasional sections of walls.

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★★★★★ Garang Heang/Hin Klai

This side is a submerged Pinnacle covered in coral, not as frequented as other dive sites in the region as it is not a suitable site for beginners or students.

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★★★★☆ Mushroom Rock

Mushroom Rock is the first dive site after the northern tip of Phi Phi Ley, on the west side of the island. A site formed of large pinnacles reaching the surface including the one shaped like a mushroom.

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★★★★☆ Koh Rok Noi

Hin Ngam is located at the south west part of Koh Rok Noi and is a rocky dive site with an abundance of hard and soft corals. This is a great area for macro life such as shrimp and nudibranchs, and for larger species of sea cucumber, angelfish, surgeonfish, moray eels and turtles.

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★★★★☆ Koh Rok

Koh Rok, part of a marine park, offers pristine beaches and crystal-clear waters. It’s suitable for all dive levels, with depths to 20m, featuring vibrant hard and soft coral gardens. Expect to see turtles, schools of snapper, moray eels, and diverse reef fish.

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★★★★★ Koh Haa Neua #1

Recently seen around Koh Haa Neung are zebra sharks, black trip reef sharks, several different whale sharks, devil (mobular) rays, nurse shark, eagle ray, guitarfish and many other larger species, making the group of 6 islands at Koh Haa one of the top dive and snorkel locations in Thailand.

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★★★★★ Malong Bay/Turtle Rock

On the West side of Phi Phi Leh , north of Maya Bay, there is the bay of Malong, a frequented dive site between December and May, only dived occasionally during the Monsoon season.

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★★★★☆ Palong Bay

Situated on the east side of Phi Phi Ley, Palong Bay is the next bay north of the famous Maya Bay, made famous by the movie “The Beach.” This dive is s relatively simple one and is rarely affected by currents. The dive heads south from Palong Bay towards Maya Bay.

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Diving in Krabi

Krabi, a diver's paradise in Thailand, offers an array of thrilling underwater experiences. Notable among its dive sites is the King Cruiser Wreck, a submerged ferry teeming with vibrant marine life and intricate coral formations, ideal for wreck diving enthusiasts. For those preferring shore dives, Ao Nang's local reefs provide convenient access to diverse ecosystems where vibrant fish and stunning coral gardens await exploration. Unique to Krabi are its night dives, where the underwater world transforms to reveal bioluminescent creatures and nocturnal marine behaviors. With a balance of shore dives for easy accessibility and liveaboard options for exploring more remote areas, Krabi presents a perfect blend of convenience and adventure for divers seeking varied underwater experiences.

The best Months to dive in Krabi

Krabi offers year-round diving opportunities with water temperatures typically ranging from 27°C–30°C/81°F–86°F. During the dry season, which spans from November to April, conditions are most favorable with calm seas and excellent visibility, often reaching up to 25 meters/82 feet. This period is ideal for divers seeking clear waters and vibrant marine life.

From May to October, Krabi experiences the monsoon season, bringing stronger winds and currents, which can reduce visibility to around 10 meters/33 feet. While diving is still possible, it is less predictable, and some sites may be more challenging due to rougher seas. Divers should stay informed on weather conditions to plan their trips effectively and ensure safety.

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Dive and Relax

223 Moo 2, Saladan, 81150 Koh Lanta, THA

Phi Phi Cabana Diving

103 Moo 7, 81210 Krabi, THA

Apo Dhatu Divers

490 Moo 3 Saladan, Koh Lanta, 81150 Krabi, THA

OK Club Diving Center

245 Moo 2 Saladan, 81150 Koh Lanta, THA

Apex Divers

692/12 Baan Phra Ae, Saladaan, 81150 Koh Lanta, Krabi, THA

Phi Phi Sea Frog

Phi Phi Sea Frog 125/52-53 Moo7, 81000 Krabi, THA

The Sea Krabi Diving

159 Moo 2, Tambon Nong Thale Mueang Krabi, 81180 Krabi, THA

Princess Divers

103 Moo 7,, 81210 Koh Phi Phi, THA

Palm Beach Divers, Ko Lanta

47 Moo 3, Saladan, 81150 Koh Lanta, THA

Blue Planet Divers

150/1 Moo 1, Saladaan, 81150 Koh Lanta, Krabi, THA

DPM Diving Phi Phi

58/14 Moo 7, T. Ao Nang, 81210 Mueang Krabi, Krabi, THA

Phi Phi Island Divers

157/1 Moo 7 T. Aonang A. Muang, 81210 Koh Phi Phi, THA

Go Dive Lanta

6 Moo 1. Saladan, Koh Lanta, 81150 Krabi, THA

Sea Bees Diving Phi Phi

49 Moo 8 Phi Phi Island, Ao Nang,, 81000 Krabi, THA