Crab Island Dive Site

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Amazing fishes & life!
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None or Light current
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Outstanding! 20m and more
Level Advanced Divers
Dive depth Shallow depth, 0-10m

Crab Island is just a few hundred meters from the shore of Koh Phuket. The dive site is very shallow with a maximum depth of 10 m. The spot is perfect for dive training, underwater macro photography, and night dives in Phuket. It is also a great spot for Snorkellers. You can spot Turtles, blue spotted Stingrays and all the usual reef fishes of the Andaman Sea. If you are on the look-out for macro critters, here you can find various species of nudibranch, frogfish and Scoprionfish.

This location is a Reef.

You can dive Crab Island all year long. Access: from the Shore. See the map of Crab Island on the right for the exact location.

Crab Island Crab Island is just a few hundred meters from the shore of Koh Phuket. The dive site is very shallow... Julien 3

Fishes you may spot while diving Crab Island

  • Angel Fish Angel Fish
  • Frogfish Frogfish
  • Lion Fish Lion Fish
  • Nudibranch Nudibranch
  • Scorpion Fish Scorpion Fish
  • Turtle Turtle

... and more fishes & sea life, Cowrie, Eel, Ray

Photos

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  • Clown fishes waiting in front of their blue anemone house, Clownfish
    Clown fishes waiting in front of their blue anemone house
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • Blacktip Shark patrolling the crystal clear water... EPIC photo! Black Tip Shark
    Blacktip Shark patrolling the crystal clear water... EPIC photo!
    Photo by Yann Hubert
  • Huge Hammerhead Shark patrolling the reef in French Polynesia
    Huge Hammerhead Shark patrolling the reef in French Polynesia
    Photo by Yann Hubert
  • Beautiful & Colorful Mandarin Fish
    Beautiful & Colorful Mandarin Fish
    Photo by Rich Guest
  • Yellow Seahorse in Lembeh Strait
    Yellow Seahorse in Lembeh Strait
    Photo by Agnes Tjandranegara
  • Blue Nudibranch in Lembeh Strait
    Blue Nudibranch in Lembeh Strait
    Photo by Rich Guest
  • Lion Fish swimming in crystal clear water
    Lion Fish swimming in crystal clear water
    Photo by Agnes Tjandranegara
  • Frogfish
    Frogfish
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • Surreal Life
    Surreal Life
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • Lion Fish
    Lion Fish
    Photo by Jihye Lee

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