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Like Phang-nga, Krabi offers a great opportunity
for diving due to its numerous natural marine resources including over
a hundred offshore islands. Dive shops around Rai Le and Ao Nang
provide dive trips as well as rent diving and snorkeling gear such as
mask/snorkel/fin at the rate of 150 baht/ set/ day (with a deposit of
500 baht).
The advantage of diving from Ao Nang is the
nearby sites in the Poda Island group, where water visibility is better
than that of the mainland, but not as good as Phi Phi. There are 15
dive sites off of Ao Nang, all reachable with a 20 to 60-minute boat
ride. For experienced divers there is a 50-meter long cave at 5-12
meters depth at Yawabon Island behind Poda. The water visibility is at
its best from November to April. Some Ao Nang dive shops close during
low season, May to October, while some (Ao Nang Divers for instance)
remain open all year long. Two local dives in the Poda/Yawasam group
cost approximately 1,900 baht. Four-day PADI open water courses have
risen to 10,000 baht. For more information contact either Seafan,
Aquavision, Poseidon, Phra Nang, Stingray, Ao Nang Divers (in Krabi
Seaview), or Coral Diving (Krabi Resort). Unlike Phi Phi, scuba dive
operators in Ao Nang close from May to October.
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