Scuba diving in Koh Bida Nok

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Access
From Boat
Diver level
Novice
Depth
Average: 10 m
Maximum: 33 m
Current
Medium (1-2 knots)
Visibility
Average: 10 m
Maximum: 30 m
Koh Bida Nok is located 2 km/1mi south of Koh Phi Phi Ley. The site is one of the most popular dive sites in Koh Phi Phi. Topography of this site range from a shallow sheltered bay and reefs sloping to 18m/59ft and the deep side with walls dropping down to 20-25m/65-82ft. Divers here can explore a steep wall and a few caverns. The south entry site is good for novice divers. Here divers can expect to see coral gardens, sea snakes, and hawksbill turtles. The west side of the island offers some good walls and swim-throughs to discover. The north entry site of the island is more suitable for advanced divers.

When to go

The best conditions for diving here are from February to May. The water temperature: 27-30C/80-86F. The best visibility being between January and April.

What to see

Walls covered with sea fans and soft corals, sloping reefs, caves, anemones, high diversity of hard corals, barrel sponges in the shallows and whip corals in the deeper areas.
Marine life of the site includes snappers, barracuda, trevallies, tuna, moray eels, blacktip sharks, leopard sharks, black tip reef sharks, nurse sharks, as well as at times mantas and whale sharks on the deep side (from December to February).

Reachable from

Krabi, Koh Phi Phi Don

Liveaboards with trips to Koh Bida Nok

Dive center`s Special Offers

  • Koh Lanta Anti Gravity Divers - Koh Lanta

    5 Days Diving Package

    5 days diving package. This product is for certified divers only
  • Koh Lanta Anti Gravity Divers - Koh Lanta

    10 Days Dives Package

    10 days diving package. This product is for certified divers only
  • Phuket No Gravity Dive Center

    Boat Trip to Phi Phi Islands

    Boat trip to Phi Phi Islands. This trip includes two dives at Phi Phi Islands and one dive on the way back to Phuket at Shark Point, Anemone Reef or Koh Doc Mai. The Phi Phi Islands lay about 45km East of Phuket. It takes about two and half hours by the dive boat to get to Phi Phi Islands. The exotic scenery with a huge variety of reef life makes it one of the best scuba diving destination in Phuket. There are several dive sites around Phi Phi offering amazing fun dives for divers of all certification levels. The best sites are Koh Bida Nok, Koh Bida Nai and along the wall of Phi Phi Ley Island. Vertical walls covered with soft corals, sloping hard coral reefs, caverns and swim-throughs highlight the underwater landscape. About the marine life: tiger tail seahorse, ghost pipe fish, frog fish, shrimps, nudibranches in the cracks of the limestone. Massive schools of fish (barracudas, tunas, jacks, snappers) in the blue. It is easy to find black tip reef sharks, leopard sharks, turtles on any dive site around. Occasionally whale sharks hang around the islands, too!
  • Koh Lanta OK Club Diving Center

    3 Days Diving Package (2 Local Sites)

    Daily diving. This product is for certified divers only

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