Purple Garden

Phuket, Racha Yai Island, Southern Thailand, Thailandreef35 m maxadvanced

Conditions & tides

Purple GardenRacha Yai Island

Rough · 2/5

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Rough2/5

Rough at the surface right now — best window today 7 AM–5 PM.

Wind16 kn ENE

Current~0.6 kn WNW · model

Swell

0.2 m · 9s · SW

Water

30 °C

Max depth

35 m

Conditions through the day

6 AM6 PM

Calmest current near slack — 15:45 & 04:15 local

Sunrise 06:16 · Sunset 18:04 local

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On-face swell 0.6 m — the component of the swell aimed at this site’s exposed face. Current is a regional model value (Copernicus, ~9 km grid) — a guide to the area, not a precise reef measurement. Imagery © Esri · not depth or visibility.

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About this site

Purple Garden is a reef dive at Racha Yai, off Phuket in Thailand, and most of the time it is a thrilling drift dive. Depths run from 5 to 35 metres, the current is strong, and the site is rated advanced.

Descending to around 30 metres you find great numbers of stingrays among big rocks and whip coral. Manta rays and eagle rays can be sighted around these rocks.

Further along the dive there are sandy areas where seahorses, pipefish and other smaller animals can be seen. At the end of the dive, if the tides are right, you fly over the last part of the reef in a very strong current, so the final stretch needs careful drift-dive handling and good control of your position.

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