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Do you know James Bond Island in Thailand? Not that I dived it, but imagine the sheer sides dropping down into the sea...and what's beneath? Well, Ko Dok Mai off Phuket is like that. We approached as near as the skipper of the dive boat dared to the cliffs, and then (in what I thought was a very organised fashion for a bunch of day boat divers who didn't know each other) jumped and descended immediately to minimise the effects of a gentle (1/2 to 1 kt) current.
The waters were clear, vis 8m (according to my log book, but that's a minimum, seems like more than that now in hindisght) and it was possible to descend the completely vertical wall to 22m where about 8-10m below you could see the cliffs just disappear into the sandy bottom...quite bizarre. The wall was studded with morays of all sizes and the usual lionfish etc were about. As we swam round the island the sun came out (well, you know what I mean) enhancing the vis and making for a pleasant ascent to the other side of the island where the switched on skipper was not far off waiting on our SMB's (yes, a bunch of warm water divers with SMB's! Impressive eh?) What a great dive and the beers in Patong that night were nearly as good!  |