King Cruiser Wreck 3 Dive Day Trip

King Cruiser is an 85m steel Hulled Catamaran style passenger ferry that collided on May 4th in 1997 at 10:15 am, while making its daily trip from Phuket to Phi Phi Islands and one of the best places for scuba diving in Phuket.

Exactly why such an easily avoidable navigational error was made is still unknown, especially considering the flat calm seas and perfect weather conditions, all questions are why a vessel this size while of course can collide with a well-mapped local Dive site and boating land-marked Hazzard called Anemone Reef. Pinnacle..

In any case, the results were dramatic and immediate the impact ripped a hole into the bottom of the port side hull and the vessel instantly started taking on large volumes of water. The captain fearing the worst then issued a distress call, local vessels, small boats, and the Royal Thai Marine police were quick to arrive at the crash site and offer assistance, all 539 passengers and the 22 crew members were rescued. After Drifting a little more than 1km from the anemone reef the ship finally slipped below the surface and settled upright on the sandy bottom at 32m deep.

While a disastrous event from a navigational point the wreck became a great wreck dive in a matter of weeks for the Phuket diving community. King Cruiser is now one of our Best wrecks dives in Phuket for  Advanced Certified Divers. “This Ship Wreck” has got to be one of Thailand’s most famous Wreck Dives.

On most dives at the king cruiser, you are likely to encounter soft sponges, large schools of Barracuda, the odd green turtle, and large quantities of Lionfish and Scorpionfish this dive is where you really need to watch your buoyancy and avoid any contact with the wreck as it’s easy to displace some of the soft coral colonies that formed with careless fin kicks

Watch the video to get some ideas of the marine life you may encounter at King Cruiser Wreck with Phuket Dive Tours.

scuba diving in Phuket at King Cruiser Wreck its a deep-water dive sit, Suitable for Advanced Certified Scuba Divers, and it’s not available to Beginners or inexperienced divers. Scuba diving Students completing Advanced certification have the option to dive this Site as part of a  PADI wreck, or PADI Deep Adventure Dive, or as part of the PADI Nitrox fully supervised by a PADI instructor at all times.

King Cruiser Wreck Diving Day Trip

This Day trip includes 1 dive at King Cruiser this dive is for the experienced diver as it can be on some days demanding with medium to strong currents and on some days visibility can vary from 5 to 25 m. The First dive of the day is normally King Cruiser Wreck 2nd dive of the day 1s Shark Point and the 3rd at Koh Dock Mai 

KING CRUISER TRIP ITINERARY

• 07:00 am – 8:00 am – Pick up from hotels with a transfer to Chalong Pier.
• 08:45 am – Depart  King Cruiser for Advanced certified, breakfast and fresh fruit served.
• 10:30 am – Arrive at King Cruiser, to start the first dive.
• 11:30 am – Lunch is served as part of the Diving surface interval.
• 12:30 – Second dive Location  Anemone Reef or Shark Point
• 2:45 pm – Third dive Location  Koh Dock Mai  or Shark Point
• 5:00 pm  – Arrive back at the Pier for transfers back to your hotel.

All transfers are by air-conditioned Minivan or private taxis, breakfast, lunch, drinking water, coffee, tea, fresh fruit, tanks, weights, weight belt and dive master guide are all included in the Day Trip price. Please note that for some remote areas in Phuket transfer fee will be added..

Nitrox Diving is available on this day trip, all tanks need to be pre-ordered prior to the departure date, priced at 250THB per Tank, Ask for details.

Diving Transfers to Chalong Marina

Our Office is located at Kata Beach, we have Daily Free Local Departures/transfers from all Hotels in the following resorts:travelling time to Chalong marina is around 15 minutes from Kata Beach.

7:00 Kamala Beach + 300 THB

7.30 Patong free shared transfers

7:45  Kata Beach – Karon Beach –  Rawai Beach – Nai Harn – Chalong Bay (Transfers to boat 15 Mins )

Extra Charge Private car Transfer fee from: 7:00 am Ban Tao & Surin Beach 1,500thb  – Maikhao Beach – Ban Tao – Airport Area 1,500 THB return.

Extra Charge Shared Transfer fees  – 7:00am Cape Panwa +300thb – 7.00am  Koh Siray 700THB  – 7.15am Phuket Town + 300THB or 1,000THB private car pick up with return (Transfers to boat 30 Mins )

The tour itineraries can be changed depending on the local weather condition any changes will be made by the tour leader and boat captain on your trip based on matters of safety.

Buy King Cruiser Dive Trip Now online – 100% refund back into your account within 12 hours if the trip is canceled due to Bad weather – we don’t take any money when mother nature stops the scuba diving