Phuket Dive Guide : Racha Yai - Homerun reef

About the location and site
Racha Yai offers some of the best local year around dive-sites but the visibility varies as to the season. On the north end of the island are two beautiful little bays Homerun Bay and Siam Bay famous for their deep clear water and colorful coral formations. Both of them have almost swimming pool features as they gradually drop to a depth of 20-25 metres onto a sandy seabed, providing many opportunities for both snorkeling and scuba diving. The best diving is off the east coast at Bay 1 to 5. The current allows a gentle drift dive along a sloping rocky face that is covered with an amazing array of hard corals and the nutrient rich water draws large schools of tropical fish. Around Racha Yai, some large rays have been seen. Leopard sharks and just recently Blacktip reef sharks have made an appearance again.
Racha Yai offers some of the best local year around dive-sites but the visibility varies as to the season. On the north end of the island are two beautiful little bays Homerun Bay and Siam Bay famous for their deep clear water and colorful coral formations. Both of them have almost swimming pool features as they gradually drop to a depth of 20-25 metres onto a sandy seabed, providing many opportunities for both snorkeling and scuba diving. The best diving is off the east coast at Bay 1 to 5. The current allows a gentle drift dive along a sloping rocky face that is covered with an amazing array of hard corals and the nutrient rich water draws large schools of tropical fish. Around Racha Yai, some large rays have been seen. Leopard sharks and just recently Blacktip reef sharks have made an appearance again.
This popular reef runs along the east side of the northern tip of Racha Yai at 5 metres and slopes down to 20 metres where it becomes a sandy bottom. Most of the features are found at a depth of 10 to 20 meters. Currents can be strong in the north-south direction. The diving here is generally drift diving so it allows a diver relax full viewing of all the splendors that this site has to offer.
Homerun Reef is made up of mostly hard corals including staghorn, branch and pore coral. The site has some lovely schools of snappers and goatfish including the two spot snapper and yellow snapper. Trumpetfish and cornetfish are also popular.
There is a small wooden shipwreck near the southern end of the reef on a sandy bottom at a depth of 24 meters on the northeastern coast of the island. It is not well marked and can easily be missed. Not much grows on the wreck yet, but it attracts large amounts of reef fish, and batfish in large schools are common. Look out for some large rays.
Homerun Reef is made up of mostly hard corals including staghorn, branch and pore coral. The site has some lovely schools of snappers and goatfish including the two spot snapper and yellow snapper. Trumpetfish and cornetfish are also popular.
There is a small wooden shipwreck near the southern end of the reef on a sandy bottom at a depth of 24 meters on the northeastern coast of the island. It is not well marked and can easily be missed. Not much grows on the wreck yet, but it attracts large amounts of reef fish, and batfish in large schools are common. Look out for some large rays.