Scuba Diving Daytrip to Racha Yai

A memorable Family Dive!

I recently took a diving trip with my two children (all of us are certified divers), and it was a fantastic experience! The staff were very professional and friendly, from the moment they picked us up at the hotel to when they brought us back. Our Master Diver, Nico, dived exclusively with the three of us, focusing on our safety and enjoyment. He dedicated time to ensure my children were comfortable, assisting them whenever needed, and even reviewed some skills with them. Nico took excellent care of us. The boat was amazing, equipped with bathrooms, showers, and resting areas. Food was always available, including snacks, water, and a very good lunch. Each dive lasted an hour, which is longer than the typical 45-minute, two-tank dives you get elsewhere. I definitely recommend this experience! You won't go wrong with Sea Bees!

Great for a new diver

Finished my PADI Open water diver a couple of weeks ago and this driving trip was my first dive without being on the certification. I was made to feel comfortable and placed in a small group with other divers of a similar level. Tim was a great guide and took good care of us. Equipment was well maintained, and clean. Boat was nice as well as the food! Thanks Sea Bees!

Great shop, great crew, great diving

Spent 3 days diving with Sea bees. It's great, dive sites are good with wrecks, corals and drift diving. All the crew are great. Nico was really friendly and took time to chat even if you weren't in his dive group. Num was a fantastic open water instructor for my partner. He was really patient and supportive when she struggled with her ears and equalising, they let me dive with her too on the last 2 dices of her course which was the highlight of my trip. I dived with Taew too, she was really cool and great at pointing out all the small stuff. If I'm ever back in Phuket, I'm heading to Sea bees.

Fantstic Day Diving!!

Took my 12 year old son for his first 2 dives onbard the fantastic Excallibur II diveboat (best one I have seen yet). Brillant Crew and Jens really looked after my boy and very well. Excellent clear instructions, good briefing and tips for a young first timer to get the best from his dives. Manged 2x 1 hour dives at a good site for newcomera and am sure he will be back for more. Thank you Jens and all the team at Seebees!!!

Thanks!

Dominic was the dive instructor and he was fantastic! Experienced, seasoned, and calm and I felt very safe with him. He took the time to show us interesting fish and corals.

Simple the best!

I had an amazing experience on this trip! Scuba diving is something I have wanted to do for a long time and last week I finally got the opportunity to do it and it was truly remarkable! My instructor Katri K. was outstanding! She was very thorough, patient and knowledge. I was a little nervous as it was my first-time diving. Katri was amazing I felt really comfortable with her. Her briefing and step by step instruction and explanation of what to do and expect whilst in the water was excellent. I had such an amazing time. I definitely will be doing my diving certification and would love to do it with Katri. Again, thank you very much See Bees and Katri for an amazing experience. The food was delicious and the day is one I will never forget. I will definitely be seeing you again soon.

Pleasant visit here

Back to sunny Phuket again. Good emails back and forward from Markus and settled on the 6 day package. Once in Phuket communicated via messenger. Pick up from the hotel went well. Guided by Gerhard for 2 days, Gunter for one, Qi for another and Chris for the last 2 days. Good briefings from them all and all very informative about the dive sites. Excalibur was it's usual clean boat and the choice of food was amazing. Well done to the cook for her hard work in such a small area. Boat boys very helpful when getting ready and also coming back to the boat. Plenty to see underwater although the seahorses were missing this time :-( . However managed to see, in no particular order some sharks, turtles, barracuda, cuttlefish, banded sea snakes etc. Corals were colourful in some of the sites. All in all a good trip here and highly recommend them for diving trips. Hopefully be coming back soon.

Amazing experience! Definitely recommend to learn diving!

Had an great day learning to dive with Thomas! For me and my sister was out first time diving, he was super patient and caring. He explained us all the the little details and was great in showing us fish and other sea animals under water! We had lot of fun both on the boat and in the water! We always felt safe and we're able to see a lot of marine life! Super!

Awesome dives and Instructor

As a PADI Divemaster since 1984, I was impressed by how smooth an operation SeaBees has for managing gear and people getting to, on and from the boat. We dove 2 days at the end of December 2023 out of their Phuket location and had an awesome 5 dives (2 at Racha Yai and 3 at Phi Phi Islands). Jens L. was our fantastic instructor and DM. The vis wasn't as great as other times of the year, but he always found more critters big and small than what other divers reported seeing. He did the Open Water checkout dives for my 14 yo daughter, who only had pool sessions in California. She fell in love with scuba diving after Jens showed her tiny shrimps, nudis, seahorses, eels, turtles, sharks and all the other life underwater. I was super happy that he was so very careful and safe, with clear comms and smooth safety stops on the DSMB. Once he got comfy with my daughter's skills, he took a ton of gorgeous gopro videos which we love (thanks, Jens!). Our last dive was off a small lighthouse rock in the open ocean going home from Phi Phi Island, and we popped up and floated in 1m waves waiting for the boat to get us. Jens radiated calm so my daughter wasn't worried, nor was I. We hope to be back during the summer!

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the diving was amazing, with so much to see. there was great food served on the boat and all the crew were very friendly. my instructor nico was excellent, and made learning to dive fun.

Best dive boat in Phuket

We are just back from an amazing holiday in Thailand and Sea Bees was definitely one of our great highlights of the trip! What a super organised company, from helpful communication before arriving, really great staff, hotel pick ups, top class rental equipment to the nicest dive boat in Phuket! My partner and I went diving, and the kids (8 and 11 years old) went snorkeling from the boat. Sea Bees had a snorkel guide onboard, she was really lovely and great with the kids, so we could both go diving knowing the kids were well looked after. We all had a great time on the boat. Excalibur has loads of room with a comfy sundeck, lots of seating space, freshly cooked breakfast and lunch, which was delicious, and even a bar to have a beer after diving on the way back - what more can you ask for? The dive deck was really spacious and the boat crew was always helpful with everything from filling tanks to get everyone in and out of the water safely and making sure the kids were ok too. The kids also did a bubblemaker in Sea Bees' own resort, which is just around the corner from the dive shop. Palm Garden Resort was really lovely with a fabulous large pool, ideal for dive training as the deep part was over 3m. The same day they had an open water course in the resort but as the pool is quite large there was plenty of room for everyone. I know other training pools at dive schools but they are usually just a square pool for training in front of a shop, in and out and that's it. Here it's a different story as the resort is like an oasis with loads of palm trees and a lovely restaurant. The training day felt like a holiday! I'd highly recommend this place to anybody who is thinking of getting certified as they'll spend two days in the pool and it doesn't get more enjoyable than this place ;) All up, we had a really fantastic time, met very nice people - staff and other divers - had great dives, great training, great snorkeling - and can't wait to get back! Thanks so much Sea Bees for a great time :)

Highly recommended German-speaking

Super friendly diving school, very friendly instructor, would visit this diving school again at any time to do more dives