Phuket Thailand has always been known for some of the best diving locations of anywhere on Earth. The year round warm waters and great vizability makes it popular location for all levels of diver. Scuba diving in phuket means 20 meter vizability is the average and in high season then 30 - 40 meters is more what you can expect on many dive sites. The diving on the local day trips to places like Anemonae reef and shark point have great soft corals, large sea fans and such a diverse array of sea creatures all year round. From Tigertail sea horses, ornate ghost pipe fish, frog fish, leopard (zebra) sharks and if lucky the massive Whale shark. When in phuket scuba diving there is such a wide choice if you have the time. Liveaboards to the Southern Islands of Hin Daeng, Hin Muang, Koh Haa which offers diving as good as the more well known Similan islands but without the people. Phi phi slands with are a great all year round location to dive with hawks Bill Turtles and Black Tip reef sharks. Then Racha Noi with its 30 meter plus vizalility most of the year. From December till May then south tip of racha Noi is a popular spot to look for the giant oceanic Manta Ray, reef manta and the Whale shark. The Whale shark population has exploded in teh last few years from 2-3 sightings a year to several per week and now are spotted at all phuket scuba diving sites. Scuba diving in phuket has never been so good with so many spieces makeing a come back in numbers.

Phuket Thailand has also seen an increase of other creatures too. There is now and has been for almost 2 years now a large (and still growing) pod of Dolphins living off the east coast of Phuket and some more out be Phi Phi too. The bottle nose dolphin was a regular sight here for many years than about 8 years ago they all but vanished and nothing was seen of them for years. Then all of a sudden when diving off an island to the east of phuket named Mai Thon they were seen again. May be they were hiding there all along as very few boats went there but all of a sudden they have left the shelter of Mai Thon and spread all over the area.

The other rare but not unknown sightings are of the odd Minke Whale or two per year. These were seen more often to the south of Phuket between Racha Noi and Racha Yai or out to Hin Daeng and Hin Muang to the South of Phi Phi. Again not often seen in the busier areas but they were still around. Now they are seen in pairs or small pods both around phuket and in the Similan islands. Many people now when diving in phuket have seen then. They are seen not by divers under the water but from the dive boats between dives. Now when scuba diving in phuket we can see great things without even getting in the water.

The minke whales are the second smallest baleen whale; only the pygmy right whale is smaller. Upon reaching sexual maturity (6–8 years of age), males measure an average of 6.9 m (23 ft) and females 8 m (26 ft) in length, respectively. Reported maximum lengths vary from 9.1 to 10.7 m (30 to 35 ft) for females and 8.8 to 9.8 m (29 to 32 ft) for males. Both sexes typically weigh 4–5 t (3.9–4.9 long tons; 4.4–5.5 short tons) at sexual maturity, and the maximum weight may be as much as 10 t (9.8 long tons; 11 short tons).

The minke whale is a black/gray/purple color. Common minke whales (Northern Hemisphere variety) are distinguished from other whales by a white band on each flipper. The body is usually black or dark-gray above and white underneath. Minke whales have between 240 and 360 baleen plates on each side of their mouths. Most of the length of the back, including dorsal fin and blowholes, appears at once when the whale surfaces to breathe.

Minke whales typically live for 30–50 years; in some cases they may live for up to 60 years.

A slightly less common type of whale known as the Brydes whale. This is a warm water whale that only stays in warm tropical waters. Not too much is known of this whale and there seems to be severl differnt types or sub species. The whale breathes three to five times at short intervals before 'deep-diving' for two to 20 minutes. Deep dives are preceded by a pronounced arching of the back. The maximum swimming speed of minkes has been estimated at 38 km/h (24 mph).