Racha Noi Dive Sites - Banana Bay
Half way between the north and south tips is this large sheltered bay, the dive site gets it name from the abundance of Banana trees that grow on the bay on the east cost of the island, Banana bay is very similar to Marita’s Rock without the giant boulders.
It is an easy dive site with a clear flat shallow area and a hard coral sloping reef going into a sandy bottom.
The major coral here is staghorn with some coral blocks in the shallow areas, in the sand khules stingrays can be spotted, with the reef itself having schooling fosters barracudas and many giant puffer fish.
In the shallow water look for giant moray eels, juvenile black and white snapper and sea snakes.. Also many nudibranch’s can be spotted and if you are lucky you may find the rare 2 spot oscillated dwarf lionfish.
