Cost index · 2026-09-15

A week of diving in Phuket

Seven nights, five dive days, ten dives, priced three ways. Download CSV

Backpacker

26 636THB

US$832 · 7 nights · 5 dive days

Dorm or fan room, street food, dives bought as a package.

Diving10 dives at the median day-trip rate 2 100 THB per dive (1 400–2 500 across 8 shops)21 000
Marine park fees600 one-off600
Accommodation7 nights at 348 THB (budget = 15th percentile of 6 rates)2 432
Food and drink3 meals + 2 drinks a day, 7 days1 544
Transportreturn travel 530 each way1 060
Total26 636
Middle

29 579THB

US$924 · 7 nights · 5 dive days

Air-conditioned private room, mixed eating, dives as day trips.

Diving10 dives at the median day-trip rate 2 100 THB per dive (1 400–2 500 across 8 shops)21 000
Marine park fees600 one-off600
Accommodation7 nights at 654 THB (mid = 50th percentile of 6 rates)4 574
Food and drink3 meals + 2 drinks a day, 7 days2 205
Transportreturn travel 600 each way1 200
Total29 579
Comfortable

37 762THB

US$1,180 · 7 nights · 5 dive days

A proper hotel, eat where you like, twelve dives instead of ten.

Diving12 dives at the median day-trip rate 2 100 THB per dive (1 400–2 500 across 8 shops)25 200
Marine park fees600 one-off600
Accommodation7 nights at 1 088 THB (comfortable = 85th percentile of 6 rates)7 616
Food and drink3 meals + 2 drinks a day, 7 days2 866
Transportreturn travel 740 each way1 480
Total37 762

Where the numbers come from

The diving line uses the shops' own published prices from our Phuket price index (12 of 114 prices read directly from an operator's website and linked there). Everything below is the collected rate data behind the other lines — 20 of 20 rows carry a source link. Where a tier has too few rates of its own, the figure is a percentile of all rates collected for the destination, which is stated on the line.

Accommodation

ItemWherePricePerChecked
Dorm bed Zostel Phuket Patong (Hostelworld) 316 per night 2026-09-14
Budget hotel Kata FIN Hostel Kata (travelguidestip) 340 per night 2026-09-14
Tier ranges travelguidestip Phuket budget (updated 2026-09-04) 350 per night 2026-09-14
Dorm bed Mad Monkey Patong (Hostelworld) 534 per night 2026-09-14
Dorm bed Lub d Phuket Patong (Hostelworld) 773 per night 2026-09-14
Budget hotel Karon Sugar Marina Art (travelguidestip updated 2026-09-03) 986 per night 2026-09-14
Mid-range Kata Chanalai Garden Resort (Expedia) 1 394 per night 2026-09-14
Upper-mid resort Mandarava Resort & Spa Karon (Expedia) 2 380 per night 2026-09-14

Food

ItemWherePricePerChecked
Street food meal travelguidestip Phuket budget 60 per meal 2026-09-14
Inexpensive restaurant meal Numbeo Phuket (updated 2026-09-11; 42 contributors) 150 per meal 2026-09-14

Park and marine fees

ItemWherePricePerChecked
Phi Phi national park fee (diver) Sea Bees Diving price list 600 one off 2026-09-14
Phi Phi national park fee (diver) Aussie Divers Phuket blog 600 one off 2026-09-14

Getting there

ItemWherePricePerChecked
Scooter rental per day evephuket (2026-07-15) 200 per day 2026-09-14
Flight Bangkok-Phuket one-way visitthailandtoday (2026-08-29) 500 per trip 2026-09-14
Airport-Patong metered taxi phuket101 (updated 2026-03-29) 600 per trip 2026-09-14
Airport-Patong fixed taxi evephuket (updated 2026-08-31) 800 per trip 2026-09-14
Flight DMK-Phuket one-way Nok Air / AirAsia (via Expedia) 1 225 per trip 2026-09-14

Before you book on price alone

The cheapest week is rarely the one people remember. What changes a trip is how many divers are on the boat, whether the guide knows the site, and whether the shop cancels when conditions are bad. Those are what the Phuket ranking scores, and price is only one of its six criteria.

Cite as: "Cost of a seven-day dive trip in Phuket", topdiveshops.com, 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Ready to go? Book a shop at its own price.

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