Thailand (Dive Sites)

INTRODUCTION A few years ago while me and my husband were visiting Phuket Thailand, We took a four night trip over to Phi Phi island. This is the place when the film The Beach with Leonardo Decaprio was filmed. I have to say this island is just at beautiful in real life as it was on the film. Anyway while we visited the island we decided to take in some diving as this is something we had experience in but I would not say we were experts in anyway, so I made sure we did it all correctly and signed up with a reputable dive company to take us on the actual trips. I was really apprehensive about ... more

I first went to Thailand in early October 99 to visit a mate who was training to be a divemaster on the island of Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand. Whilst I was there I decided to learn to scuba dive - (this was mainly to protect my liver from all the partying that I was doing!). I did an PADI Open Water Diver (OWD) course which consisted of an introduction to the equipment, an explanation of the physics involved, the rules we must follow, the signals that are employed underwater (and all the other relevant bits for novice divers) and 4 dives in pairs with an instructor. The first dive was in ... more

I have spent 8 months in Thailand recently training to be a Scuba instructor in Pattaya (I will submit another review for these dives). Part of my course included the opportunity to go on a liveaboard to the Similan Islands in the andeman Sea. While in Thailand I actually I went on 2 trips to the Similan Islands, one before the Tsunami and one after. The trip was organised by a company called seaking but was all dealt with through the dive school where I was training in Pattaya so the price was really good, only £250 for 4 days diving. Because we were based in Pattaya we flew to Phuket from ... more

Staying at Kata beach few years back, I booked a two dive package from Phuket Aquatic Safaris in Phuket town. At £50 it seemed a bit steep, but I by the time I returned I was amazed at the value. An air conditioned coach picked me up from the hotel on Kata beach and took me to the harbour some 20 miles away. I was met by the divemaster and transferred to an air conditioned express boat for very comfortable one hour journey to Phi Phi. Travelling at 30 knots, the boat glided through the calm seas. It was only when we arrived that I saw my gear, carefully stored on the foredeck. Whilst the other ... more

Recently i went on a dive trip in thailand to koh-larn just past the island that tourists call "coral island",i booked this trip at a local dive centre nearby to where i was staying in pattaya town,the centre was called aquanaughts i booked a dive trip for myself and a passenger that cost me in total about 40 pounds.It was winter at this time so the visability was poor, about 4-6 metres visability. The aquatic life was facinating though it was a whole new world. There were sea urchins,we were allowed to pick them up and put them on our hands and they walk up your hands you can play with them ... more