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Thailand
Liveaboards
Scuba Diving Thailand & South East Asia
Dive in the Similan Islands, Burma Banks and South East Asia
Fabulous Diving, Rich Culture...THAILAND!
Thailand,
a nation well known for its fabulous diving, rich culture, exotic
cuisine, beautiful and gracious people and elaborate monuments.
The best diving in Thailand is found in the Similan Islands, Burma
Banks and Mergui Archipelago. Every type of sea life, from sharks,
rays and mantas to incredible "critter" diving and macro
photography can be found in Thailand. Noted for World-Class diving
Thailand has quickly become one of our most popular destinations.
Thailand offers dive resorts, liveaboard dive boats and all classes
of hotels equipped for your diving vacation.
Diving Thailand: Thailand offers the best diving by live aboard dive
vessel. Divers seeking clearer water can travel 70 miles west to
the Similans, a group of 9 uninhabited islands preserved in their
natural beauty as a national park.
Diving Thailand: The
Similans offer both an astounding amount and variety of marine life.
The reefs on the eastern side of the chain resemble the Caribbean
with areas of branching coral and mounds of boulder corals sprouting
from a white sand bottom. Red Sea type soft corals growing on massive
granite rock structures dominate the western sides of the islands.
Diving Thailand: The Similans are a macro photographer's haven. Flowing through
the soft corals are nudibranchs, small fish and crinoids elevated
and swaying in the soft current. Loads of angel, butterfly and triggerfish
maintain their place close to the granite rocks. These waters are
home to the 'big' variety of fish as well, lots of shark
variety such as leopard, silver tip, hammerhead, nurse sharks
and the largest fish known as the WHALE SHARK!
Other
fabulous dive areas now open and part of many live aboard itineraries
are the Burma Banks for great shark encounters and the Mergui Archipelago
in Myanmar (Burma). Expect lots of sharks, rays, Manta's,
great fish life and fascinating 'critter' diving with the likes
of ghost pipefish, nudibranchs and other small weird and
wonderful creatures.
The nutrients that support the prolific life here
are brought by frequent upwelling, and can be rather turbulent at
times, dropping the temperature several degrees with swift moving
currents. *This is generally for advanced divers or experienced
divers with some current dives under your weight belt.
Thailand
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