Experience Scuba Diving In Thailand Sometime Soon

When you have the opportunity to seeLeopard sharks, whale sharks, silvertips, manta rays and year round scuba diving Diving Thailand really is unmissable. Scuba diving is carried out from both coasts of Thailand – each complementing the other and providing scuba diving when the other is unsuitable because of the weather.

Liveaboards and shore based scuba diving from the mainland and the array of smaller islands around Thailand give plenty of marine life and corals plus a few good wrecks.

Fringed by coral reefs as well as deep water offshore pinnacles, it’s not tricky to understand Thailand’s popularity among backpackers and members of the dive community alike. Sheltered sandy bays offer the perfect depths for learner divers, while the more advanced diver can visit deeper areas and perhaps even fulfil the diver’s dream of spotting a whale shark or two.

The newly sunk HTMS Khram shipwreck is found just south of Koh Phi and has soon become popular among local divers. An incredible amount of marine life has already been attracted to this wreck very quickly.

The Samae San / Sattahip area has similar diving conditions, with the added attraction of two large intact shipwrecks. The Petchburi Bremen is an old freighter laying in 60 feet of water in the Khram Channel (Sattahip). It provides a home to many Grouper and Barracuda. The Hardeep is a cargo ship laying in 28 meters during the World War II era. This ship is completely intact, and can be dived from bow to stern entirely inside!!

With a huge hole torn through her belly the King Cruiser went down in less than 60 minutes and supplied the Phuket Diving community, at long last, with her own artificial reef. At 25 meters you’ll find the engine room and car deck. Returning to 18 meters you’ll find the passenger section which has the heads, bar and lots of tables and chairs. Even having a low ceiling it is relatively safe to enter as the doors are broken off.

At 15 meters you’ll find the captain’s cabin and wheel house. The reef is flooded with life and its closeness to Shark Point and Anemone Reef has undoubtedly had a lot to do with its quick population growth. The wreck is an extremely well liked dive and thought of as one of the best in area.

In Shark Island dives range from 60 feet and above at the southern tip to the surface and at the deeper depths you may see Leopard and Reef Sharks. At the shallow end you will see beautiful gardens of vividly colourful corals and anemones and at high tide it is even possible to cross from one side of the southern island to the other. This site supplies a great variety of fish including the Blue Ringed Angel, Long Fin Banner, and if you are lucky the odd resident Hawksbill Turtle.

A 3mm shortie or full length suit is usually enough for scuba scuba diving in Thailand.

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