Explore Scuba Diving In Thailand This Year
Experience Diving In Thailand Sometime Soon
With the presence ofLeopard sharks, whale sharks, silvertips, manta rays and year round scuba diving Thailand diving really is unmissable. Scuba diving is available on both coasts of Thailand – each complementing the other and providing scuba diving when the other is unsuitable because of the conditions.
Liveaboards and shore based scuba diving from the mainland and the array of smaller islands around Thailand provide 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 hard to appreciate Thailand’s popularity among backpackers and members of the dive community alike. Sheltered sandy bays have the perfect depths for beginnier divers, while the more adventurously inclined can visit deeper areas and perhaps even carry out the diver’s dream of being near a whale shark or two.
The freshly sunk HTMS Khram shipwreck is located just south of Koh Phi and has fast 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 provides similar diving conditions, with the added benefit of two large intact shipwrecks. The Petchburi Bremen is an old freighter sunk in 60 feet of water in the Khram Channel (Sattahip). It acts as home to many Grouper and Barracuda. The Hardeep is a cargo ship sunk in 28 meters during the World War II era. This ship is completely intact, and can be navigated from bow to stern entirely inside!!
With a large hole ripped through her belly the King Cruiser went down in less than an hour 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 60 meters you’ll find the passenger section which has the heads, bar and lots of tables and chairs. Even with a relatively low ceiling it is considered relatively safe to penetrate as the doors are broken off.
At 15 meters you’ll see the captain’s cabin and wheel house. The reef is teeming with life and its closeness to Shark Point and Anemone Reef has undoubtedly had a lot to do with its sudden population growth. The wreck is an extremely well liked dive and said to be one of the best in location.
In Shark Island depths range from 60 feet and above at the southern tip to the surface and at the deeper depths you may be joined by Leopard and Reef Sharks. At the shallow end you will find 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 offers a magnificent range 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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