Phuket diving weather in May It may be wet in May :). May is one of the wettest months of the year. What that really means is heavy tropical storms of short duration and overcast skies. It’s still warm. The wind is now coming from the north east bringing waves to Thailand’s west coast beaches. Beach […]
Dolphin Queen Trip Advisor review Here is another positive Dolphin Queen review. You can read the review on Trip Advisor here. It’s not the first time we’ve had great feedback for Dolphin Queen. Here’s another one. And another one from a Burma trip. One more for luck here. Check out the boat here: Dolphin Queen. […]
Reviews of Dolphin Queen and Similan Explorer liveaboards Here is some feedback from November on two of our most popular lower budget Similan Islands liveaboards departing from Khao Lak. This feedback from Anna is for the Dolphin Queen liveaboard, Anna was on the boat in November 2015: “It was awesome. On the second dive we literally jumped […]
Great diving, shame about the beds This Pawara liveaboard review is from George and Evonne who were on Pawara in November 2015 I just wanted to say that we really enjoyed our 4 day liveaboard cruise on Pawara. This was part of my wife’s trip to Thailand for her 50th birthday and this part of […]
A 5 Star Diva Andaman review on Trip Advisor Thailand Liveaboards arranged our live aboard dive trip on the Diva Andaman. The arrangements were easily made and all of our questions were answered in a timely manner. They helped us arrange 6 nights on board the Diva Andaman live aboard diving in the Mergui archipelago […]
Spotlight on Mergui Archipelago diving Mergui Archipelago diving is by liveaboard from Phuket, Khao Lak or Ranong. The three thousand or so islands that make up Burma’s Mergui Archipelago offer real frontier diving away from the crowds (fewer than 3,000 tourists visited the whole region in 2014). Divers used to go to the Burma Banks […]
Spotlight on Koh Bon diving Koh Bon is one of the best dive sites in Thailand to see manta rays. They are very common in the high season from November to April. You can dive in the bay or on the plateau, the mantas tend to hang out in currents on the plateau and diving can […]
Spotlight on Richelieu Rock diving The main draw at Richelieu Rock is the mighty whale shark. Sightings of whale sharks are far from guaranteed. When is Richelieu Rock whale shark season? Sightings are possible any time from November to April but they are most common from February to April. Some years have far more sightings than […]
Spotlight on mu Ko Surin diving The Surin Islands dive sites are much less dived than the Similan Islands dive sites, they are visited by fewer day trippers. That fact alone may be enough of a reason to recommend the Surin Islands national park to many divers. The shallow reefs of the Surin islands hard coral […]
Spotlight on mu Ko Similan diving The Similan Islands Marine Park (mu ko Similan) has many beautiful dive sites spread over it’s nine islands, there is something for everyone in the Similan Islands. The Similans doesn’t usually have the high adrenaline pelagic encounter dives of Koh Bon, Tachai and Richelieu Rock (although manta rays are seen at […]
