Phuket daytrip dives depart from: Chalong Bay for Phi Phi Islands, Shark Point, King Cruiser Wreck, Anemone Reef, Koh Doc Mai, Racha Yai and Racha Noi diving. (Year Round). Thap Lamu (Khao Lak) for Similan Islands and Koh Bon diving. (November to April) With this in mind look at the map of Phuket here. Chalong […]
Mai Khao Beach Phuket I was up around Mai Khao beach this weekend so I took a few photos to post here. I want to blog about it to divers because we are receiving more and more enquiries from divers who have booked a hotel in Mai Khao beach only to realise that it’s miles […]
Backpacker Liveaboards in Khao Lak We’ve just added three more liveaboards to ThailandLiveaboards.com. All three boats fall in the budget category and are popular with packpackers. All three boats depart from Khao Lak (we can arrange transfers if you are staying in Phuket). There are a lot of lower budget dive boats departing from Khao […]
New Liveaboard Ok, not a new liveaboard for the Similan Islands, Oktavia has been running successfully for 3 seasons, but a new addition to the ThailandLiveaboards.com portfolio. Why have we added Oktavia? The short answer is that we kept hearing such good things about the boat and the whole operation in Khao Lak. As we […]
Giamani Update 2015. Giamani now takes just 10 divers in 4 deluxe cabins and one master cabin. For the 2011/12 Thailand liveaboard season Giamani is only taking 12 divers instead of 16 as before. Previously the Deluxe double cabins could be used as triples (the cabins have a double bed plus a drop down bunk). […]
Nai Yang Beach Phuket I was up around Nai Yang beach yesterday so I took a few photos to show why it’s one of my favourite beaches these days. As Phuket gets more developed NaiYang beach is managing to maintain a chilled out feel. There are parts of the beach where you can hire a […]
Whale shark at Phuket shark point Thanks to Sophie for sending me these pics that she took from the SaiMai on 16 July. The group spent most of the dive at Shark Point with this whale shark and then snorkeled with it after the dive. One of those special diving days that you never forget.
As already posted there are fewer liveaboards going to the Similans and Burma this season. So I don’t expect to see so many last minute offers this year. Over the last few seasons canny divers who visit Phuket and Khao Lak regularly have come to know that it’s quite possible to wait until the last […]
As well as there being fewer Similan liveaboards for this coming season there are also far fewer boats planning to dive Burma. Mermaid 1 has moved onto Indonesia. Saimai, FahYai and Giamani all plan to stay in Thai waters (except for private charters). So that leaves us with just MV Jazz (low budget Burma liveaboard) […]
Yesterday I wrote that Black Manta liveaboard is now diving in Indonesia not Thailand. She is not the only boat that has made the move. Also changing destinations are Queen Scuba, Mermaid 1 and Mermaid 2. Why have these liveaboards moved from Phuket to Indonesia? For the past several years these dive boats were flagged […]
