Richelieu Rock diving

Day trips from Khao Lak. 2 dives per day.

This is an update on older posts to reflect current schedule and prices. Diving at Richelieu Rock is for experienced certified divers only. Considered Thailand’s premier dive site, Richelieu Rock is great with or with out whale sharks.

If you only have one day available to dive, make it at Richelieu Rock.

Schedule and prices

November to April.

Tuesday: 4,900 baht per diver
plus park fees (700 baht) and equipment (400 baht)
Boat: Aurora Andaman Speedboat

Wednesday: 4,900 baht per diver
plus park fees (700 baht) and equipment (600 baht)
Boat: Wetcat fast catamaran

Thursday: 4,900 baht per diver
plus park fees (700 baht) and equipment (400 baht)
Boat: Aurora Andaman Speedboat

Friday: 4,900 baht per diver
plus park fees (700 baht) and equipment (600 baht)
Boat: Wetcat fast catamaran

Saturday: 4,900 baht per diver
plus park fees (700 baht) and equipment (400 baht)
Boat: Aurora Andaman Speedboat

Sunday: 4,900 baht per diver
plus park fees (700 baht) and equipment rental (600 baht)
Boat: Wetcat fast catamaran

Price includes: Dive guide, tanks, weights, transfers from Khao Lak hotels, lunch, drinking water.

Prices exclude: dive equipment, national park entrance and diving fees, Phuket hotel transfers.

Sample itinerary:

7.30 – 8:00 am Pick up from your Khao Lak hotel and transfer to Nam Khem Pier
9:00 am Depart from Namkhem Pier
10:30 am 1st dive
12:00 pm Lunch & surface interval
1:00 pm 2nd dive
3:30 pm Arrive back at Namkhem Pier
4:00 pm Arrive back at your hotel

Whale shark season at Richelieu Rock

In past years whale sharks have been most common between February and April but in these climatically changing times they can appear at any time.

Some seasons are better than others for number of whale shark sightings, no one really knows why but water temperature is probably the biggest factor.

Whenever we have a season of few sightings the dive industry panics that they have all been fished from the oceans. It is probably true that numbers are declining, pre-millennium it was a case of how many whale sharks will I see today?

Nowadays some luck is required but 2014, 2015 and 2016 have all been good years.