Dive Places - Sa­fari

On the west coast of Thai­land, around 90 kilo­me­ter away from the main land, are the Sim­i­lan Is­lands lo­cated. The Sim­i­lands are 9 dif­fer­ent Is­lands from South to North. Since 1982 these Is­lands be­longs to the Sim­i­lan Is­land Na­tional Park. The Is­lands are made of Granit, cov­ered in trop­i­cal veg­e­ta­tion. Crab eat­ing mon­keys and tropic birds are seen very often.
The beau­ti­ful and most lonely beaches are not the only at­trac­tion of the is­land. The best and most in­ter­est­ing things you will find un­der­wa­ter. Canyons, rocks, caves, swim trough, these are the real things you have to see. Div­ing on the fa­mous Ele­phant Heat, Christ­mas Trees, Boul­der City and Shark Fin Reef are breath­tak­ing Dive places.
If you want to go to Sim­i­lan Is­lands, you can go for 1 day or for overnight. Div­ing here is pretty nice, crys­tal clear water; it means al­most per­fect vis­i­bil­ity, but also proper deep on dif­fer­ent places with strong cur­rent. We rec­om­mend that this dive place it’s not suit­able for be­gin­ners.

 

 

 

Koh Bon is an is­land up north of the Sim­i­lan Is­land Na­tional Park. The shape of Koh Bon is to­tally dif­fer­ent to the Sim­i­lans. It’s is made of vol­cano stones and it looks ex­actly the same un­der­wa­ter as on the sur­face. The Is­land is very fa­mous for the Manta Ray clean­ing sta­tion. Every year be­tween Jan­u­ary and April you will have a good chance to visit them. The majesty rays are there to eat the plank­ton, which is quite a lot there in this time. The tem­per­a­ture of the water in this time is also a bit colder than usual. We only have 25-28 de­grees. It’s per­fect for the big fish like whale and reef sharks as well. Usu­ally we are going 2 times a week to Koh Bon, Wednes­day and Sun­day. To visit Koh Bon is also pos­si­ble in a sev­eral day com­bi­na­tion.
Div­ing here is pretty nice, crys­tal clear water; it means al­most per­fect vis­i­bil­ity, but also quiet deep with strong cur­rent. We rec­om­mend that this dive place it’s not suit­able for to­tally be­gin­ners.

 

 

 

The plateau of Koh Tachai is sep­a­rated in 3 dif­fer­ent dive places. All 3 got dif­fer­ent depths and also dif­fer­ent struc­tures un­der­wa­ter. The deeper area is very fa­mous for its two pin­na­cles which are sur­rounded of rocks which builds many swim troughs. The depths are around 25 meter to 30 meter and deeper.
The sec­ond part is al­ready sal­lower, and mostly cov­ered in corals. There you can spot lots of Bat­fish which get cleaned from lit­tle cleaner fish. Gor­gon­ian sea fans are there and small gar­den of anemones. The third part is the shal­low­est with around 12 meter av­er­age. There are many lion fish, sweet lips and bar­racu­das.
Div­ing here is pretty nice, crys­tal clear water; it means al­most per­fect vis­i­bil­ity, but also strong cur­rent. We rec­om­mend that this dive place it’s not suit­able for to­tally be­gin­ners.

 

 

 

Riche­lieu Rock is a dive place in the mid­dle of the ocean. It is to­gether with the Surin Is­lands the most north­ern dive place of Thai­land. Every­thing fur­ther be­longs al­ready to the Burma Banks. Riche­lieu is a Rock which is stick­ing out from the water if you have low tide. The Rock is cov­ered in many soft corals and plenty of small stuff is hid­ing in­side. Nude branch, sea­horse and ghost pipe fish are very com­mon. If you are lucky you will spot har­le­quin shrimps and thou­sands of glass fish. If you are doing un­der­wa­ter pho­tog­ra­phy, it’s a must to come for a dive. Riche­lieu Rock is fa­mous all over the world to see the Whale Sharks or Manta Rays.