Snorkelling, scuba diving and diving are very popular activities during vacations in Thailand. Southern Thailand is a popular diving destination because it has so many beautiful and amazing dive sites. The underwater world is one of the few places on the Earth where you can truly explore something new and experience adventures, and the gate to this world is diving, snorkelling and scuba diving. In Thailand you can dive all year round and it’s suitable for all.
Diving in Thailand began in the beginning of the year 1962. The first professional dive centre was established in 1975 in Pattaya. The next big diving destination after Pattaya was Phuket and then the Similan Islands in the Andaman Sea. Nowadays the Similan Islands have been ranked as one of the best diving sites in the world. Today diving in Thailand is very popular all over the Andaman Sea, especially in Tarutao and the Surin Islands. There are also beautiful diving destinations in the Gulf of Thailand.
It’s believed that Thailand is the most popular and the most visited diving destination in the whole world. The number of diving tourists in Thailand increases every year. Statistics shows that over 200 000 divers visit Thailand in a year.
Diving in Thailand is a great way to spend a holiday. Also scuba diving in Thailand is a very popular activity. In Thailand there are many beautiful reefs and amazing shipwrecks which makes Thailand a very popular diving destination. Also the visibility undersea is very good and in some places it can be up to 30 metres.
Khao Lak and Similan Islands
Khao Lak Marine National Park has a coastline fringed with palms and it also has some recently discovered reefs. Khao Lak is home to plenty of different kinds of marine life and also to a couple of shipwrecks. From the Similan Islands which are near Khao Lak there is easy access to the Surin Islands by speedboats. The trip takes less than one day.
All the Similan Islands dive sites are available by day trip with speedboats from Khao Lak. Also the Richelieu Rock is available with speedboat. In Khao Lak there are three shipwrecks and all three can be accessed by a longtail boat.
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