THAILAND SOUTH ANDAMAN LIPE LIVEABOARD DIVE SITES

THAILAND SOUTH ANDAMAN LIPE LIVEABOARD DIVE SITES

South Andaman and Lipe Liveaboard dive sites can claim as one of the most unique diving trip with over 20-30 different dives in Andaman Sea Thailand such as Koh Haa Yai Islands, Hin Daeng & Hin Muang, Koh Rok Nok & Nai Islands, Koh Lipe Island, Hin 8 Miles, Koh Adang Island, Koh Rawi Island, Koh Butang Island, Koh Phi Phi Island, King Cruiser Wreck, Shark Point, Koh Doc Mai.

THAILAND SOUTH ANDAMAN LIPE LIVEABOARD DIVE SITES

KOH LANTA ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK

Diving boat trip from Phuket (40 Miles): 5-hour navigation by a liveaboard dive boat.

Visibility:20-40m. Depth:3-30m.

KOH HA YAI ISLANDS

The five islands and islets of Koh Ha Yai, With steep cliffs falling into the sea, are part of the Koh Lanta Marine National Park and are the most popular dive sites for day dive boats from Phi-Phi and Koh Lanta, as well as for diving liveaboard boat trips going to Hin Daeng & Hin Muang and Tarutao Marine National Park.

Marine life: Walls covered with gorgones and soft corals, caves, coral reefs of great beauty, abundant coral fish, turtles, schools of pelagic fish including sharks and the elective manta or whale shark … await divers the most demanding.

HIN DAENG HIN MUANG

Marine life: Hin Daeng and Hin Muang dive site is one of the best dive spots in Thailand (truly a world-class dive site). The 2 rocks of Hin Daeng and Hin Muang with vertical walls dropping straight down to 50-60m are completely covered with hard and soft coral, sea fans, and sea anemones and attract large school of jacks as well as fusiliers, tuna and barracuda. Hin Daeng is also perhaps the only place in Thailand where Grey reef sharks can be seen in schools of up to 15 sharks. The richness and variety of pelagic fish compares to that found at Richelieu Rock, particularly for the sight of whale shark and manta.

THAILAND SOUTH ANDAMAN LIPE LIVEABOARD DIVE SITES

KOH TARUTAO ISLANDS - KOH LIPE - HIN 8 MILES

Diving boat trip from Phuket (100 Miles): 12-hour navigation by a liveaboard dive boat

Visibility: 8-25m. Depth: 3-30m. 

Note: The underwater visibility of dive sites in the Tarutao Archipelago can be poor with visibility of 5 to 8 meters or cristal clear with 20 meters or more, as the wind, swells and strong currents during double day tides with a strong tidal range may affect visibility.

KOH LIPE ISLAND

Marine life: Koh Lipe Island is Boulders and rocks covered with gorgones and soft corals, coral reefs of great beauty, abundant coral fish, turtles, schools of pelagic fish including sharks and the elective manta, mobula or whale shark…await divers the most demanding

THAILAND SOUTH ANDAMAN LIPE LIVEABOARD DIVE SITES

MU KOH PHI PHI ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK

Diving boat trip from Phuket (30 Miles):Navigation of 3 hours and 30 minutes by a powered day dive boat or a dive liveaboard boat.

Visibility:10-25 meters. Depth:3-30 meters.

KOH PHI PHI ISLAND

Koh Phi Phi Islands offers numerous walls, caverns and caves, as well as shallow coral gardens and sloping reefs. Typical sights include both hard and soft coral, nudibranchs, shellfish and many other invertebrates. Fish life is abundant and range from coral reef fish to turtle, barracuda, reef shark, leopard shark, whale shark or manta. Kledkaeo Wreck is a nice wreck on sandy bottom.

THAILAND SOUTH ANDAMAN LIPE LIVEABOARD DIVE SITES

KING CRUISER WRECK

Diving boat trip from Phuket (20 Miles):Navigation of 2 hours and 10 minutes by a powered day dive boat.

Visibility:5-20 meters. Depth:18-30 meters.

KING CRUISER WRECK

King Cruiser Wreck is the 80 meters steel hulled passenger ferry King Cruiser had been sunk on May 1997 by hurting Anemone Reef. That huge catamaran rests within the zone of Shark Point Marine Sanctuary in about 30 meters of water on a sandy bottom. Experienced divers can swim through most of the King Cruiser Wreck.

THAILAND SOUTH ANDAMAN LIPE LIVEABOARD DIVE SITES

SHARK POINT

Diving boat trip from Phuket (20 Miles): Navigation of 2 hours and 10 minutes by a powered day dive boat.

Visibility:5-20 meters. Depth:3-20 meters.

SHARK POINT

Shark Point (Hin Musang) is classified as a Marine Sanctuary. This reef is home to an incredible profusion of sea creatures with soft and hard corals, tropical and pelagic fish and Leopard-Sharks for great pictures. The density and diversity of marine life here is favorably compared to the best coral reefs anywhere in the world.

THAILAND SOUTH ANDAMAN LIPE LIVEABOARD DIVE SITES

KOH DOC MAI ISLAND

Diving boat trip from Phuket (12 Miles):1 hour and 30 minutes navigation by a powered day dive boat.

Visibility:5-20 meters. Depth:3-30 meters.

KOH DOC MAI ISLAND

Koh Doc Mai Island has 2 sides for diving, the East Side of Koh Doc Mai island offers a wall rich in invertebrates and a good representation of tube corals. There are large moray eels, Black-banded Sea Snakes, Honeycomb Groupers and angelfish, and you have a good chance of seeing Leopard Sharks out on the sand. The western side of the island features a steeply sloping reef. Both Blacktip and Whitetip Reef Sharks have been seen here as well as visiting pelagic are often on view.

THAILAND SOUTH ANDAMAN LIPE LIVEABOARD DIVE SITES

These are the best Thailand liveaboard diving trips with Seafarer Divers Phuket

Similan Islands Richelieu Rock

Thailand Similan Islands liveaboard diving trip of 4 days and 4 nights from Phuket Chalong Pier Marina to Similan and Surin Islands, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai and Richelieu Rock

South Andaman

Thailand South Andaman liveaboard diving trip of 2 days and 2 nights from Phuket Chalong Pier Marina to Koh Haa Yai Islands, Hin Daeng and Hin Muang

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