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Sirolo Dive
Scuba Day Trips

Phi Phi Islands

May 21, 2026

Sirolo Dive

M/V SIROLO — Sirolodive's luxury day-trip dive yacht in Phuket. 24 m × 8 m, 3 decks, capacity 67, Nitrox membrane, free WiFi. Daily departures from Chalong Pier to Phi Phi, Racha Yai, Racha Noi and Anemone Reef.

1 Day
Aquarian Liveaboard
Liveaboard

Koh Tao 3D4N

Jun 3, 2026

Aquarian Liveaboard

MV Aquarian — striking 2021-built red steel liveaboard, 31.4 m × 7.5 m, max 28 guests in 14 cabins. Free unlimited Nitrox via Coltri Sub membranes, one of Thailand's largest dive platforms, and full premium-hotel comfort.

5D4N
Mandarin Queen 7
Scuba Day Trips

Racha Island

May 21, 2026

Mandarin Queen 7

Brand-new 30.5 m M/V Mandarin Queen 7 — Phuket's largest day-trip dive boat with massive deck space, dedicated dive platform, lounges and shaded sun decks. Year-round trips to Racha Yai, Racha Noi, King Cruiser Wreck, Shark Point and Anemone Reef.

1 Day
Issara Liveaboard
Liveaboard

South Andaman 4 Days 5 Nights

May 28, 2026

Issara Liveaboard

MV Issara — high-end Thai steel-hulled liveaboard built 2016–17, 28.5 m × 6.5 m, 4 decks, max 22 guests in 11 hotel-style cabins. Indoor saloon, jacuzzi sun deck, full-board buffet dining.

6D5N
MV Mermaid
Scuba Day Trips

Racha Island

May 21, 2026

MV Mermaid

MV Mermaid (Aqua Mermaid) — a trusted Phuket dive boat with a strong steel hull and Twin Hino 620hp diesels. 60 divers + 5–6 crew, 7 days a week to Phi Phi, Racha Islands and the King Cruiser Wreck.

1 Day
Mandarin Queen 5
Scuba Day Trips

Phi Phi Islands

May 21, 2026

Mandarin Queen 5

Brand-new Phuket dive boat — 26.2 m M/V Mandarin Queen 5 with spacious dive platform, lounge and upper sun deck. Daily day trips to King Cruiser Wreck, Shark Point, Anemone Reef, Racha Yai and Racha Noi.

1 Day
Hug Ocean Boat
Scuba Day Trips

Racha Island

May 21, 2026

Hug Ocean Boat

Discover Phuket's Andaman Sea aboard Hug Ocean — a luxury 3-deck dive yacht for 80 guests with a thrilling water slide, sun-soaked top deck, and PADI-certified diving at Racha Yai and Racha Noi.

1 Day

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Guides, tips, and stories from our divers

600 Species on One Slope — Why Anilao Owns the Nudibranch Count

600 Species on One Slope — Why Anilao Owns the Nudibranch Count

An 18-day census logged 591 nudibranch species on Anilao's volcanic slopes — a fifth of known global diversity compressed into one Philippine coastline.

What Sits at 91 Metres in the Baltic — and Why No One Agrees

What Sits at 91 Metres in the Baltic — and Why No One Agrees

A 60-metre disc on the Baltic seafloor has stumped geologists and thrilled UFO hunters for 15 years. The evidence points in two directions at once.

A Fin Clips Your Mask at 18 Metres — Now What?

A Fin Clips Your Mask at 18 Metres — Now What?

Eighteen metres down, a fin catches your strap and the mask drops. Five steps, fifteen seconds — the protocol that separates a drill from a drowning.

Why a Thousand Garden Eels Disappear the Moment You Exhale

Why a Thousand Garden Eels Disappear the Moment You Exhale

One careless exhale and a thousand spotted garden eels vanish into white sand at Racha Noi. Their colony runs on rules no individual eel sets.

29-Cent Shark Satay From a Village That Still Hunts Sharks

29-Cent Shark Satay From a Village That Still Hunts Sharks

In Tanjung Luar, wooden boats return from 20-day voyages with holds full of sharks. Twenty kilometres inland, their meat becomes satay sold for pocket change.

What Happens When You Pay Shark Fishermen to Stop

What Happens When You Pay Shark Fishermen to Stop

A $17,550 vessel buyout. A tourism swap that prevented 45 fishing trips. A livelihood program that cut shark catches 91%. Three experiments in stopping the trade — from the inside.

Blown Safety Stop: Your Body's Next 60 Minutes

Blown Safety Stop: Your Body's Next 60 Minutes

A blown safety stop rarely means DCS — but the next hour decides. Red flags to watch, when to call DAN, and Thailand's chamber network numbers.

27 Dolphins, One Cargo Plane, and a Cold War Ghost Story

27 Dolphins, One Cargo Plane, and a Cold War Ghost Story

In 2000, a Soviet trainer flew 27 war-trained dolphins to Iran. Twenty-six years later, they resurfaced — in a Pentagon briefing about kamikaze dolphins.

Why Lightning Kills at the Surface, Not at 20 Metres

Why Lightning Kills at the Surface, Not at 20 Metres

Lightning current dissipates within metres of the surface. Your greatest danger is between dives, not during them — and most briefings never mention it.

The Net Keeps Fishing After the Fisher Leaves

The Net Keeps Fishing After the Fisher Leaves

Abandoned fishing nets kill 300 marine animals a year in Thai waters — and they never stop catching. Divers are pulling them off the reefs.

The Propeller Is 3 Metres Behind the Ladder — Still Spinning

The Propeller Is 3 Metres Behind the Ladder — Still Spinning

The propeller is 3 metres behind the ladder and spinning. Most Thai dive briefings never mention it. Eight red flags for your next boat dive.

Your Tank’s Test Date Expired — Can You Still Dive It?

Your Tank’s Test Date Expired — Can You Still Dive It?

Three stamps on every cylinder neck decide whether you dive or walk. What they mean, what Thai law requires, and what happens when the date runs out.

64 Faces in a Database: How Koh Tao Tracks Every Hawksbill

64 Faces in a Database: How Koh Tao Tracks Every Hawksbill

Koh Tao's turtle database holds 64 hawksbill faces, each mapped by unique scale patterns. The same turtles return to the same reef ledges year after year.

7-Metre Wingspan and a Dark Chin: Thailand Has Two Mantas

7-Metre Wingspan and a Dark Chin: Thailand Has Two Mantas

Most divers log 'manta' without a second look. Thailand's Andaman Sea hosts two separate species — and the field clue takes three seconds to spot.

The Navy Cut Holes in a WWII Ship and Sank It Off Pattaya

The Navy Cut Holes in a WWII Ship and Sank It Off Pattaya

The Thai Navy cut holes through every deck of a WWII landing craft and sank it off Koh Phai. Twenty-three years later, it is Pattaya's best penetration wreck.

Five Signals That Should End a Dive Before the Computer Does

Five Signals That Should End a Dive Before the Computer Does

Your computer tracks depth and time — not your breathing rate, your buddy's panic, or the current building behind you. Five warnings come first.

Nine Frogfish Species Share One Strait of Black Sand

Nine Frogfish Species Share One Strait of Black Sand

Lembeh Strait packs nine frogfish species, a dozen octopus varieties, and hundreds of rare critters onto 16 km of volcanic black sand — here is what lives there.

45 kg, Wet Deck, One Step: How Giant Strides Go Wrong

45 kg, Wet Deck, One Step: How Giant Strides Go Wrong

A torn muscle, a cracked mask, a tank valve to the skull — and the dive hasn't started. Seven platform red flags that cost more than the dive.

6 Months of Thai Diving on a $300 Visa Bill

6 Months of Thai Diving on a $300 Visa Bill

Three overlapping visa pathways keep divers legal in Thailand for half a year — total paperwork cost under $540. Here is exactly how to sequence them.

Full-Foot Fins Save 400 g — and Leave Your Feet Bare on Deck

Full-Foot Fins Save 400 g — and Leave Your Feet Bare on Deck

Full-foot fins shave 400 g per foot and push power straight to the blade. On a Thai liveaboard, ditching booties has a price — it starts at the sundeck.

34 Starfish per Hectare Is All It Takes to Kill a Thai Reef

34 Starfish per Hectare Is All It Takes to Kill a Thai Reef

Crown-of-thorns starfish at Koh Tao now exceed outbreak thresholds at 34.4 per hectare. The science behind the surge and what Thailand's reefs stand to lose.

Incense, Rebels and a Bone Relic: Wat Chalong on a Rest Day

Incense, Rebels and a Bone Relic: Wat Chalong on a Rest Day

Phuket's most sacred temple sits ten minutes from the dive boats at Chalong Pier. Inside a 60-metre pagoda, a bone fragment of the Buddha waits beside the memory of a monk who faced down a rebellion.

Phuket Thai Hua Museum: Hokkien Roots Under One Roof

Phuket Thai Hua Museum: Hokkien Roots Under One Roof

A 1930s Sino-Portuguese schoolhouse on Thalang Road traces Hokkien migration, tin-mining fortunes, and Baba-Peranakan culture across 13 bilingual galleries. Twenty minutes from Chalong Pier, the Thai Hua Museum is the deepest surface-interval dive into Phuket's real identity.

Promthep Cape at Sunset: Where Phuket's Land Runs Out

Promthep Cape at Sunset: Where Phuket's Land Runs Out

Phuket's southernmost headland draws two million sunset seekers a year, but the rocky point below the terrace still rewards anyone willing to scramble.

Karon Viewpoint: Three Beaches in One Glance

Karon Viewpoint: Three Beaches in One Glance

Phuket's most photographed panorama sits on the hill road between Kata and Nai Harn — free, fast, and right on the route divers already travel. Here's why fifteen minutes here changes how you see the island.

Phuket Rest Days: Blue Tree & Andamanda Guide

Phuket Rest Days: Blue Tree & Andamanda Guide

Two land-based Phuket attractions that keep families happy between dive days — a lifestyle hub and Thailand's biggest water park.

2 Night Markets, 2 Worlds: Phuket After Dark

2 Night Markets, 2 Worlds: Phuket After Dark

Thalang Walking Street wraps street food in 19th-century Sino-Portuguese grandeur. Chillva Market stacks it inside shipping containers. Both cost under 200 baht for a full meal — and both sit 30 minutes from every major dive pier.

Phuket's Vegetarian Festival Starts at This Shrine

Phuket's Vegetarian Festival Starts at This Shrine

Kathu district hides Phuket's Chinese soul — tin-mining heritage, the 200-year-old Jui Tui Shrine, and the most extreme festival in Southeast Asia. Here's why divers should plan around it.

50-Baht Michelin Noodles in Phuket's Forgotten Tin Quarter

50-Baht Michelin Noodles in Phuket's Forgotten Tin Quarter

Between dives off Phuket, a compact tin-mining quarter serves Michelin-recognised noodles for 50 baht and hides 200 years of Hokkien architecture on seven walkable streets.

2 km from Phi Phi, a Reef That Only GPS Can Find

2 km from Phi Phi, a Reef That Only GPS Can Find

Hin Klai sits 6 metres below the surface with no marker, no buoy, and more barrel sponges than any reef near Koh Lanta. Here is what hides between the boulders.

Phuket Scuba Day Trips

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Certified diving from Chalong Pier, year-round

Sirolo Dive
Scuba Day Trips

Phuket

Sirolo Dive

M/V SIROLO — Sirolodive's luxury day-trip dive yacht in Phuket. 24 m × 8 m, 3 decks, capacity 67, Nitrox membrane, free WiFi. Daily departures from Chalong Pier to Phi Phi, Racha Yai, Racha Noi and Anemone Reef.

MV Mermaid
Scuba Day Trips

Phuket

MV Mermaid

MV Mermaid (Aqua Mermaid) — a trusted Phuket dive boat with a strong steel hull and Twin Hino 620hp diesels. 60 divers + 5–6 crew, 7 days a week to Phi Phi, Racha Islands and the King Cruiser Wreck.

Mandarin Queen 7
Scuba Day Trips

Phuket

Mandarin Queen 7

Brand-new 30.5 m M/V Mandarin Queen 7 — Phuket's largest day-trip dive boat with massive deck space, dedicated dive platform, lounges and shaded sun decks. Year-round trips to Racha Yai, Racha Noi, King Cruiser Wreck, Shark Point and Anemone Reef.

Mandarin Queen 5
Scuba Day Trips

Phuket

Mandarin Queen 5

Brand-new Phuket dive boat — 26.2 m M/V Mandarin Queen 5 with spacious dive platform, lounge and upper sun deck. Daily day trips to King Cruiser Wreck, Shark Point, Anemone Reef, Racha Yai and Racha Noi.

Hug Ocean Boat
Scuba Day Trips

Phuket

Hug Ocean Boat

Discover Phuket's Andaman Sea aboard Hug Ocean — a luxury 3-deck dive yacht for 80 guests with a thrilling water slide, sun-soaked top deck, and PADI-certified diving at Racha Yai and Racha Noi.

Thailand Liveaboards

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Multi-day trips across the Andaman and Gulf

Vela Liveaboard
Liveaboard

Phuket

Vela Liveaboard

MV Vela / Vala — massive 43 m steel-hull liveaboard with only 20 guests max for ultimate space and privacy. King and twin AC en-suite cabins, large dive deck, indoor saloon and rooftop sun deck. Highest international safety standards.

Aquarian Liveaboard
Liveaboard

Phuket

Aquarian Liveaboard

MV Aquarian — striking 2021-built red steel liveaboard, 31.4 m × 7.5 m, max 28 guests in 14 cabins. Free unlimited Nitrox via Coltri Sub membranes, one of Thailand's largest dive platforms, and full premium-hotel comfort.

Issara Liveaboard
Liveaboard

Phuket

Issara Liveaboard

MV Issara — high-end Thai steel-hulled liveaboard built 2016–17, 28.5 m × 6.5 m, 4 decks, max 22 guests in 11 hotel-style cabins. Indoor saloon, jacuzzi sun deck, full-board buffet dining.

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Hand-picked stories from across our dive community

27 Dolphins, One Cargo Plane, and a Cold War Ghost Story

27 Dolphins, One Cargo Plane, and a Cold War Ghost Story

In 2000, a Soviet trainer flew 27 war-trained dolphins to Iran. Twenty-six years later, they resurfaced — in a Pentagon briefing about kamikaze dolphins.

Blown Safety Stop: Your Body's Next 60 Minutes

Blown Safety Stop: Your Body's Next 60 Minutes

A blown safety stop rarely means DCS — but the next hour decides. Red flags to watch, when to call DAN, and Thailand's chamber network numbers.

Thailand Had 280 Dugongs — Now Fewer Than 100 Survive

Thailand Had 280 Dugongs — Now Fewer Than 100 Survive

Thailand's dugong count dropped from 280 to under 100 in three years. Seagrass collapse — not boats, not nets — is starving the Andaman's last herds.

2 Threads Apart: Why DIN Divers Won't Switch Back

2 Threads Apart: Why DIN Divers Won't Switch Back

Two extra threads and a captured o-ring separate yoke from DIN. A step-by-step walkthrough of the connection detail Thai dive shops rarely explain.

Phuket Rest Days: Blue Tree & Andamanda Guide

Phuket Rest Days: Blue Tree & Andamanda Guide

Two land-based Phuket attractions that keep families happy between dive days — a lifestyle hub and Thailand's biggest water park.

Incense, Rebels and a Bone Relic: Wat Chalong on a Rest Day

Incense, Rebels and a Bone Relic: Wat Chalong on a Rest Day

Phuket's most sacred temple sits ten minutes from the dive boats at Chalong Pier. Inside a 60-metre pagoda, a bone fragment of the Buddha waits beside the memory of a monk who faced down a rebellion.

Full-Foot Fins Save 400 g — and Leave Your Feet Bare on Deck

Full-Foot Fins Save 400 g — and Leave Your Feet Bare on Deck

Full-foot fins shave 400 g per foot and push power straight to the blade. On a Thai liveaboard, ditching booties has a price — it starts at the sundeck.

7 Morays, 1 Giant Cave: Why Cousteau Chose Poor Knights

7 Morays, 1 Giant Cave: Why Cousteau Chose Poor Knights

Seven moray species, a sea cave the size of an aircraft hangar, and 125 subtropical fish that have no business at 35°S. What Cousteau saw here.

7 Mistakes Every New Diver Makes When Nobody Is Watching

7 Mistakes Every New Diver Makes When Nobody Is Watching

From over-weighting to skipping buddy checks, these seven post-certification mistakes hit with clockwork regularity — and every one is fixable before you get wet.

45 kg, Wet Deck, One Step: How Giant Strides Go Wrong

45 kg, Wet Deck, One Step: How Giant Strides Go Wrong

A torn muscle, a cracked mask, a tank valve to the skull — and the dive hasn't started. Seven platform red flags that cost more than the dive.

Nine Frogfish Species Share One Strait of Black Sand

Nine Frogfish Species Share One Strait of Black Sand

Lembeh Strait packs nine frogfish species, a dozen octopus varieties, and hundreds of rare critters onto 16 km of volcanic black sand — here is what lives there.

Why a Maldives Week Costs More Than Two Similan Safaris

Why a Maldives Week Costs More Than Two Similan Safaris

A budget Maldives liveaboard starts at $1,200 for seven nights — roughly what two Similan safaris cost combined. The mantas are the same genus. The invoice is not.

One Missing Sugar Is Why Anemones Don't Eat Their Clownfish

One Missing Sugar Is Why Anemones Don't Eat Their Clownfish

Clownfish mucus lacks one sugar that triggers anemone stings — a 2025 study cracked the mechanism. Plus sex changes, matchmaking rules, and Thai species.

600 Species on One Slope — Why Anilao Owns the Nudibranch Count

600 Species on One Slope — Why Anilao Owns the Nudibranch Count

An 18-day census logged 591 nudibranch species on Anilao's volcanic slopes — a fifth of known global diversity compressed into one Philippine coastline.

6 Months of Thai Diving on a $300 Visa Bill

6 Months of Thai Diving on a $300 Visa Bill

Three overlapping visa pathways keep divers legal in Thailand for half a year — total paperwork cost under $540. Here is exactly how to sequence them.

50% of Divers Have Panicked — Their Lungs Made It Worse

50% of Divers Have Panicked — Their Lungs Made It Worse

Half of all recreational divers report at least one panic episode. The real danger isn't the fear — it's the CO₂ loop your lungs trigger next.

The Propeller Is 3 Metres Behind the Ladder — Still Spinning

The Propeller Is 3 Metres Behind the Ladder — Still Spinning

The propeller is 3 metres behind the ladder and spinning. Most Thai dive briefings never mention it. Eight red flags for your next boat dive.

64 Faces in a Database: How Koh Tao Tracks Every Hawksbill

64 Faces in a Database: How Koh Tao Tracks Every Hawksbill

Koh Tao's turtle database holds 64 hawksbill faces, each mapped by unique scale patterns. The same turtles return to the same reef ledges year after year.

What Sits at 91 Metres in the Baltic — and Why No One Agrees

What Sits at 91 Metres in the Baltic — and Why No One Agrees

A 60-metre disc on the Baltic seafloor has stumped geologists and thrilled UFO hunters for 15 years. The evidence points in two directions at once.

200 Square Metres of Reef Gone in One Anchor Drop

200 Square Metres of Reef Gone in One Anchor Drop

A single anchor chain destroys decades of coral growth in seconds. Here is the science behind the damage and the low-cost fix Thailand's marine parks are racing to install.

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