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Discover Blacktip Scuba Your Dive Sanctuary on Long Beach, Koh Phi Phi. Discover the allure of underwater exploration with Blacktip Scuba, your top choice dive center situated along the serene shores of Long Beach, Koh Phi Phi. Emphasizing service excellence, safety, and avoiding crowds, we...

Hey Everyone ☀️ I’m new here but definitely not a new diver (10+) years. I’m currently living in Taiwan, and I’m looking for a place around this area to do a month of a work exchange around January where I would work at a dive shop in exchange for accommodation and a master diver course. I’m...

I would like to give a very positive thumbs up to the guys at DiveRace for their rapid treatment and handling of my recent trip cancellation. We had a trip planned in March to the Similan Islands aboard the DiveRace but due to serious health problems, I learned on Friday that I will have to...

Get your Divemaster course in exchange for divemastering for us. It is also a program designed for Non-Divers who like to go from the beginner course all the way to the professional level of Divemaster. Are you an enthusiastic water sport fan or already a diver? Are you dreaming about staying...

Losin is one of my favorite dive sites. I first dove it in July of 2012 on the M/V Scuba Explorer on a trip that started at Losin and ended at Koh Tao. In October of that year I did another Scuba Explorer trip that went the other direction (Koh Tao to Losin) and on which I saw my first Whale...

Hi All, I am new to ScubaBoard and looking for some advice: I am a science teacher in the California looking for a way to use my summer vacations to travel the world. As a teacher, I don't make much and was looking to complete a Divemaster Internship this summer (and later my Instructor Cert)...

Hello, We are currently in Khao Lak and we’re trying to figure out where to dive next after doing our OW and AOW in Koh Tao about two months ago. There’s the possibility to do day trips to the Similan Islands or Richelieu Rock from Khao Lak. But it’s at least 170 EUR which to us seems to be...

Hey Everyone! I recently did my TDI Intro to Tech in the Gilis and I'm planning to visit Thailand in Dec '22 to do a few tech courses - TDI AN+Helitrox, followed by TDI Trimix. I believe it will take me 8-10 days to work through both of these courses, so am planning for a 12-14 day trip. The...

Hello everyone! I hope everyone is doing well despite the pandemic. Have any of you ever seen a sea turtle in the Gulf of Thailand whilst in the water or on a beach, were you able to get a photo or a video of said sea turtle, no matter how old it is, we here at the Gulf of Thailand Sea Turtle...

Holed-in Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) Phuket's Kata Beach (Thailand) is home to a small colony of mimic octopuses, a species rarely encountered outside Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia. Extending two arms from a hole is said to mimic Banded Sea Krait sea snakes.

Smiling Seahorse Liveaboard Myanmar Mergui Islands - Black Rock October 2021- May 2022 Agent Discount 10% 7, 8, and 9-Day Trips Available We are offering trips available on the Smiling Seahorse from October 2021 to May 2022 for destinations in Myanmar including the Mergui Islands and...

Richelieu Rock is famous for its colours, notably its anemone patches and the purple, pink and white soft-coral found from the shallows to depths of around 30 meters. YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/afieldofblue

In 2019-2020, a strongly positive phase of the Indian Ocean Dipole brought colder waters and unusual visitors to the Andaman Sea… YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/afieldofblue

A Sea of Life - seasonal highlights in the Similan and Surin Islands National Parks Andaman Sea - Thailand - 2018-2019 YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/afieldofblue

At certain times of the year, Richelieu Rock and other sites in the area are covered in glassfish and juveniles, and there's a lot of non-stop hunting going on (trevallies, scads, queenfish, emperors etc), quite a sight... YT: https://tinyurl.com/afieldofblue

Hunting at Richelieu Rock & Tachai Pinnacle - Andaman Sea - Surin and Similan Islands National Parks - Thailand 2018-2018 Music: Acappela Georgian polyphonic singing, posted online by Katya Chiganova YT: https://tinyurl.com/afieldofblue

A few seasonal highlights in the Similan and Surin Islands National Parks Andaman Sea - Thailand - 2018-2019 season [shot on a GoPro 4 Silver] YT: https://tinyurl.com/afieldofblue

I was in Thailand solo for a month during the Coronavirus outbreak in Feb/Mar 2020. China had a lockdown going on and the crowds were smaller than normal. During my time in Phi Phi and Koh Tao, I would often be the only fun diver among the group while the others were going through their open...

Hi Guys, I have been struggling with the question, where I should do my (PADI) Dive Master. My first thought was Khao Lak in Thailand, but I was advised against this by some experienced diving instructors. They said that Thailand, no matter where you get your certification, has a bad reputation...