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You are more than welcome, Rob. I'd probably be in a panic, too, if I were faced with such sudden and confusing news. Have a great trip!Thanks Quero and Buadhai. We are busy packing and someone sent us a link to a Yahoo article about all the dive sites being closed. We were somewhat shocked and immediately sent an email to Moby Dick but knew it was 6am there so came to look here for what people were saying. As you noted, we should still have some good dive sites so that is all we wanted to know. The names are all somewhat confusing to us so we decided to just post and ask. Thanks again and we hope to leave the snow here and be in the warm waters in a few days.
Rob
Buadhai,
I was wondering exactly about the same questions that you pose, how in the world can you announce the names of sites being closed and than change them a day later? Seems like a bunch of complete amateurs at work with no clue.
We are headed to Thailand (from New York) for the first time on Sunday. We have booked a 4 day and a 6 day liveaboard with Moby Dick on the MV Nautica.
Planned sites (based on their website) are: Similan Islands, Richelieu Rock, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai, Surin Islands (details below).
Based on the posts so far this is likely an overreaction, but we'd like to hear from those who dive there all the time. But it's an 18 hour flight and a trip that cost lots of $$, we have travel insurance and can cancel. Is the diving still worth it with these closures?
Thanks!
Sites they frequent include:
Similan: Boulder City, Baracuda Point, Fantasea Reef, Deep Six, Beacon Reef, Breakfast Bend, Christmas Point, East of Eden, Shark Fin Reef, Stonehenge, and Elephant Head.
Surin: Hin Rap and Koh Tornilla.
Koh Bon, Koh Tachai & Richelieu Rock
Racha Yai, Racha Noi, Phi Phi Island, Koh Rok, Hin Daeng, Hin Muang, Ko Ha, Koh Bida Nai, Koh Bida Nok, Hin Bida Nai and Hin Bida Nok
Hi there !
Just to answer a question a few pages ago...
Here on Koh Tao we havent heard anything about closures ......
Ayesha