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[mgmonk]

Just moved to Koh Tao and I'm finishing up my DM here. I love the diving in Thailand, but I hear about loads of reefs relatively untouched nearby. Koh Tao is great for teaching, but all the students are butchering our reefs. Even Chumpon has awesome diving, I'm told. Koh Lantao as well (on the W side). I really want to get around when I have some spare time. Any advice about good live-aboards or good trips to take for long weekends?

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Three favorite locations to dive Thailand (dive site name optional)

Favorite dive trip you've taken (live aboard, shore diving from a town, dive shop, etc)

Most likely spot you've seen in Thailand to be ruined withing 5 years from over use

Favorite dive location outside of Thailand, but within a day's travel



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[Vie]

Three favorite locations to dive Thailand (dive site name optional)

In no particular order:

Ko Bon/Tachai/Richelieu area.

Lo Sin

Chum Phon Pinnacle.

Favorite dive trip you've taken (live aboard, shore diving from a town, dive shop, etc)

Favourite liveaboard - MV Tapana.

Favourite dive shop - One Stop Dive Centre (Ao Nang, Krabi), Zcuba Tech (Bangkok).

Most likely spot you've seen in Thailand to be ruined withing 5 years from over use

Too numerous to mention...

Favorite dive location outside of Thailand, but within a day's travel

Seven Skies wreck.

 

[Bubble Junky]

Three favorite locations to dive Thailand (dive site name optional)

1 - Koh Ha, off Lanta - beautiful group of small islands with numerous options. Great martine life too - sea-horses, robust & ornate ghostpipefish, frogfish, leopard sharks, octopus, harlequin shrimp etc.etc.
2 - Hin Daeng/Hin Muang - famous southern sites in deep water with good chances of mantas and whale sharks. Also good macro stuff - mantis shrimp, frogfish, zebra morays, leopard sharks.
3 - Chumphon Pinnacles - had some great dives here with the grey reefs and the odd whale shark too, also seen pictures of a whale here (Bryde's, I think).
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Favorite dive trip you've taken (live aboard, shore diving from a town, dive shop, etc)

Koh Ha - have yet to visit the Similans though. If you make it to Lanta check out these guys - best boat on the island.

Most likely spot you've seen in Thailand to be ruined withing 5 years from over use

Samui

Favorite dive location outside of Thailand, but within a day's travel

Not sure, but would look in to the Perhentians, very easy to get to from Thailand.