NEED HELP - Pattaya diving

[NinjaSquirrel]

Going to Pattaya and wpuld like sone advice where to dive and woth whom? Thank you all for the help

 

[Barmaglot]

No Limit Divers do daily dives in Samae San area, but don't expect much in the way of colorful reefs. There is some decent macro, but you (or your guide) have to really know where to look.

 

[NinjaSquirrel]

No Limit Divers do daily dives in Samae San area, but don't expect much in the way of colorful reefs. There is some decent macro, but you (or your guide) have to really know where to look.

Sounds bad. Even the far islands and wrecks? No big fish?

 

[Centrals]

Sounds bad. Even the far islands and wrecks?

USS Lagarto - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

A wee bit deep.

 

[JonnieB]

Let me put it this way...I've lived in Pattaya for twenty years and am a Divemaster with 1200+ dives, less than 50 of them have been in Pattaya (and the Eastern Seaboard of Thailand).

 

[Centrals]

LOL.
Probably never heard about the wreck!

PAK 1 » Thailand Wrecks

The PAK 1 has a long an fascinating history. She started life in Japan, working as an LPG tanker and was later purchased by PAK Line Co., Ltd in Thailand. In the early hours of August 25, 1996 she encountered a storm near the Cambodian border while on her way to Vietnam from Sriracha. She […]

thailandwrecks.com

You do not know what you do not know!

 

[Searcaigh]

I thought the Royal Thai Navy sank a few ships for diving / fishing near Pattaya?

 

[Wobbegong_th]

There's 2 purposedly sank navy ship in "Pattaya" vicinity. However, visibility around Pattaya aren't great.
I dived a lot in Pattaya in my early days of diving ('96 - early 2000) but have not take any dive in that area recently. Don't expect any big fish, the area is highly overfished and too much tourism disturbance.


The 2 wrecks mentioned by @Centrals are far out from Pattaya, especially the first one he mentioned.