Newbie diving in Thailand - suitable sites.

[Prabang]

Hi all.
My partner and i have recently completed our OW and looking forward to our first 'qualified' dives here in Thailand.
The plan was a 4 -day Liveboard in The Similans. However, when i did some research on the sites 2-3 of the sites - it was suggested - were suitable only for advanced divers. (Though some info. was a bit conflicting).

If any of you guys reading this have first hand experience/knowledge of the sites and can shed more light on them, i would truly appreciate it. We have no dive experience apart from OWD Training so are real newbies i guess.

The sites are: Koh Bon, Tachai and Richelieu Rock.

Thanks guys and good to have found you all

 

[Thanshin]

I don't know it this is of any help but I did my OW specifically because I was going to Thailand. I went to Koh Tao and had an amazing time. No problems at all.

However, I had great DMs and I'm pretty sure that that might be more important on your first dives than the location.