Hi Hallboy. It was a three day, three night cruise and it was awsome! The ave. water temprature was 84-85 degrees F. Very warm. As for you Bluetraveler, there was not a lot of evidence of the Tsunami in the Similans. Reagan and I talked to the DM we had and he was there at the time. He said that the water went very low (in about 15 minutes) and they could see the reefs out of the water. They thought that was very unusual (they did not know about the tsunami at this point). Then about 15 minutes later, one of the students noticed that the tide had come back in. It went quite high, but did not take out any trees or anything. That is when the DM's thought something strange was going on. They went up to talk to the Captain and found out that there had been a Tsunami at Khao Lak. When you go to the mainland (Khoa Lak, Phuket, ect) you can see the damage to the buildings and trees. There was also a large Police boat that was washed up on the other side of the town near the mountains. They are rebuilding and all the accomodations are new. If you have the chance to go to this area and support the local economy, I would highly recommend it. Everything is less expensive at Khoa Lak as the people are trying to rebuild their way of life and want others to visit. If you go to Koh Tao, or Koh Samui, everyone will tell you not to go to Khoa Lak, as they believe that the area is still destroyed. If you miss out on this area, you will have missed one of the best dive destinations in Thailand.
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