Similan Trip report

[hallboy]

Just retrun from a 4 days cruise with Sea dragon Khaolak. Boat the adaman, simple and well organised. Good boat, good crew everything well organised ( Thank you John boy, James and Kath ) and extremely good price ( 17 800 Baths - 5% for cash payment, - 10 % if you have your own material ). Very good dives even if no manta and just 2 sharks. Impossible to notice for a simple customer traces of the Tsunami. Barbecue party on board the 3 thd day was real fun. To get into a school of barracudas too.

 

[minamin13]

Just retrun from a 4 days cruise with Sea dragon Khaolak. Boat the adaman, simple and well organised. Good boat, good crew everything well organised ( Thank you John boy, James and Kath ) and extremely good price ( 17 800 Baths - 5% for cash payment, - 10 % if you have your own material ). Very good dives even if no manta and just 2 sharks. Impossible to notice for a simple customer traces of the Tsunami. Barbecue party on board the 3 thd day was real fun. To get into a school of barracudas too.

How did your liveaboard trip to the Similan islands compare with diving from a daily boat trips in Thailand? I am thinking of visiting Thailand in February, but am going with inexperienced divers. I would prefer to spend all my diving in the Similan islands, but I will have to compromise with others who may not want to do as much diving as I do.

 

[hallboy]

daily boats just can't brig you to a lot of places and you will not dive just as often. If you stay long enough, share your time between koh phiphi - south of Phuket - do some dives enjoy the beach; and then go tfor a 4 days cruise to the similans. It' s not difficult dives: some on board were only 10 dives.

 

[MoonWrasse]

How did your liveaboard trip to the Similan islands compare with diving from a daily boat trips in Thailand? I am thinking of visiting Thailand in February, but am going with inexperienced divers. I would prefer to spend all my diving in the Similan islands, but I will have to compromise with others who may not want to do as much diving as I do.

Dialy boats will pick you up from your hotel at about 6am or so and return 12 hours later if you stay in Phuket.
Count on a 1-2 hour bus ride to the port, followed by 1 hr speed boat ride to the dive site for 2 dives and return.

Too much travel IMO.

Go LB for 2 days, leave the gang back at port

 

[Batfish]

Inexperienced but certified divers? Do a liveaboard. Its not just for experienced divers. If your friends have an Open Water cert, they can do the PADI Advanced Open Water cert on the liveaboard, for about 125 U$ extra, ensuring they get proper supervision from an instructor on the deeper dives. Day trips to Similan Islands are certainly possible, but as Moonwrasse says, a loooooooong day for 2 dives.

There are 2 or 3 day liveaboards if your friends don't want to do as much as 4 days. It is the best way to dive the area.

Have a good trip

 

[malaysia-islands]

I'm keen on day trip to Similan for the time being. I'm quite the budget traveler and don't mind waking up early

Probably 2-3 yrs down the road, I could afford a nice liveaboard and dive Similan as much as I want

 

[Batfish]

I'm keen on day trip to Similan for the time being. I'm quite the budget traveler and don't mind waking up early

Probably 2-3 yrs down the road, I could afford a nice liveaboard and dive Similan as much as I want

Hi M-I,

You might consider a compromise like an overnight trip. Very good value for money compared to a day trip. The price is a little over double (day trip about 4500 Baht, Overnight 9900 Baht), but you get 6 or 7 dives compared to 2 on a day trip.

South Siam runs these all high season:

South Siam III liveaboard