state of similian's

[storm1fishing]

Has anyone dived the similian's this year and if so where and what were the dives like.
I want to dive there in the next month or so , but have had conflicting reports about the state of the corals , fish and overall condition of the reefs.:huh:

 

[MoonWrasse]

I posted an article in this forum about the Similans.
Also search the forum - several reports here of what you seek.

 

[bathbiggles1]

I dived the Similans in December.

There was a limited amount Sunami of damage on a couple of reefs but obviously our guides avoided those that may have had more.

In general the only serious thing I noticed was the lack of growth on Elephant Head. Although it is a site known mostly for it's towering granite boulders this was matched the previous year by some pretty good plant life as well.

Otherwise the vis was generally 30metres+, the fish were plentiful and there was a good array of big stuff. I saw several different shark species including a couple of Nurse sharks, turtles, Whip rays, and a huge Manta at Koh Bon.

Still one of the World's best dive sites IMO.

Cheers

 

[Tommer]

no worries, similian still rocks even after the tsunami, run in with some heavy rains during this past november but overall the dive was still enjoyable

 

[stevenl]

Don't worry, the dive-operators will take you to the divesites that are beautifull and full of fish, some parts are damaged, but there are still plenty of dive-sites in the similans where there's no change after the Tsunami, enough to do a liveaboard for at least 4 days with different divesites all the time!