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Practical GuideThailand

Pinnacle Diving in Thailand — Submerged Rocks, Big Marine Life & How to Dive Them

Pinnacle diving — descending on isolated submerged rocks rising from the deep ocean floor — is Thailand's most exciting category of diving. These underwater mountains act as magnet…

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Site GuideThailand· Koh Tao

Sail Rock Dive Guide — The Gulf of Thailand's Best Dive

Sail Rock (Hin Bai) is a massive granite pinnacle rising from 40 meters to break the surface of the Gulf of Thailand, roughly equidistant between Koh Tao and Koh Phangan. It is the…

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Site GuideThailand· Khao Lak

Richelieu Rock Dive Guide — Thailand's #1 Dive Site

Richelieu Rock is consistently rated as Thailand's single best dive site and one of the top 10 dive sites in the world. This submerged horseshoe-shaped pinnacle rises from 35+ mete…

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Site GuideThailand

Hin Daeng & Hin Muang Dive Guide — Thailand's Deepest Walls

Hin Daeng (Red Rock) and Hin Muang (Purple Rock) are twin deep-water pinnacles in the southern Andaman Sea, approximately 50 kilometres southwest of Koh Lanta. Together they form o…

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City GuideThailand· Koh Tao

Diving in Koh Tao — The World's Dive Training Capital

Koh Tao is a small island in the Gulf of Thailand that punches absurdly above its weight in the global dive industry. With just 21 square kilometres of land, it hosts over 50 dive …

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Region GuideThailand

Andaman Sea Diving — Thailand's World-Class West Coast

The Andaman Sea coast of Thailand runs from Ranong province near the Myanmar border south through Phang Nga (Khao Lak), Phuket, Krabi, and Koh Lanta to Trang and Satun near Malaysi…

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Region GuideThailand

Gulf of Thailand Diving — Koh Tao & Beyond

The Gulf of Thailand is the calmer, warmer, and more accessible side of Thai diving. While it lacks the dramatic walls and liveaboard circuits of the Andaman Sea, the Gulf compensa…

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Country GuideThailand

Diving in Thailand — Complete Guide to Andaman & Gulf Diving

Thailand is Southeast Asia's most accessible diving destination, offering two distinct coastlines with fundamentally different characters. The Andaman Sea on the west coast deliver…

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