Diving Guides & Articles
Expert guides to dive sites, destinations, and dive centers worldwide. Practical information for every level.
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…
Phuket vs Khao Lak for Diving — Which Andaman Base Is Right for You?
Phuket and Khao Lak are the two main diving bases on Thailand's Andaman coast. Both serve as gateways to the Similan Islands and both offer liveaboard departures, but they are fund…
Diving Thailand Costs — Complete Price Guide for Every Budget
Thailand is one of the world's most affordable diving destinations, but costs vary dramatically depending on location, dive type, and comfort level. A budget diver on Koh Tao can g…
Drift Diving in Thailand — Current-Swept Sites & Techniques
Drift diving — riding ocean currents along reefs, walls, and pinnacles — is one of the most exhilarating forms of diving, and Thailand's Andaman Sea offers several world-class drif…
Technical Diving in Thailand — Tec Centers, Training & Deep Diving Opportunities
Thailand's technical diving scene is concentrated on the Andaman coast, centred on Phuket with a growing presence in Khao Lak. While the Gulf side (Koh Tao) offers some deep sites,…
Liveaboard Diving in Thailand — Routes, Costs, Operators & How to Choose
A liveaboard trip in the Andaman Sea is the definitive Thailand diving experience. Living aboard a dive boat for 2–5 nights gives you access to the best sites in the Similans, Rich…
Beginner Diving in Thailand — Where to Learn, What It Costs & How to Choose
Thailand is the world's most popular destination for learning to dive. The combination of warm water (27–30°C year-round), calm training sites, affordable certification prices, and…
Nitrox Diving in Thailand — Enriched Air Guide, Costs & Where to Get Certified
Nitrox (Enriched Air Nitrox, EANx) is the single most useful specialty certification a recreational diver can earn, and Thailand is an excellent place to get it. By breathing a gas…
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…
Similan Islands Dive Guide — Thailand's Premier Marine Park
The Similan Islands are a chain of nine granite islands in the Andaman Sea, 60 nautical miles offshore from Phang Nga province. Together with the adjacent islands of Koh Bon, Koh T…
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…
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…
King Cruiser Wreck Dive Guide — Thailand's Most Popular Wreck
The King Cruiser (also known as MV King Cruiser) was an 85-meter car ferry that struck Anemone Reef and sank on May 4, 1997, while travelling between Phuket and Koh Phi Phi. All 56…
Diving in Phuket — Day Trips, Wrecks & Gateway to the Similans
Phuket is Thailand's most developed diving base, combining international airport convenience with access to both local Andaman Sea sites and the Similan Islands liveaboard circuit.…
Diving in Khao Lak — Similan Gateway & Liveaboard Capital
Khao Lak is a quiet coastal town in Phang Nga province, 80 kilometres north of Phuket, and it exists for one primary reason: it is the closest mainland base to the Similan Islands.…
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 …
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…
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…
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…