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Article #337: Thailand Scuba Diving Vacation

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Thailand is sandwiched between The Gulf slightly less variety of marine life.
of Thailand on its eastern coastline and Marine parks such as the Ang Thong Marine
the vast expanse of the Andaman Sea on Park include spectacularly formed
its western coast. It is in these body of limestone islands with lush rainforest
waters that scuba divers can explore the covering them and many of these islands
marine life of the Indian Ocean and the are actually uninhabited.
Pacific Ocean without having to cross World famous resorts of Pattaya, Phuket
continents. and Koh Samui offer excellent scuba
The waters in Thailand have one of the diving facilities as well as other
richest and diverse marine life in the reacreations and entertaiment.
world because conditions here for coral The Andaman Sea was already thriving
growth is almost perfect with an average thousands of years ago with Chinese,
temperature of 28C all year round and European, Thai and Indian trading vessels
fantastic underwater visibility. plying its waters. Today, the Andaman Sea
Because of these almost ideal scuba is more of a playground for dive boats
diving conditions and attractions, the and sailing yachts rather than for
scuba diving industry in Thailand is trading vessels.
thriving robustly with the proliferation One of the better known playgrounds for
of first class scuba diving facilities, divers in the Andaman and is often rated
services and diving schools. amongst the top scuba diving destinations
When you throw in what the tourist in the world are the Similan Islands.
industry has to offer in Thailand such as Divers can explore Similan, the Surin
fantastic entertainment, a spread of Islands and the Mergui Archipelago in
accommodations, hotels and resorts for liveaboard diving cruises.
every budget and Thailand's renowned Thailand's Andaman Sea stretches 870km
delightful cuisines, you can be assured (541 miles) from Tarutao National Park on
of an enjoyable scuba diving vacation. the border of Malaysia to the Surin
The Gulf of Thailand has hundreds of Islands on the border of Myanmar
islands on its 1,840km (1,143 miles) long (formerly known as Burma). It is part of
coast. The gulf is a shallow bowl shaped the Indian Ocean and is separated from
body of water separated from the South the Bay of Bengal by the Andaman-Nicobar
China Sea by a pair of underwater ridges Ridge. Quaint formations of granite
that extend from Vietnam on one side and outcrops can be senn in the Surin and
Malaysia to the other. Similan Islands.
The sea bed bottom here is mostly mud Other island groups such as Koh Phi Phi
mixed with sand and shells. Corals are are shaped by massive limestone and
usually found around the fringes of the calcium carbonates since prehistoric
gulf islands. There are several rivers in time.
the north bringing enough sediment and The only problem when you travel to
freshwater to inhibit coral growth until Thailand for scuba diving is where to
to the south or the eastern side of the start your diving vacation since there
Gulf of Thailand. are so many excellent dive spots to
The underwater scenery in the gulf is choose from and you will be spoilt for
perhaps not as visually appealing as choice.
those of the Andaman Sea as it has






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