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Ko Lanta Dive Sites Unaffected by Closures

All Ko Lanta dive sites remain open after reports that many of Thailand’s top dive sites are to be closed today, due to coral bleaching that occurred at shallow depths during the El Niño period in May 2010. The director of the Department for National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation in Thailand, Sunan Arunnoparat, announced [...]

Save Our Fins Event – a big success!

In July 2010 Ko Lanta’s Dive Centres and Fish4Divers organised a ‘Save our Fins’ 3-legged fin race to help raise awareness about shark finning (and much needed funds) to help the Shark Trust continue their constant fight to protect our ocean’s sharks. For the event we asked divers, locals and holiday-makers from all over Ko [...]

Safe Our Fins Event – Join us to save the sharks!

Grab a buddy and join us for a three-legged fin tournament, to help raise awareness about shark finning. We’ll meet on 17th July, 5.30pm at White Rock Resort, Klong Nin Beach. The event is organised by Scubafish, Narima Diving, Blue Planet Divers and Fish4Divers.com. Posters and shark-fin shaped leaflets in Thai and English will be [...]

Orientation day in the SSS Recompression Chamber in Phuket

Divemasters and Instructors of Scubafish and Go Dive Lanta used the Low Season 2010 to get an insight into the work of a real recompression chamber. The SSS Recompression Chamber Network in Phuket offers free orientation days once a week during the low season. The orientation includes an overview of the chamber facilities and setup, [...]

Ko Lanta Wins 1st Place in Thailand – TripAdvisor 2010 Awards

KO LANTA HONORED AS A TOP DESTINATION IN TRIPADVISOR’S 2010 TRAVELERS’ CHOICE DESTINATION AWARDS TripAdvisor travelers voted Ko Lanta a top destination Ko Lanta, Thailand, was chosen as a Best Destination in 3 categories, Beach & Sun, Romance, and Relaxation & Spa by TripAdvisor® in the 2010 Travelers’ Choice® Destination Awards, with Kantiang Bay and [...]

Coral Bleaching Occurring at Shallow Depths

Coral bleaching is occurring at shallow depths in dive sites throughout the Andaman Sea. According to the Bangkok Post, coral reefs off Phuket, Krabi and Phang-Nga, including popular scuba diving sites such as the Similan, Surin and Phi Phi islands, have been damaged by the phenomenon. The bleaching could get worse if sea temperatures continue [...]

Male Pin-Up Dive Calendar

In the beginning of the year, Divemasters and Instructors of Blue Planet Divers on Ko Lanta came up with an unusual and novel way of raising funds for two local charities. The male members of staff at Blue Planet Divers agreed to get their kit off for the camera and pose naked for a calendar [...]

Underwater Proposal on Blue Planet Boat

American visitor Jenny Prunty enjoyed an unforgettable St. Patrick’s Day during a scuba diving holiday at Koh Lanta last month when her boyfriend of nine years, Antonio Alvarado, unexpectedly proposed to her underwater. Antonio had secretly arranged with dive guide Bibi and videographer Don to ‘pop the question’ to Jenny at the bottom of the [...]

Scubafish – Winner of the Project Aware Conservation Award 2010

To better recognise the achievements of those PADI Dive Centres and Resorts who have made significant contributions to the growth and development of diving, PADI Asia Pacific have announced the finalists and winners of this year’s PADI Asia Pacific Member Awards program which recognises the efforts of dive operators during 2009. The PADI Member Awards [...]

Tourists Top Tips To Diving

Ko Lanta is known for its breath taking and diverse diving. Here are some top tips we think can help you have a fantastic stay while you enjoy your much deserved dives. Research the dive centres you are interested in. They may look good on the outside but what are they doing behind the scenes? Find out what [...]

King Cruiser Wreck – Dive Site Review

Going down the buoy line, it felt as though I was descending into a swirling mass of yellow snappers and trevally. It was almost impossible to guess at what lay beneath this impenetrable layer of excited fish.

As I drifted downwards, the imposing outline of the huge sunken boat started to take shape, appearing gradually out of the gloom. I could make out a walkway with railings along the side, the remains of the wheelhouse and a turret on the side of the wreck loomed out of the side closest to me. Every little crack and crevice seemed to have become an established home for a different species of fish or crustacean.

Dolphins play around dive boat

Dolphin watching has become a regular activity on the return journey from Koh Haa to Kantiang Bay.  The divers on MV Moskito, Scubafish’s luxury dive cruiser have been rewarded with many sightings.  The dolphins glide in from the blue to jump and swim in the bow wave to much applause from the divers relaxing on [...]

Laanta Lanta Festival

Its this time of year again to get together and celebrate the Laanta Lanta Festival. This year the event is taking place on March 7 – 9 2010 located at Koh Lantayai Old Town community Moo.2 sub district Koh Lantayai district Koh Lanta Krabi. the main activities of the festival is local folk entertainment, trade [...]

Liquid Lense – Recommended by Lonely Planet

Liquid Lense received a glowing endorsement in the new edition of the Lonely Planet for Thailand. After visiting Ko Lanta last year, the Lonely Planet team were so impressed with Liquid Lense’s talented, professional staff and innovative range of courses that they decided to include us in the new edition’s Ko Lanta section. Underwater Photography [...]

Protect Lanta’s Coral Reefs

There are many practical things you can do to help protect Lanta’s Coral Reefs: Dive carefully in fragile aquatic ecosystems such as coral reefs. Many aquatic organisms are delicate and can be harmed by the bump of a tank, knee, camera, the swipe of a fin or even the touch of a hand. By being [...]

Lucky Lanta becomes a Whale Shark Mecca

During the ‘monsoon season’, lucky Lanta had, not only some of the best diving ever witnessed in these waters, but had the unprecedented fortune of becoming somewhat of a Whale Shark magnet. Having personally dived in this area for over 9 years, I had never encountered the sheer number, and frequency of sightings, of these [...]

Lacy Scorpionfish spotted at Hin Muang

The Lacy Scorpionfish has been spotted on Hin Muang numerous times. Its usual location stretches across the waters of the Asian Pacific region and is known to occur from southern Japan to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and across to New Caledonia. One of the best locations to regularly see this fish is at [...]

Andaman AIDA Freediving Challenge 2009

The Andaman Freediving Challenge 2009 will be held over 3 days from the 10th – 12th February 2009. The event includes a preparation day, a Pool Competition at Rawi Warin Resort & Spa and a Sea Competition at Ko Haa on the Blue Planet Diver’s Boat. Competitors can win: Open sea competition prizes: 1st: Mares [...]