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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 [...]

The Reef Today – Latest Photos

The latest underwater photos from Ko Lanta’s reefs. Stay up to date on current conditions at Lanta’s dive sites. Photos are usually from today or yesterday’s dives.

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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 [...]

Ko Rok

The two sister islands of Ko Rok (Nok and Nai) are best known as the best snorkelling sites around Ko Lanta. There are enormous gorgonian sea fans, huge hard coral formations and many colourful soft corals dominate the deeper area on the east side of Ko Rok Nok. The islands are quite large so we [...]

Ko Phi Phi

At the heart of Phi Phi Leh lies some magical diving experiences. Located around 22km west of Ko Lanta the Phi Phi islands offer consistently good diving. Phi Phi is best known for its fabulous sea fans and home to the leopard sharks. With long caves, dramatic over hangs and swimthroughs Phi Phi can offer [...]

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.

Hin Daeng and Hin Muang

Hin Daeng and Hin Muang (red rock purple rock) has developed a high place in diving rated the best in Thailand after the similan islands. These two spectacular dive sites have tourists coming from all over Thailand choosing from speed boats to live aboards. The dive sites are most famous in the diving world for [...]

Ko Haa dive site

Koh Haa is by far the most beautiful dive site around Koh Haa and Phi Phi. You can enjoy the incredible experience of seeing perfectly formed pinnacles, crystal clear water, a small white sandy beach that stretchs across the lagoon on island 3, and to top it off  a large range of marine life with [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]