Diving in Thailand

The vibrant Thai capital may not be set right on the coast, but you can still enjoying a scuba diving excursion from Bangkok.

Scuba diving in Krabi is nothing short of amazing with warm waters and beautiful marine parks.

The little-visited province of Satun, right in Thailand’s south-west corner, is a delight to explore.

The waters in the Gulf of Thailand are home to a diverse array of marine life including the peaceful whale sharks.

Phuket, nicknamed the Pearl of the Andaman, is Thailand’s largest island, offering gleam gold and white beaches, elephants and wonderful birdlife.

Fringed by picture-perfect beaches and kissed by the gleaming Andaman Sea, Khao Lak has earned its places as one of Thailand’s favourite beach resorts.

Whether you’re looking for interesting shallow reefs to explore or some more adventurous deep wrecks, you’ll find them here.

There are so many reefs around this region of Phuket and you can even explore them with shore dives.

The heady mix of jungle-clad cliffs and ribbons of soft white sand has long enchanted visitors to the islands that make up Koh Phi Phi.

There are so many islands to explore here, you have to pick of different experiences such as steep limestone cliffs and beautiful marine life.

With dramatic rock formations and soft and hard coral reefs teeming with fish, Koh Lanta offers some of the country’s best diving.

The small island of Koh Lipe offers small secret dive spots with calm, clear waters and pinnacles of Stone Henge.

From Koh Tao to Koh Phangan and Koh Samui, the islands of the Western Gulf of Thailand offer wonderful diving conditions, with vibrant reefs and whale sharks.

Eastern gulf curves around the Gulf of Thailand and creates a vast stretch of coastline on its eastern flank, offering a hugely varied diving experience.

For the best Pattaya dive sites, you should head to the islands that are furthest from the shore.

Go to Rayong and its amazing Rayong Pinnacles and discover exceptional soft and hard coral as well as dramatic crevices and ledges and even a swim-through.

You’ll find an amazing array of dive sites around Koh Chang and they offer fantastic variety for every level of diver.

Expect excellent, well-organised diving on Koh Samui with some beautiful shore dives where you can see whale sharks, turtles and schooling fish.

Koh Phangan enjoys a fantastic location for access to some of the West Gulf’s best dive sites.

There is something for everyone on Koh Tao, one of the best dive sites in Thailand with reefs, wrecks and vast rocky pinnacles.

This unique island, actually three separate islands connected by a beach, Koh Nangyuan has four beautiful dive sites with some interesting underwater topography

Tropical rainforest meet white sands and 41 idyllic islands are lapped by the aquamarine waters of protected Chumphon Marine Park.

If you like your dive sites dramatic, head to the Similan Islands, where manta ray feeding stations meet soaring pinnacles and whale sharks like to pass through

To the north of the Similan Islands you will find the Surin Islands, famous for their spectacular reefs and popular with professional divers.

Around Khao Lak there are some great local dive sites revealing fascinating wrecks that divers of every ability can enjoy.