Corals

The corals come in several shapes and forms, like staghorn, leafy, brain, mushroom, whip, table, maze and pore coral, to name a few. Not to forget the giant sea fans, gorgonians, colourful soft corals and anemones. The west side is known for its huge underwater granite boulders with numerous swim-throughs. This fascinating underwater landscape attracts a huge variety of marine life, from tiny creatures like shrimps, crabs, clownfish, pipefish and sea horses, big schools of tropical reef fish, butterfly fish, angelfish, bannerfish, snappers, scorpion fish, trevallies, groupers, barracudas, moray eels and octopus to different sharks and triggerfish, stingrays, turtles, giant manta rays and majestic whale sharks. Water clarity is excellent, and the scenery varies with each Similan Island.

The dive sites

Elephant Head Rock is arguably the most famous west side dive site with a maze of swim-throughs and the reputation for spin-cycle like currents running in every direction. Other popular dive sites include North Point, Deep Six, Boulder City, Sharkfin Reef, West of Eden, East of Eden, Anita’s Reef, Breakfast Bend and Christmas Point.

Some of the Similan Islands (No.1, 2 and 3) are closed to the public all year round due to a turtle hatching protection program and reef conservation efforts. Island number 3 belongs to a Thai princess.

Similan diving day trip catamaran MV Sundancer 

The daily Similan diving day trip is made with the brand new, custom-built high-speed Catamaran MC Sundancer, which brings you to your dive sites in just 1 1/2 hours. The comfortable boat guarantees stability in the water and has an expansive dive deck and a cosy salon. The onboard kitchen offers delicious breakfast and lunch buffet style on every trip; snacks and fresh fruit is served after the last dive on your way back to Khao Lak.
Next, to the Similan islands, the MV Sundancer is visiting Koh Bon on Saturday and Tuesday there is Ruby Tuesday with three dives at Koh Bon, Koh Tachai and Premchai wreck

Small dive groups

On this Similan diving day trip, you are doing two dives of 45 to 60 minutes with a maximum of 4 divers per experienced dive guide. Each Dive Master gives a detailed dive briefing to his group and helps you with setting up your diving gear.