The Similan Marine National Park Islands are rated in the top 10 of the world’s best dive sites. Phuket Diving A typical Similan Islands liveaboard gets you to the best dive sites in the Similan Islands and beyond, taking in the spectacular dive locations of Koh Bon, Koh Tachai and Richelieu Rock too.
The Similan Islands consist of 9 islands. Most of the islands are about 20 to 30 minutes from each other by liveaboard boat.
Every Similan Islands liveaboard goes to the Similan Islands and beyond to take you to some of the world’s best dive sites. Besides the Similan Islands themselves, a four day Similan scuba diving liveaboard visits Koh Bon, Koh Tachai and Richelieu Rock
A four dive diving safari typically gets you 14 dives – 11 day dives and 3 night dives.
This way you get to dive all the major dive sites in the Similan Islands. Here are just some of the Similan Islands dive sites you will dive
- East of Eden (5m to 33m), some of the best coral reef in Thailand
- Beacon Reef (7m to 33m) island #8
- Breakfast Bend ,Christmas Point, & Fantasy Reef (10 to 40m) island #9
- Elephant Head Rock (Hin Pusa) is (15m to 40m) is a maze of huge boulders and swim-throughs
Koh Bon
After some of the best dive sites the Similan Islands have to offer, Similan liveaboards typically head 16 km north from Similan Island #9 to Koh Bon.
This island is famous for Manta Rays. The dive site (5m to 35m depth) has a steep ridge and wall with lots of soft corals. Here you can expect to find leopard sharks, octopus and barracuda.
Koh Tachai
16 km north east of Koh Bon is Koh Tachai. One of the best dive sites in Thailand, Koh Tachai is often visited by manta rays and, if you are lucky, whale sharks. This dive site has barrel sponges and Gorgonian fan corals with giant granite boulders scattered around the dive site. Schools of barracudas and bat fish, leopard sharks, and rays are regularly seen here. An excellent dive site.
Richelieu Rock
30km north east of Koh Tachai is the famous Richelieu Rock. Here is your best chance to see whale sharks.
The dive site (5m to 40m depth) is a pinnacle covered in soft and hard corals, with lots of schools of fish. Groupers linger on the bottom, Barracudas circle above, thousands of glassfish circle around the pinnacle. A superlative dive site and widely considered the best dive site in Thailand.