Sawadee krup, Yozzer,
I've done quite a bit of day-diving in the southern sites, and did a liveaboard through the northern sites on the MV Colona (not including Burma). The northern sites were raved about, but we had low viz, so it wasn't so enjoyable. Everytime I've been to the Similan Islands, I've been quite impressed... especially liked Elephant Rock with huge granite boulders, swim-throughs, arounds, unders, etc.
The best southern dive sites I think are Hin Daeng (red rock), Hin Meuang (purple rock) and Ko Ha (5 islands). Good chance for mantas at either of the Hins and lots of georgeous soft corals. Ko Ha has a dive site with two adjacent cathedrals scalloped out of the base of one of the islands, with a thin wall separating them and a swim through window between them. Quite cool... you'll like this. And Ko Ha is one of the closest sites to Ko Lanta.
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