Week annual leave to spend, but where...?

[ksporry]

Guys,
got a weeks worth of annual leave to finish this year. Was considering going diving somewhere end November, early December. I'm going to Bali during Xmas already, also going to boracay end January.
I'm located in shanghai. I also realise typhoon Yolanda just wreaked havoc in the Philippines, so I'm not sure how good diving is there right now. I also understood that same typhoon is heading for Vietnam and Thailand now.

Keeping all that in mind, does anyone have any recommendations for dive destinations in the Asia pacific region?

 

[Goodtime Adventures]

Hi ksporry,

What are the gateway options you have for flights from Shanghai? If you only have a weeks leave there is no point trying to get to anywhere too remote or you'l end up with not much dive time!

With regards to the typhoon I'm not sure how long lasting the effects on the Philippines will be, but I do know that it is not due to make it to Thailand. Current forecasts predict it tracking over towards Vietnam (thats if it doesn't burn itself out 1st) so all dive spots in including Koh Tao in the gulf of Thailand where we are based, and also the Andamans on the west coast should remain largely unaffected.

Hope this helps, happy holiday planning

 

[ksporry]

I was thinking of sticking to SE asia to keep the diving worthwhile. At the moment I'm considering a liveaboard trip in Thailand, Similan Islands.
If anyone knows of affordable liveaboards that do 5 day trips, that'd be great!

 

[DebraHardee]

Mauritius beaches are a great place to spend your holidays.

 

[Goodtime Adventures]

You can try SDS (Similan Dive Safaris),Wicked Diving and KSA (Khao Lak Scuba Adventures) - most trips we know of are 4 days, 3 nights, but you could always tag on a day trip to somewhere more local too

 

[japan-diver]

Okinawa just a short trip away.