Hi,
If you're going to be based in Bangkok, then you're easiest option is just 2 hours away in Pattaya. No, it's not the Similans, but despite what the Westsiders like to have you believe, there IS good diving in Pattaya.
The area is Thailand's wreck diving capital, with 3 good wrecks at 27-32 meters. There are 22 different dive sites in total with great variety. We've got deep diving to 92m, exciting drift dive sites, sites where you can be guaranteed to get large sea turtles, 3 kinds of sharks, and more colors of anemone than I ever saw on Phuket's "Anemone Reef".
In September, you'll get better conditions here than in Samui and certainly Koh Tao. Being at top of the gulf, we are protected from the rain and weather inflicted down south. Last year's storms in Samui were so bad they destroyed the ferry docks.
Best of all, we're very close to you. So you can pop down for a weekend when you can and then, when you have a longer break, venture to some other further-out locations.
We dive 7 days a week with Pattaya's largest and most-modern boat and we offer discounts on purchases on multiple days of diving. See us online at
www.aquanautsdive.com .