I did notice a few fellow divers looking into diving the similians ......
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY ON IT AT ALL PERIOD
I just came back a couple of months ago and it Sucked period Nothing like I thought it was going to be at all.
Went with SIAM Divers What B.S. ..........
Here is the scam they ALL DO Or at least most of them DO.........
In phuket there are Dive shops all over the place and they all offer just about the same stuff.
All have 2-7 day liveaboards but this IS NOT WHAT THEY TELL YOU .......Once you buy the package of your choice such as I did for a 4 day one thru Waterworld which is a huge Dive shop right down the street from patong walking street.
It cost me 14,500.00 baht which is about 355.00 us dollars I had all of my own equipment that I brought from the usa with me.
Anyhow they pick you up at your hotel in which case I stayed at the summerbreeze which is by far one of the nicest places for the money and 50 yards from the REAL ACTION if you know what I mean.
Anyhow picked me up at 6:00am the van ride was about 2 hours plus van was loaded to the gills with people.
Arrive at dock get on a speed boat with 35-50 more people In which I am thinking to myself there must be many boats to where we are going to do WRONG WRONG WRONG ....
This is what most the of the dives shops do The have day divers that pay for 2 tank dives and or snorkling and lunch on the SAME BOAT you are living on for 2-7 days YES that means 2 dives a day and lunch the boat is loaded down with excess of 40-50 divers and most of them are newbies that just get in the way Dont even know how to put wetsuits on I seen it firsthand .....
They does this same procedure everyday you are on the boat ,Everyday a New load of divers come on Hogg everything up use the bathrooms and showers like animals get in your way it blows I am telling you.
THE Diving blows period NOTHING Great at all WAY TOO MANY divers in the water Corals and such are Nothing great at all.
One of our dives was a Very nice Drift dive and of course the Newbie photgraphers and there are plenty of htose idiots on the boat also Decide he is going to SLOW the whole group down by taking pics on everything in a Drift dive .
UNREAL I would never reccomend any diving at all in the Similians on here to anyone I DO NOT CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS ITS A SCAM ......
Find a shop that has liveaboards that go out and stay out and once you are ON them Nobody gets off or comes on until the Entire Days of diving are 100% complete......
Want great diving go to the Burmas or APO Island in the phillippines in which I was THERE THE House reef is nicer then anything in the similians Period ....
Stay at the eldorado beach resort First class operation divemaster is awesome Food is great and the hotel is wonderfull.
Diving in thailand is OK AT Best .........Make sure once again if you do a liveaboard GO out and stay out .....
Do not fall for the Phuket In-town scams Phillippines have Better Diving then THAILAND ANY day of the week and twice on tuesdays ....
I have dove most of the phillippines and its great.Thailand was noithing special WAY overrated by DIVERS WHO have no dove anywhere worth talking about or local lake divers from there own host countries.
Hey it is what it is I dove for 35 days in the Thailand and Philippines Trust me I know ..........
Best diving out of everyhwere by far was Apo island .......Bohol wasnt too bad ...Moaboal is full of germans and they are not very friendly folks Diving was ok at best Hotels suck.....
Only way to Dive overseas is go with a Firstclass Liveabroad and stay out for like 10-14 days then go off and Play with the Hotties .........
You want First class Diving Dive the Maldives on a liveaboard That will cure your ASIAN Diving itch.
Everything else is a WASTE OF TIME.............................
Mrstein
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY ON IT AT ALL PERIOD
I just came back a couple of months ago and it Sucked period Nothing like I thought it was going to be at all.
Went with SIAM Divers What B.S. ..........
Here is the scam they ALL DO Or at least most of them DO.........
In phuket there are Dive shops all over the place and they all offer just about the same stuff.
All have 2-7 day liveaboards but this IS NOT WHAT THEY TELL YOU .......Once you buy the package of your choice such as I did for a 4 day one thru Waterworld which is a huge Dive shop right down the street from patong walking street.
It cost me 14,500.00 baht which is about 355.00 us dollars I had all of my own equipment that I brought from the usa with me.
Anyhow they pick you up at your hotel in which case I stayed at the summerbreeze which is by far one of the nicest places for the money and 50 yards from the REAL ACTION if you know what I mean.
Anyhow picked me up at 6:00am the van ride was about 2 hours plus van was loaded to the gills with people.
Arrive at dock get on a speed boat with 35-50 more people In which I am thinking to myself there must be many boats to where we are going to do WRONG WRONG WRONG ....
This is what most the of the dives shops do The have day divers that pay for 2 tank dives and or snorkling and lunch on the SAME BOAT you are living on for 2-7 days YES that means 2 dives a day and lunch the boat is loaded down with excess of 40-50 divers and most of them are newbies that just get in the way Dont even know how to put wetsuits on I seen it firsthand .....
They does this same procedure everyday you are on the boat ,Everyday a New load of divers come on Hogg everything up use the bathrooms and showers like animals get in your way it blows I am telling you.
THE Diving blows period NOTHING Great at all WAY TOO MANY divers in the water Corals and such are Nothing great at all.
One of our dives was a Very nice Drift dive and of course the Newbie photgraphers and there are plenty of htose idiots on the boat also Decide he is going to SLOW the whole group down by taking pics on everything in a Drift dive .
UNREAL I would never reccomend any diving at all in the Similians on here to anyone I DO NOT CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS ITS A SCAM ......
Find a shop that has liveaboards that go out and stay out and once you are ON them Nobody gets off or comes on until the Entire Days of diving are 100% complete......
Want great diving go to the Burmas or APO Island in the phillippines in which I was THERE THE House reef is nicer then anything in the similians Period ....
Stay at the eldorado beach resort First class operation divemaster is awesome Food is great and the hotel is wonderfull.
Diving in thailand is OK AT Best .........Make sure once again if you do a liveaboard GO out and stay out .....
Do not fall for the Phuket In-town scams Phillippines have Better Diving then THAILAND ANY day of the week and twice on tuesdays ....
I have dove most of the phillippines and its great.Thailand was noithing special WAY overrated by DIVERS WHO have no dove anywhere worth talking about or local lake divers from there own host countries.
Hey it is what it is I dove for 35 days in the Thailand and Philippines Trust me I know ..........
Best diving out of everyhwere by far was Apo island .......Bohol wasnt too bad ...Moaboal is full of germans and they are not very friendly folks Diving was ok at best Hotels suck.....
Only way to Dive overseas is go with a Firstclass Liveabroad and stay out for like 10-14 days then go off and Play with the Hotties .........
You want First class Diving Dive the Maldives on a liveaboard That will cure your ASIAN Diving itch.
Everything else is a WASTE OF TIME.............................
Mrstein