Diving The Similan Islands

Published by jacko77 on Tue Jun 30th, 2009

Diving In The Similan Islands is one of the hottest locations on earth to go and see what it as to offer, it as often been classed as one of the top 10 diving sites in the world.  With its pristine white-sandy beaches and crystal clear waters, its no wonder this is a hot spot for the divers and snorkellers a like.

The Similan Islands as a huge selection of marine life, which as helped to establish these amazing dive sites.  With a minimum temperature of 28C all year round and over 200 species to date have been discovered it is no wonder this is such a great location for water enthusiasts.

In terms of marine life in the Similan Islands, there is more variety here than what you will discover in most other dive sites around the world.  You will come across huge sea fans, caves, big rocks and plenty of shallow water for snorkellers out their.  The shallow waters around the fringes of the islands will range from 25-40m in depth, which will drop down to as much as 75m.

Even though the islands are best known for diving and snorkelling, it is becoming increasingly popular for taking a day or two cruise and you can go on a sailing and diving cruise around the islands, which can be booked from Phuket.