weather and diving
Latest
update: 9 May 2008
Weather The season has started hesitantly, but since the second half of November we are having lovely, sunny weather. At the moment it is rainy; there is a slight breeze, the seas are calm.
The diving is very lovely at the moment, with quite a few sightings of a whaleshark at Richelieu Rock! The best spot for manta rays is Hin Daeng at the moment, with frequent sightings there. Also at Racha Noi we frequently see manta rays. At Hin Daeng there also is a whaleshark hanging around, and we even saw one at King Cruiser and Shark Point, and later probably the same whaleshark, around 5 meters in length, at Koh Bioda Nok! That one seems to have gone elsewhere.
The visibility at the Similans is excellent at the moment.
Temperatures of appx. 33 degrees Celsius (90 Fahrenheit), sea temperatures of 29 degrees Celsius (84 Fahrenheit).
At this blog we have started giving daily updates of the weather here in the area, along with news about our diving center.
Check out this website for a lot of our photos, all made by our guests and guides.
Visibility The visibility is very good at the moment. On average:
Similans 20-30 meters, Racha Noi 20 meters, Racha
Yai 15-20 meters, Phi Phi 10-15 meters, Shark Point
area 10-15 meters, Hin Daeng/Muang 15-20 meters, Kata Beach 10 meters. Visibility
in the area varies a lot day by day.
Sightings Besides the usual things
to see, there are lots of leopard sharks at
the moment, and also the number of white tip
and black tip reef sharks has risen dramatically
since last year. Plus there are of course the occasional whale shark and manta rays sightings.
And there are of course the usual things to see. At Similans, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai and Richelieu Rock there are apart from the pretty standard nursesharks, leopard sharks and reefsharks also humphead parrot fish, Napoleons and quite a few turtles. At these sites we also see nice small life like harlequin shrimp, nudibranches, etc. Also eagle rays have been spotted, as has a whale shark at Richelieu Rock.
At Shark Point: seahorse, nursesharks and
of course leopard sharks; at Anemone Reef
turtles, nursesharks and
quite often a leopard shark in the 5 meter
range; at Koh Doc Mai 2 seahorses and a frogfish; 3 different shark species,
plenty of scorpion and lion fish and also
a turtle at King Cruiser.
Turtles, see needles, a frogfish and frequently manta rays at Racha Islands; turtles, leopard sharks, seahorses and different types of reefshark at Phi Phi.
Cuttlefish at our housereef, and lots and lots of juvenile life, really very nice diving here at the moment.
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