Sailing and Diving in Paradise—Life is great!

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The footage with the shark was not taken in the South Andaman sea, but in the Caribbean Sea. You may download the video and upload it to your iPhone or iPod. This is a lower resolution Internet version of the original movie, which is in HD and stereo (wow, you should see it!)


Thailand, South Andaman Sea

The Andaman Sea is situated to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Myanmar, west of Thailand and east of the Andaman Islands; it is part of the Indian Ocean. It is roughly 1,200 km (750 mi) long and 650 km (400 mi) wide (east-west), with an area of 797,700 square km (308,000 sq mi). Its average depth is 870 m (2,854 ft), and the maximum depth is 3,777 m (12,392 ft). Several regions in the South Andaman are marine national parks. The South Andaman is rich in marine life with numerous species of fish and crustaceans and large, beautiful coral areas. It is where we sail and dive--the South Andaman Sea, a beauty you must experience!

Our goal

Our goal is to give you a great sailing and diving holiday, but also to offer you the possibility to learn more about marine environmental management. Sailing and Diving in Paradise offers you the possibility to improve your understanding of the marine ecosystems, coral reef conservation, and what you can do as a diver to protect the fragile aquatic environments. This is the tour for the serious diver, who wants to have a great diving holiday all while improving his knowledge about marine life. Your underwater guide will be Roger Abrantes, PhD in Evolutionary Biology and Divemaster, who will also give you, in the evenings aboard, three short presentations on (1) an introduction to marine biology, (2) marine environmental management, and (3) fish and coral identification.

Diving

The beauty of the South Andaman underwater is indescribable, you'll have to experience it yourself! You'll have a chance to meet many species, from the charming and nimble Nemos to the impressive and huge Whale Shark. The corals flourish in their magnificent colors, in the South Andaman not yet suffering too much form the otherwise dreadful bleaching affecting so many other coral regions. The water is warm, on average 31 C (88 F) and the visibility good. The air temperature is between 33 C (91 F) and 38 C (100 F) and you'll have plenty of chances to get an enviable tan. If you are interested in marine environmental topics and diving, all while enjoying the greatness of life and maybe make new friends,then Sailing and Diving in Paradise is just as tailored for you.

Roger Abrantes, PhD in Evolutionary Biology and Divemaster, will be your underwater guide.

Instructors and staff

Our experienced instructors are all certified PADI instructors, as well as certified Rescue Divers and First Emergency Responders. Each in certified in various specialties, which enables us to suit almost whatever your wish might be as to diving specialty, e.g. cave diving, wreck diving, fish identification, underwater photographing. Among them, they master over 10 languages (all West and Nordic European languages plus Russian, Hebrew, Japanese and Thai). We work only with the best and the safest equipment for your enjoyment and safety as well as ours. The staff of the South Siam 3 is highly professional, skilled, and experienced, and her legendary Captain can maneuver her as if she were a rowboat.

What you get

Sailing and Diving in Paradise--Program

Day 8 Transfer to HKT and departure to your destination.

A family event

If you have children and you wish to take them with you, you're very welcome. If they are old enough to dive, they'll dive with us. Otherwise, we can offer them snorkeling and other water activities.

Requirements

Good health, good spirit, be able to swim, no great propensity to sea sickness, and a strong wish to enjoy life.

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