Eddie45 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 What's the scuba diving like in Pattaya, any decent reefs or dives a short boat journey from Pattaya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) I've not dived Pattaya but i would just go to Koh Tao, subject to weather, vis can get poor this time of year Edited December 21, 2022 by scubascuba3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie45 Posted December 22, 2022 Author Share Posted December 22, 2022 12 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: I've not dived Pattaya but i would just go to Koh Tao, subject to weather, vis can get poor this time of year My plan is to head to Koh Tao when I have a 5-7 days free but wanted to do some dives around Pattaya at the weekend if there was some decent dive sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyExpat57 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Pattaya itself is a muddy sewer. You have to get a shop with boat trips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickyLouie Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 13 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: I've not dived Pattaya but i would just go to Koh Tao, subject to weather, vis can get poor this time of year So why are you commenting? Sattahip which is close has a few dive sites where lots of the local shops arrange trips. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 10 hours ago, NickyLouie said: So why are you commenting? Sattahip which is close has a few dive sites where lots of the local shops arrange trips. Because there's a reason most divers go to koh tao or Similan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie45 Posted December 23, 2022 Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 15 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: Because there's a reason most divers go to koh tao or Similan scubascuba3, I know you said you havent dived in Pattaya but from the feedback you have got from people who have dived there. Is it a waste of time and better to just wait until I get to Koh Tao or Similian Islands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 8 hours ago, Eddie45 said: scubascuba3, I know you said you havent dived in Pattaya but from the feedback you have got from people who have dived there. Is it a waste of time and better to just wait until I get to Koh Tao or Similian Islands. Sounds like you might as well dive here if you are staying for a while, diving is fun anywhere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espanol Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Pattaya is not as good a dive site as Koh Tao or Koh Lipe, but there are a couple of dive centers that organize dive trips: departures from the port in a boat, two dives and food on board. I usually dive with No Limit Divers in Second Road (near restaurant Casa Pascal) https://goo.gl/maps/sAm4CaPSqWQdaPVR9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 On 12/22/2022 at 6:51 PM, NickyLouie said: So why are you commenting? Sattahip which is close has a few dive sites where lots of the local shops arrange trips. Don't think anyone needs experience to know, Patts diving is probably krap. I personally wouldn't even bother with Tao, as yet to see a vid that would encourage me to go there. The Gulf is extremely iffy, vis wise, most days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkski Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Looks like an old thread. In 2016 I popped over to Thailand for my first trip and planned to dive and Pattaya. I took a boat trip out. Vis was poor, no fish life or colorful coral. But I returned for the women. In later trips I dove koh phi phi, and on a boat trip from Phuket. Vis was poor, fish life low, ugly reefs. I saw parts of the coral broken off by nets dragged a dozen meters out into the sand. In fact I could see many net drags as if each night fishermen drop as close to the reefs as possible and drag out into the sand. As a person who has dove most everything at Cozumel in the 80's and lots of Caribbean dive trips I think only the Similan mounts would interest me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 10 hours ago, KhunLA said: Don't think anyone needs experience to know, Patts diving is probably krap. I personally wouldn't even bother with Tao, as yet to see a vid that would encourage me to go there. The Gulf is extremely iffy, vis wise, most days. Koh Tao is good, lots of fun to be had there. As for vis, of course go when the visibility is usually good, not when usually bad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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