Phuket Governor Orders Investigation Over Underwater Painting

[webfact]

 

Phuket – The Phuket Governor has ordered an investigation after photos of a diver painting under water in social media caused concern over possible coral and marine damage.

The Phuket Governor Naroong Woonciew told the Phuket Express that photos that went viral on social media are claiming that it happened in Phuket.

 

Officials from the Phuket Natural and Environment Resources Department are checking where exactly the incident took place.

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2023/05/29/phuket-governor-orders-investigation-over-underwater-painting/

 

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[HappyExpat57]

You want to investigate coral damage? How about tour boats dropping anchor straight onto coral, then killing more when the pull it up? Is that damned yellow submarine still going around in the Pattaya area doing the same thing?

 

What's good for the goose . . .

[hotchilli]

God forbid if it was a farang, they'll get 10 years or more for this plus a squillion baht fine.

[HuskerDo2]

Anyone who believes this is real and not photoshopped is a moron. Then again, this IS Thailand and Governor Naroong Woonciew needs to slap himself back into reality.

[stevenl]

25 minutes ago, HuskerDo2 said:

Anyone who believes this is real and not photoshopped is a moron. Then again, this IS Thailand and Governor Naroong Woonciew needs to slap himself back into reality.

There was a Russian dive instructor offering under water paintings a few years back. Don't know if she's still around, could be this.

[HappyExpat57]

54 minutes ago, HuskerDo2 said:

Anyone who believes this is real and not photoshopped is a moron. Then again, this IS Thailand and Governor Naroong Woonciew needs to slap himself back into reality.

Thai waters NEVER, and I mean NEVER, have this kind of visibility.

[cncltd1973]

look into ANYTHING other than all the complaints about taxi mafias. ridiculous how the governor is looking at everything except that...

[stoner]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

concern over possible coral and marine damage.

shut your hypocritical pie holes. hows maya bay doing khun thai ? 

[ThaiFelix]

3 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

You want to investigate coral damage? How about tour boats dropping anchor straight onto coral, then killing more when the pull it up? Is that damned yellow submarine still going around in the Pattaya area doing the same thing?

 

What's good for the goose . . .

Sadly you need to have pics of tour boats dropping anchor straight onto coral or fishing boats throwing plastic waste overboard posted on social media before any action is taken.  Shove it in our faces for everyone to see or it didnt happen.

[sammieuk1]

Very funny man is the Phuket governor ????

[traveller101]

Dear Governor 

You find the results of your investigation below.

Also - applying logic and common sense would dictate that the paint does not dissolve in water at all, I.e. is waterproof and insoluble.

[ignore it]

The Valentines day underwater marriages do more damage to society.

[Burma Bill]

A genuine watercolour????

 

[BritScot]

6 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Thai waters NEVER, and I mean NEVER, have this kind of visibility.

How many dives have you done and where? I will admit it wasn't common, however in the early 2000's I often dived in perfect vis especially around Sail Rock in the Gulf of Thailand. But, the photo does look photo shopped. Both Kow Tow and the diving were perfect back then with very few dive experience world wide coming close.

[PETERTHEEATER]

The visibility when muff diving isn't an issue.

[HappyExpat57]

43 minutes ago, BritScot said:

How many dives have you done and where? I will admit it wasn't common, however in the early 2000's I often dived in perfect vis especially around Sail Rock in the Gulf of Thailand. But, the photo does look photo shopped. Both Kow Tow and the diving were perfect back then with very few dive experience world wide coming close.

I'm a PADI IDC Staff Instructor. I have been diving since 1986, literally around the world . We would say to Instructor candidates here in Thailand "If you can teach here, you can teach anywhere" because the vis is so bad. Even in the Similan's you will have particulate floating in clear water. There was no particulate in that picture hence my certainty that it is Photoshopped.

[stevenl]

4 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

I'm a PADI IDC Staff Instructor. I have been diving since 1986, literally around the world . We would say to Instructor candidates here in Thailand "If you can teach here, you can teach anywhere" because the vis is so bad. Even in the Similan's you will have particulate floating in clear water. There was no particulate in that picture hence my certainty that it is Photoshopped.

On all fronts nonsense.

[HappyExpat57]

11 hours ago, stevenl said:

On all fronts nonsense.

You and I have done this dance before. You have trouble providing substance, you merely cast aspersions.

[stevenl]

2 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

You and I have done this dance before. You have trouble providing substance, you merely cast aspersions.

Anyone who says a visibility like that is not possible in Thailand doesn't know what he is talking about.

Anyone who says if you can teach here you can teach anywhere doesn't know what he is talking about.

[HappyExpat57]

Just now, stevenl said:

Anyone who says a visibility like that is not possible in Thailand doesn't know what he is talking about.

Anyone who says if you can teach here you can teach anywhere doesn't know what he is talking about.

Again, the opinion of one. The operative word being opinion.

[BritScot]

On 5/30/2023 at 8:42 AM, HappyExpat57 said:

I'm a PADI IDC Staff Instructor. I have been diving since 1986, literally around the world . We would say to Instructor candidates here in Thailand "If you can teach here, you can teach anywhere" because the vis is so bad. Even in the Similan's you will have particulate floating in clear water. There was no particulate in that picture hence my certainty that it is Photoshopped.

Being only a master scuba diving instructor with about 400 dives in the gulf of Thailand (2002 - 2005) I have seen vis of 30~40 meters at Sail Rock looking down to the sand bottom from a couple of meters off the surface. Watching people do their skills. Great dives there and yes I dove in very bad vis where seeing more than a couple of meters was challenging also encountered inversion of bad vis to clear vis plus had several great dives with whale sharks. But yes the photo as I said looks photo shopped.