MekongCombat Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Is there any fresh water diving in Thailand? Having spent some time in central Florida and diving some pristine lakes in the south of the United States I enjoy the different atmosphere of fresh water. I have never heard of any fresh water diving here in Thailand and cant find anything on the net either. Possibly it does not exist as there are many issues with the water including liver flukes and other parasites. Possibly its just not at all popular because the sea is so close and inexpensive. Any answers to this are greatly appreciated, till then its back to the swimming pool and odd trips to the sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartecosse Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 can't say for the rest of Thailand but Khao Sok (??) has some fresh water diving in the reservoir there and there is reputed to be an intact wat at the bottom that you can dive - if you can find it For further info i suggest you contact Andrew of Ocean Zone Divers as O know that he runs trips there from Phuket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbos Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 That's the only place I can think of as well. Supposedly there's a whole village to be dived! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etrigan Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 There is also some fresh water / cave diving in the lakes in Kanchanaburi. I think the company is Blue Whale and they used to be around Sukhumwit 70 -something! They are tecchies and wear dry suits as they go quite deep. If you really want the info PM me and I will try to find their contact details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I think there is also some fresh water diving further south in the Trang area. Have no more information on this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartecosse Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 wear dry suits as they go quite deep. dry suits are for exposure not depth unless of course you belong to the DIR always dive dry brigade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MekongCombat Posted May 31, 2008 Author Share Posted May 31, 2008 Thanks for the responses, I had a look around the web and still have not seen anything much. Not really into the cave diving thing although I have studied tech diving, even had a rig 10 years ago when I lived in Key West. It sounds so silly to be located in Thailand and dreaming about diving in Florida but Florida has it all, Gulf, Ocean, Springs, The Keys, killer wrecks, Tech, and Spear Fishing. If anyone hears about anything else post it or send me a PM, thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudhopper Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 It sounds so silly to be located in Thailand and dreaming about diving in Florida but Florida has it all, Gulf, Ocean, Springs, The Keys, killer wrecks, Tech, and Spear Fishing. That's because the diving in LOS is, in fact, crap. I'm also a cave diver if anyone wants to put an expedition together somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 That's because the diving in LOS is, in fact, crap.??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibutty Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I've just been on holiday in the Kanchanaburi area and spent 3 nights in Sanklaburi close to the 3 pagodas pass. It is located on a lake with a maximum depht of 180m. We took a boattrip to a sunken temple, which at that time was not completely underwater. The captain of that boat said that there is a group of divers coming for 2-3 days of diving there every year. Around this wat there is rests of the old village and he said it's about 30m deep in this area. Also he told me about a cave on the other side of the lake. Might be quite interesting to dive there. Although the Cheow Lan reservoir would be closer from Phuket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudhopper Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 I've just been on holiday in the Kanchanaburi area and spent 3 nights in Sanklaburi close to the 3 pagodas pass. It is located on a lake with a maximum depht of 180m. We took a boattrip to a sunken temple, which at that time was not completely underwater. The captain of that boat said that there is a group of divers coming for 2-3 days of diving there every year. Around this wat there is rests of the old village and he said it's about 30m deep in this area. Also he told me about a cave on the other side of the lake. Might be quite interesting to dive there. Although the Cheow Lan reservoir would be closer from Phuket. Very interesting. Could you estimate or report the viz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 I was thinking about the same lake when I saw the topic header. The water is very clear, you can see from the surface a couple of meters deep without problems. Would love to dive there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazmlb Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I was thinking about the same lake when I saw the topic header. The water is very clear, you can see from the surface a couple of meters deep without problems. Would love to dive there... Ok, I dug some stuff out from my Archive, Who is interested in planing a trip and having a go at this? I am told one temple at 50m and another at 110m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippybangkok Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I was thinking about the same lake when I saw the topic header. The water is very clear, you can see from the surface a couple of meters deep without problems. Would love to dive there... LOL. Did my cavern at Thong Pah Phum on the lake there. If you decended more than about 15m, it turned into a brown slurry with a viz of about 0.5m. No coral, boaring fish......... dont know what the attraction is. If i had a death wish, i could see the attraction of cave diving in the Yukatan(?) ( mexico ) with crystal clear water - seen some amazing pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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