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Similan Island Wrecks & Pinnacles
Lots of steel, lots of rocks and lots of fish
Shipwrecks and Pinnacles April 10th, 2012
Magical words that conjure images from chilhood! Pirates and giant Squid! While they are truly fascinating, we just don’t have that many Giant Squid here! However – they are perfect artificial reefs and very often provide a home to dozens of fish species. The Simillan Islands and Khao Lak area have several interesting wrecks, each with their own story.
Pinnacles
The Similan Islands are also home to several incredibly interesting pinnacles that are rarely visited! They are often deep and there can be strong currents – keeping away the more beginning divers. These Pinnacles are home to some of the purest dive sites in the region. The marine life is amazing and you have a much better chance on seeing some of the big stuff.
Diving wrecks and pinnacles need some special considerations if you want to do it in a safe and enjoyable way. This trip is for the more experienced diver. Wicked Diving offers Nitrox on our liveaboard. In addition – for this trip instead of the SSI ECOlogical specialty, we will include your deep diver specialty for free and you can do the nitrox specialty at discounted rates if you are not already certified. If you are already a Nitrox diver, you might want to do an advanced nitrox or technical foundations course where you have the chance to dive with different gas mixes or up to 4 tanks.
Go ahead and check availability or actually book your trip now
Wicked Diving offers a unique opportunity to benefit the local community, improve the world around us and have a great diving vacation! We use 2% of all income to support local projects that support the local community, marine research or marine conservation (or all three!). When you dive with Wicked, you make a difference. Please read up on our various projects, and policies on the Ethical Diving page. Did you know the eggs on your trip will be from free-range, organically fed chickens? And the Honey and Jam will be from the Baan San Fan Orphanage?
An Example Itinerary:
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Day 1: Pick up at hotel and leave for the the Similan Islands for the check out dive and bouyancy dive on the Atlantis Wreck. Presentation on deep and tech diving in the evening.
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Day 2: Four dives in total on wrecks and pinnacles in the Similans. Movie on tech diving in the evening.
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Day 3: The last day of the trip we make 3 more dives – focusing on the Khao Lak wrecks – The Sea Chart, Premchai and Bon soong wrecks. Back in Khao Lak in the evening.
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The trip
There is always a divesite briefing given before every dive. Plenty of meals are served each day in between the dives and we have a minimum surface interval of 2 hours in between the dives. The choice of divesites and jump-in times always depend on the weather, surface and underwater conditions and the experience level of you – our divers! With the Widescreen TV, Hammocks and sundeck available to all guest you will always have time to relax!
