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'M7' DIVING CRUISE 6 DAYS OF DIVING (7 nights)
Sailing Yacht 'CRESCENT' 60 ft. mono-hull glass ketch, professionally built to a very high standard.
Eight passengers in four separate cabins (with air-conditioning), 3 showers/toilets.
PRICE: US$1,450 Plus US$140 for Customs Entry Permit including 28 day visa.
* If there should be an increase in the CEP there will be an additional cost.
SEAL (South East Asia Liveaboards Co Ltd) is the true pioneer of diving the Mergui Archipelago. For over fifty years the beautiful Mergui Archipelago, comprising over eight hundred islands, has been closed to foreigners. This area offers pioneer diving as well as the dive sites, which we have found to be excellent.
The waters of the Mergui Archipelago offer sightings of large pelagic and schooling fish. Sharks and Rays are fairly common - Silvertip, Black Tip, Grey Reef shark , Whale-sharks and the occasional Bull Shark can be seen. Great macro life can be found - Sea Horses, Ornate Ghost-Pipe and Stone-fish are amongst the archipelago’s rare inhabitants. Huge barrel sponges, soft and hard corals abound.
ITINERARY (Approximate only)
Day 1: Check in to our Dive Centre in Phuket by 8.30 am for departure by 9.00 am by air-conditioned mini-bus, arriving in Ranong (Thai/Burma border) by 3.00 pm, stopping en route for lunch. Check out at Immigration (Ranong) then cross the Pakchan river (the border) by wooden ‘longtail’ boat to Kawthoung. Board the yacht plus sightseeing and Duty Free shopping in this interesting border trading town, formerly known as Victoria Point. Approx. 5.30 pm depart from Kawthoung for the Mergui Archipelago (Western Rocky Islet).
Day 2: Western Rocky Islet
Three great dives here. Highlights of the dive site being a big cave filled with fifty or more lobsters and thousands of Glassfish. Good chance to see Manta-rays and Whale-sharks as well as the resident Grey Reef, Black Tip and White Tip sharks at this open ocean dive site.
Day 3: Stewart Island, Cavern Island and High Rock
Three dives, plus optional night dive. Great macro life makes these sites a ‘must see’ on any diver’s checklist. Commonly seen are Sea Horses, Ornate Ghost-Pipe fish, Frog Fish, Stonefish, Turtles, Rays, Sea Snakes, Cuttlefish and much more.
Day 4: Black Rock – Three dives.
This dive site consistently gives some of the best diving to be found anywhere in the Andaman Sea. A true oceanic dive site, with no other land in sight. Big pelagics are common. Manta-rays, Whale-sharks, plus lots of other different types of sharks and rays can all be seen here. On top of this, you will see schools of Jacks and Tuna. If this isn’t enough the macro life is also first-class but expect to spend your time looking away from the reef at the bigger stuff out in the blue.
Day 5: Torres Islands & Devil Rock
Expect to see large schools of Mobula Rays (small Manta-rays), virtually guaranteed and quite often in large schools. Bull-sharks are a fairly common sighting at Torres Islands.
Day 6: Early morning travel south back to Black Rock - three dives again. A night dive is available as additional dive.
Day 7: In Through the out door'
Considered by virtually all of our guests to be the best dive of the trip. The highlight of this dive site is the big ‘swim-through’, which is home to more than ten resident Grey Reef sharks. The majority of the dive is spent being buzzed by these magnificent creatures. Inside the cave also lives a family of Nurse sharks, one of which is about four meters long. A very healthy coral reef, inhabited by a profusion of fish life is another bonus. Sea Horses are very common here. At the end of the afternoon we sail back to Kawthoung.
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NOTE: Alternative route to join this trip. Passengers can fly direct to
Rangon from Bangkok, thus avoiding the mini-bus journey from Phuket. Phuket Airlines have daily flights from BANGKOK to
RANGON (Thai side of Thai/Burma border). We can pick up at
Rangon airport at 14.30 hrs on the departure day.
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Cancellation Clause: If circumstances should arise, such as political unrest, fighting on the Thai/Burma border, or any other risk to customers or vessels, South East Asia Liveaboards Co Ltd reserve the right to cancel the trip. If this should be the case, we would reroute the trip to another destination at no extra cost to customers. We also reserve the right to change the itineraries shown above to take into account flights, weather, water clarity and pelagic action at time of the trip.
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