Saturday, June 7, 2008   Diving in the Similans in June

Waves
One of the islands which offers world class diving year-round, Koh Similan, is large enough that if there are large waves during the southwest monsonn in June, we can get shelter behind the island (on the East Coast). We will not have as many dive site choices if the waves are larger than normal (normal wave height is about 1m or 3ft), but that doesn't mean that we can't dive.

Visibility
And, since the Similans are almost 40 nautical miles from shore, visibility is never affected by rain run off. In fact, during the southwest monsoon, since the water is moving up from the southwest, waves and currents are bringing in clear, clean water from offshore.Liveaboards June schedule to the Similans
The main problem diving the Similan Islands during the summer months, June until September, is the lack of people wanting to go--not that we physically cannot.
At that time of year, people are traveling to more temperate climes rather than the hot tropics, so there are very few scheduled liveaboards during this time as we can't get enough people together on a consistent basis. Almost every boat at one time or another has tried a summer schedule and few, if any, have ever been successful at it.

Links of Interest:

• Similan islands dive sites
• Diving at the Similan Islands image gallery
• Great weather and diving in the Similans in March