Koh Lanta Diving Travel Guide

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Koh Lanta is a divers paradise for beginners and the experienced. There are very few places on the planet where divers can enjoy an underwater world so rich and diverse and Koh Lanta is a good base for divers that want to spend quality time visiting Southern Thailand's best dive sites. [more]

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Imagine learning to dive in water that's the same temperature as your bath water at home. Koh Lanta water temperature ranges from 27 to 31 degrees - ideal for divers, coral and tropical fish.

Many dive sites offer also good snorkeling, with friends and family welcome to join trips and snorkel at reduced rates.

Koh Lanta Dive Sites

The dive sites around Koh Lanta vary in characteristic, but all of them are world-class. The azure and clear waters around Koh Lanta offer rich coral gardens, limestone outcrops and sea mounts and pinnacles. For specialty divers, there are underwater caves, caverns and sunken ships to visit.

Underwater Life

The dive sites around Koh Lanta are famous for their diversity of underwater life. Species of fish, coral and other wildlife are very abundant as the Andaman Sea is one of the most biodiverse areas in the world.

The region is also famous for spottings of the rare and elusive Dugong.

Dive Shops

There are many dive shops and diving centers on Koh Lanta which can arrange dive trips. The majority of dive centers are found in the northern fishing port of Saladan, although there are a few more resort-based dive shops dotted around the island.

Dive trips by s[eed boat leave Koh Lanta normally around 8 in the morning and return between 4 and 6 in the evening, depending on sites visited.