Western Rocky
Located 80 km off the coast of Myanmar, Western Rocky offers a sloping reef, great wall diving and several surrounding pinnacles. A tunnel leads right through the island, with lots of crayfish and usually some large sleeping nurse sharks. Western rocky is one of Burma's best spots for shark sightings. Encounters with Whitetips, Gray reef sharks, Blacktips or even Bull sharks are fairly common. |
Black Rock
This pinnacle is one of most spectacular dive sites in the Mergui archipelago with an excellent variety of reef life and abundance of large pelagics including Silvertips, Gray reef sharks, Blacktips, Bull sharks, Eagle and Manta rays. There are beautiful soft coral formations in the deeper areas. |
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In Through The Out Door
One of the best sites anywhere in the Andaman Sea, also known as "3 Islets". A channel in the main island at 14-18m takes you to a natural bowl where Gray Reef Sharks are usually found cruising. On the far side of the bowl a tunnel leads to the other side of the island and a beautiful hard coral reef. |
High Rock
A mix of steep drops and gentle reefs around a small island, known as High Rock. The depth is only 18 - 25m with plenty of soft coral and cup coral especially in the deeper parts. Seahorses are commonly found hanging on remnants of fishing nets, while other critters are also found hiding in the corals. The site is only about 35 miles from Kawthaung and is often dived on the last day of a trip. |
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North East Little Torres
This small island is surrounded by deep water and boasts a healthy hard coral reef and a good chance to see larger pelagic fish such as schools of "devil" rays, a smaller cousin of the manta ray. At the West end of the island is a narrow rocky ridge which drops down into the depths and you may catch a glimpse of a shark or two. Follow the ridge towards the island and you come to the reef with a wide variety of species on display. |
Burma Banks
The Burma Banks are a collection of seamounts located some 180 km north west of the Similan Islands. With surrounding waters exceeding a depth of 300 m, the top of the banks rise to within 15-24 m of the surface. The Banks used to offer one of the world's best shark dives due to their large population of Silvertips, but in recent years, fishing has made the reefs much less active. Some boats now don't go to the Banks and prefer diving the better sites in the Mergui Archipelago. |
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Burma Dive Sites : Western Rocky | Black Rock | In Through the Out Door | North East Little Torres | Burma Banks
Thailand Dive Sites : Similan Islands | Surin Islands | Phuket | Phi Phi | Hin Daeng |
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