Dive Sites

Dive Sites

Dive Sites in Thailand, Myanmar and Indonesia

Sunrise Divers offers a huge variety of scuba diving options in Thailand, Burma and Indonesia. In Thailand, the Similan Islands and Richelieu Rock are justly famous and there are plenty more sites around Phuket and Phi Phi. Further north in Myanmar (Burma), you have the islands of the remote Mergui Archipelago which stretch for several hundred kilometers. Indonesia has countless world class dive sites from Komodo to Raja Ampat and Sulawesi. You’ll find links below to further information about many of these sites. For all the diving options we offer, please check the pages below.

Dive Sites

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Similan Islands Dive Sites Superior

Similan Islands Dive Sites

The Similan Islands national marine park is widely recognized as the number 1 scuba diving area in Thailand, and most would agree that the reef and marine life is some of the best in Asia. The dive [...]

Surin Islands Dive Sites Superior

Surin Islands Dive Sites

Liveaboards from Phuket will usually dive both the Similan Islands and the dive sites to the North of the Similans. For simplicity, this area is referred to by the name Surin, though the dives inc [...]

Phuket Dive Sites Superior

Phuket Dive Sites

Phuket has an impressive variety of day trip diving available, and the marine life is truly outstanding. There are dive sites for all levels of diver and to suit all tastes from easy shallow reef [...]

Phi Phi Dive Sites Superior

Phi Phi Dive Sites

Koh Phi Phi (pronounced Pee Pee) is located about 45km East of Phuket and offers some excellent dive sites for all levels of diver. Phi Phi Islands diving day trips are available from Phuket by da [...]

Richelieu Rock Superior

Richelieu Rock

Certainly one of the best dive sites in Thailand, Richelieu Rock is an isolated pinnacle about 10km east of Surin Islands and 100km NNE of the Similan islands. The very top of the rock is just vis [...]

Myanmar Dive Sites Superior

Myanmar Dive Sites

Diving in Burma, also known as Myanmar, is popular, but there are not so many options. The Mergui Archipelago is visited by liveaboards based in Phuket or Khao Lak. The dive sites cover a wide are [...]

Komodo Dive Sites Superior

Komodo Dive Sites

The Komodo National Park is located about 400km east of Bali, between the islands of Sumbawa and Flores. There are three main islands - Komodo, Rinca and Padar, plus many smaller islands. The most [...]

Raja Ampat Dive Sites Superior

Raja Ampat Dive Sites

Raja Ampat, the Four Kings, is an extensive archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands surrounding the four main islands - Misool, Salawati, Batanta, Waigeo and the smaller island of Kofiau. [...]

Koh Tachai Pinnacle Superior

Koh Tachai Pinnacle

Koh Tachai is a small rocky island with a beautiful white sandy beach located about 20km north of Koh Bon or 40km from the Similan islands. The beach got very popular with day trippers in recent y [...]

Koh Bon Island Superior

Koh Bon Island

Koh Bon is a small granite rocky island about 20km northeast of the northernmost tip of the Similan Islands. On the surface it's just rock topped with a little greenery. No beaches or anywhere to [...]

Hin Daeng and Hin Muang Superior

Hin Daeng and Hin Muang

South of Phuket and Phi Phi, towards the border with Malaysia lie some more excellent dive sites. Hin Daeng and Hin Muang (Red rock and Purple rock) are truly world class sites, offering steep wal [...]

King Cruiser Wreck Superior

King Cruiser Wreck

The King Cruiser was originally a car ferry, but when it sank in 1997 between Phuket and Phi Phi, it was carrying only foot passengers. There was no loss of life as the boat sank slowly and severa [...]

Shark Point Superior

Shark Point

Shark Point was originally named for the frequent sightings of leopard sharks in the area, although probably in recent years there are more leopard sharks seen around the dive sites of Phi Phi a l [...]

Anemone Reef Superior

Anemone Reef

Anemone Reef is found in between Phuket and Phi Phi about 28km east of Chalong Bay, Phuket from where all the dive boats depart. This submerged reef is only a few hundred meters north of Shark Poi [...]

Koh Doc Mai Superior

Koh Doc Mai

Koh Doc Mai (or Koh Dok Mai) is a small limestone island jutting vertically out of the sea about 20km east of Phuket. It's dived every day as part of 3 dive trips to the King Cruiser Wreck or some [...]

Racha Yai Island Superior

Racha Yai Island

Racha Yai (or Raya Yai, or sometimes Raja Yai) is probably our most popular local dive destination from Phuket. The island is not too far away, about 15km south of Chalong Bay where day trips depa [...]

Racha Noi Island Superior

Racha Noi Island

Koh Racha Noi is located to the south of Racha Yai island, takes about 45 minutes on a normal day trip boat to cross between the 2 islands, so about 2 hours 15 minutes to Racha Noi from Chalong Ba [...]

Thailand Dive Sites Superior

Thailand Dive Sites

From our base in Phuket we offer liveaboards and day trips to a wide variety of dive sites. The Similan Islands and Surin national parks (open October 15th to May 15th) feature the best diving [...]