Dive Richelieu Rock & Ko Surin Marine Park
We RE-Launch our 2022-23 Dive season with new liveaboard trip options to dive the ‘Best Dive Site” in Thailand, Richelieu Rock and the amazing Tachai Pinnacle in North Andaman. Divers have 2 options to choose: short trip 2 days / 1 night or longer and more convenient trip, 3 days / 2 nights.
Richelieu Rock + Tachai Pinnacle + Similans Marine Park Liveaboard
3 days / 2 nights, 11 dives. Price: 22,900 THB/diver, twin/double shared cabin. Marine Park fees: 2,100 THB per diver. Equipment Rental (complete set with dive computer for the trip): 1,400 THB
Main highlights: 2 dives schedule at Thailand’s top dive site Richelieu Rock (weather permitting), 9 dives at Tachai Pinnacle, Koh Bon and Similans Marine Park.
Schedule: This trip departs on Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Pick-up starts at 5:30AM for Kata Beach Area.
Richelieu Rock + Surin Marine Park Liveaboard
2 days / 1 night, 6 dives. Price from: 13,900 THB/diver, twin/double shared cabin. Marine Park fees: 1,400 THB per diver. Equipment Rental (complete set with dive computer for the trip): 1,100 THB
Main highlights: 2 dives schedule at Thailand’s top dive site Richelieu Rock (weather permitting), 4 dives inside Surin Marine Park, Koh Bon or Tachai Pinnacle.
Schedule: This trip departs on Friday and Wednesday every week. Pick-up starts at 7:00AM from Khaolak Town, Phang Nga Province. For divers staying in Phuket, additional cost for taxi from 1,500 THB each way to Khaolak.
2 days/1 night Trip price includes: Return transfer in Khaolak area to Taplamu Pier, speedboat transfer to Surin Marine Park, all meals on-board, drinking water, coffee, tea, fruits and biscuits. Tanks (12L AL, yoke), weights & belt, Dive Tour Insurance and Local Divemaster service at 4:1 ratio.
3 Days/2 nights Trip price includes: Return transfer from Chalong, Kata, Karon & Patong Beaches area to Taplamu Pier, speedboat transfer to Surin Marine Park, all meals on-board, drinking water, coffee, tea, fruits and biscuits. Tanks (12L AL, yoke), weights & belt, Dive Tour Insurance and Local Divemaster service at 4:1 ratio.
Note: shared minivan pick-up schedule from hotels in Phuket starts at 6:00AM in the FREE zone: Chalong, Kata, Karon and Patong beaches. Outside of the FREE zone area, please contact us for pick-up option and cost.
Returning trip departure off boat approximately 3:30PM, reaching hotels in Phuket at 6:30PM depending on location.
Destinations Information
Richelieu Rock is known as one of the world’s best place to get the chance to dive with the Whale Shark. The top of this dive site is barely exposed only when low tide but with or without the shark, the vibrant underwater life and generally good visibility makes this dive site very popular. It takes normally 4-6 dives to truly appreciate this spectacular and iconic purple rock, discovered for recreational diving by Jaques-Yves Cousteau in 1989.
Visibility: 10-30 meters
Depth: 5-35 meters
Current: very mild to strong
Recommended Diver level: Advance certified with good buoyancy control
Koh Tachai is well known for large fish sightings over the last few years. Since 2014, whale sharks and
oceanic manta rays return frequently to this current driven pinnacle. Since the Marine Park closed the beach on this island from non-diving day tours, the richness of fish life had increased exponentially. On top of the pinnacle, divers get to hangout with schooling of jacks, barracudas and racing fusiliers in the blue.
Visibility: 10-30 meters
Depth: 10-30 meters
Current: moderate to very strong
Recommended Diver level: Advance certified with good good buoyancy control and can handle current
Koh Surin Marine Park
The lesser known jewel of Thailand West Coast, Surin offers amazing reef structures, coral gardens and beautiful topside views. Thanks to the Similans taking all of the notoriety, Surin continues to be a hidden gem for divers, with healthy reef and abundance fish life. Conditions are easy to moderate, and perfect for beginner to advance level divers. The resident marine life include turtles, schooling of yellow-lined snappers, jacks and barracudas. You also will find some reef fish common only in this area such as Blue ring Angel Fish. Extra encounter on a dive is seasonal whale sharks and small stuff like seahorses and ghost pipefish.
Visibility: 10-30 meters
Depth: 5-30 meters
Current: mild to moderate (drift diving)
Recommended Diver level: Advance certified or open water with 10 dives or more.
Marine Park Fee and Equipment rental
Surin Marine Park Entrance fee (daily): 500 THB per entry and 200 THB/diver. Richelieu Rock Fee: 600 THB/visitor. (important note: government fees are subject to change without notice. We do not have any control of these regulations)
Equipment rental
Basic Set (BCD/Regulator/Octopus/Fins & mask/shortie wetsuit): 500 THB/set/day (popular!)
Deluxe Set (Basic set plus Suunto Zoop Dive Computer or aqualung i300): 700 THB/set/day (best deal!)
Dive Computer Rental: 300 THB/day
BCD Rental: 200 THB/day, Regulator Rental: 200 THB/day, Open heel fins (without boots): 150 THB/day, Mask & fins (full-foot): 150 THB/day, Shortie Wetsuit (2mm, size: Junior, XXS-XXXL): 100 THB/day, Underwater light: 200 THB/day.