Sunday 21 July 2013

Customer Feedback

Oktavia Similan Liveaboard
Here is some feedback from two guests on Oktavia in late April. It's pretty typical of what people think of Oktavia.

Hi Paul
We had a great trip on the Oktavia. The crew  was very friendly and so was the owner who was also on the trip.
The boat was the best liveaboard I have been on in Thailand and the food was great.
The diving was exceptional with 15 dives 4 of them on Richelieu Rock which is one of the best dive sites in the world.
Thanks again for all your help,we had a fantastic time.
Thanks
Cliff and Anna

Tuesday 16 July 2013

Phuket day trip dive boat feedback

Somboon
Here is a very constructive review of two Phuket day trip dive boats from Christian who dived on them this weekend.

Hi Paul,

Just wanted to thank you for your help with the dive bookings. It was
easy and nice to have someone knowing the schedule of all the boats
and the payment went swiftly.

We had a great time both days, even though visibility was much better
on the saturday.

If any of your future customers ask, then as for boats, the Kamala
Dive Center boat was really great, with a lot of space (3 decks) and
great food. We got a big breakfast (scrambled eggs, sausages,
hashbrowns, fruit, toast), a nice lunch and banana-pancakes after the
3rd dive, and fruit all day. And the staff was nice to :)

The SSD boat was smaller, felt quite small, not especially well laid
out. The breakfast was sandwiches (the divemasters on the boat made
scrambled eggs to, but for themselves only... ) , the lunch was
average, and the fruit only watermelon. They had a nice coffee machine
on board though, with real coffee beans!

From the two days of diving I would recommend the Kamala boat.

Thanks again, and if I come back to Phuket, I will not hesitate to
contact you again.

Best regards,
Christian

Wednesday 10 July 2013

Confirmed Hin Daeng Liveaboard in August

MV Saimai Hin Muang Liveaboard
MV Saimai Hin Daeng Liveaboard
MV Saimai

21-23 August 2013
3 days 2 nights to Hin Daeng, Hin Muang, Koh Haa and Phi Phi Islands
10 Dives
Price: 18,900 baht

It is also possible to join this Saimai trip for just 2 or 3 nights.

Please contact us for more details

Friday 5 July 2013

Thailand Liveaboards in October

Oktavia Similan Liveaboard
MV Oktavia:
We have had two announcements from the Thailand National Parks department this week. Firstly, confirmation that marine park entrance fees will rise next season from 400 baht to 500 baht per foreigner.

Better news is that the the Similan and Surin marine national parks will be opening a couple of weeks early this year on 15 October.

So far two boats have added October dates to their schedules. they are Octavia and Deep Andaman Queen. More boats are sure to follow.

Thursday 4 July 2013

Seachart 1 Wreck day trip dives from Khao Lak

Seachart 1 wreck dive Khao Lak
Seachart 1 cargo ship
From November we will be offering daily dive trips by longtail boat to the Seachart 1 Wreck.  The price is 2,900 baht each.

Or you can do two dives by longtail boat to the Boonsung Wreck for 2,500 baht each.

We need a minimum of 2 divers to run a boat. This is a dive for experienced divers only at the shallowest part of the wreck sits in 24 metres of water and the maximum depth is 40 metres. 

The Seachart 1 wreck is a good dive site to dive with Nitrox. If you want to continue your diver education why not do your PADI deep diver specialty course on the Seachart Wreck plus your PADI Enriched Air Nitrox course. You can PADI wreck diver course on Khao Laks three main wreck dive sites, the Seachart, Boonsung and Premchai tin miner wrecks.