Dive Review of Pattaya Divers in
Thailand/Pattaya

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Pattaya Divers, Jan, 2008, by Fred Gebhart, CA, US . Report 3934.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Great shoreside operation with plenty of warnings of how little there is to see near Pattaya, which makes it a great place to focus on training...the warmings were spot on. The nearer islands, a 30-45 min boat trip from the beach in a high-speed boat, are fished out, trashed out and dived out. Most of the coral is dead and covered with algae, fish are small and few in number, though we spotted a dozen or so small morrays in on small patch of rock. Attention to safety and documentation was too good for my own comfort: I wasn't allowed on a wreck dive because I have only a NAUI open water cert despite several hundred dives in my log, including other wrecks in Thai waters, but it was 100% by the book. Food was downright scarce, small Subway sandwiches, though there was plenty of fresh pineapple waiting between dives. I'd go back for advanced training based on the way the operation is run, but the diving itself has all the excitement of a cloudy swimming pool.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Great Barrier Reef, Philippines, Phuket, Mergui (Burma), Caribbean
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	0-0°F / -18--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth limits
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Pattaya Divers in Thailand/Pattaya

Pattaya Divers, Jan, 2008,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Dive Review of Pattaya Divers in
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