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Khao Lak Scuba Adventures "The Manta Queen Liveabords" is proud to present to you our newest boat. Manta Queen 8!   We are very excited to present this boat to you for your next trip. The boat itself is a wooden hulled boat with teak floors. It length at 27 meters and a beam of 7.5 metres makes it one of our larger boats.  With a maximum capacity of 24 guests it is ...

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Can you imagine to explore several dive sites during a single dive at the Similan Islands! See what others are not able to experience? Can you imagine to spot a Whaleshark or Manta Ray and effordless accompanying this magnificient creatures without trying to catch up with them and end up exhausted and low on air after a couple of minutes? Can you image to explore hidden dive sites that are o...

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    Proper scuba diving equipment maintenance is very important and crucial for a dive centre to guarantee safe diving trips to their divers.  Diving equipment is continously submerged in salt and chlorinated pool water so unless it is properly maintained it will start to decay and become unsafe.  Here at Khao Lak Scuba Adventures our 2 in-house technitians are usin...

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Khao Lak Scuba Adventures and The Haven Khao Lak Resort would like to say thank you to our 31 amazing Trash Heroes participating in the beach clean up in Khuk Khak beach, Khao Lak, Thailand.  This was our 14. clean up since we founded the Trash Hero Chapter Khao Lak and we have collected another 175kg of trash from Khuk Khak Beach.  If you'd like to join us next week for our 15. cl...

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Thank you, vielen dank, muchas gracias, mercy, dziękuję ci, 谢谢, dank je, tack, cпасибо, takk skal du ha, mile grazie, תודה, kiitos, धन्यवाद for another incredible cool diving season. The Similan Islands Marine Park is now closed due to the South West Monsoon season in the Andaman Sea between the 15th of May until 15th of October. More then 250 succesfull li...

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The Team of Khao Lak Scuba Adventures is somehow something special in the diving industry in Thailand. Every dive center will claim the same for itself but I believe we really are! Who am I? I am one of the 150 staff members working for the KSA family (short for Khao Lak Scuba Adventures) and my name is Fabian. I came to the little town of Khao Lak 16 years ago as a PADI dive instructor work...

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Hello everyone, my name is Adeline and I’m am from France. Currently I am a PADI IDC Staff Instructor and soon I will be woking with Khao Lak Scuba Adventures. I’m in relationship with the ocean since 8 years, when I tried diving for the first time, in the Indian Ocean, I knew this is my passion and I wanted to follow my feeling to become a PADI Pro in Thailand. ...

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My name is Maher (or “My Hair”), I am 32 years old and I am French/Algerian origin. I have an Engineering degree and worked for large insurance companies for more than 6 years.  A few years ago, I chose to change my life and become a PADI Scuba Diving Instructor and found exactly what I was looking for; the job and life I have always been dreaming of.  I have been diving ...

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We here at Khao Lak Scuba Adventures would like to extend our sympathies to the family and friends of Ismael Romero. Isma was loved throughout our company and we still in shock with the news of his sudden passing. We all meet many people in our lives, some we remember forever. Isma is one of those people we will remember forever. Wherever he went he brought great joy into peoples lives. We w...

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We clean, we educate, we change! While solving the global garbage problem may be complex, knowing what to do about the garbage that is currently littered on our beaches and in our communities is relatively simple: pick it up! Khao Lak Scuba Adventures has recently founded the Khao Lak Chapter of the Trash Hero movement. The idea people come together once a week to pick up trash fro...

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Manta Queen 7 heading for it's last Similan Island liveaboard trip. The magical final trip of Manta Queen 7 for the 2016/17 season, and what a way to end the it! With a full boat, plenty of enthusiasm and lots of excitement, we set off for the Similan Islands to see our share of amazing sea life. In the Similan Islands we were treated to some spectacular dives. After each dive, the ...

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Manta Queen 3, 4 days and 4 nights liveaboard to Similan Islands. Trip Number 264: We were waiting for our 28 Korean dive guests at the reception area. We knew it was going to be a good trip as soon as we saw the ton and a half of food they had brought with them come off the bus. We then promptly made it onto the boat, and started making our way towards the Similan Islands. Our fir...

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Mid season in the Similan Island diving season 2016/2017. It is time to secure your trip to the Similan Islands Marine Park and Richelieu Rock. The best time of the year is here with Manta Rays and Whalesharks! Only 3 month left before the Similan Islands will shut down during the South West Monsoon. NOW and until the end of the diving season for all liveaboard trips starting from 15. of ...

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Koh Bon and Koh Tachai, the Manta Hot Spots at the Similan Islands. A MANTA RAY is one of the most graceful underwater creatures in the sea. Many divers long to view these rare fish. Their size and movements come together for a truly majestic sight. Often they show up with a curiosity and interest with the divers, so friendly. We have had many encounters with large Manta Rays over the past mon...

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Manta Birostris (latin) or giant oceanic Manta Ray is a ray in the family of the Mobulidae. It is the largest known ray in the ocean and can grow up to 7 meters (23 ft) and can weight more then 1000 kg (2200 lb). Most Manta Rays have an average size of around 4 meters (12 ft). They are circumglobal and are typically found at Koh Bon Island in the Similan Island Marine Park. Beside the gia...

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