Dive Review of Seven Seas Similan Dive Center in
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Seven Seas Similan Dive Center: "MV Camic Liveaboard Dive Trip to the Similan Islands", Sep, 2023, by Claire Rausch, HI, US ( Reviewer 3 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 12572 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	My dive buddy and I booked this 4 day/4 night MV Camic Liveaboard Dive Trip to the Similan Islands in Thailand through No Troubles, Just Bubbles Booking Agency. I guess I’m going to start with the bad and what I wished I’d known beforehand as the trip was disappointing. The Booking Agency’s responsiveness by email was good during the planning stages, but we were disappointed in some of the information we were given which didn’t happen during the trip. First of all, we had been told by the No Troubles, Just Bubbles Booking Agency staff that we would be on the MV Camic boat 5 nights/4 days disembarking early the next morning at the end of the trip after having breakfast on the boat at Tab Lamu pier south of Khao Lak, Thailand. Imagine our surprise when on the last day of diving we were asked by the other divers on the boat if we were interested in sharing transport to Phuket finding out that we would be arriving at 5 PM at Tab Lamu pier and they were all departing to Phuket, not staying overnight on the boat. By that point we were ready to get off the boat and said yes to sharing transport to Phuket, but first we had to backtrack to return to the Similan Seas Club Dive Shop in Khao Lak (N ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Seven Seas Similan Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Hawaii, Fiji, Palau, Marshall Islands, Pohphei, Kosrae, Saipan, Rota, Tinian, Guam, Egypt, Philippine Islands, Bali, Komodo Nat'l Park, Borneo
Closest Airport	Phuket	Getting There	Can fly into Bangkok and take another flight into Phuket or there are some international flights direct into Phuket
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, currents, no currents
Water Temp	0-°F / -18-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Diving with a guide who determined time and depth of the dives
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	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		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Nothing was mentioned about battery charging on the boat for those of us with underwater cameras, lights, etc.. We re-charged batteries in our cabin with adapter ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Seven Seas Similan Dive Center in Thailand/Similan Islands Thailand

Seven Seas Similan Dive Center: "MV Camic Liveaboard Dive Trip to the Similan Islands", Sep, 2023,

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Dive Review of Seven Seas Similan Dive Center in
Thailand/Similan Islands Thailand