Fantasea Divers/Patong Beach Hotel, April 1995, Bill Wanamaker, USAID/Manila, APO AP. "Racha Yai - hard and soft corals, tropical fish, blue spotted sting ray, barracuda, many parrotfish, leopard shark, jelly fish. Shark Point; many tropicals, large lionfish, barracuda, big bat fish/angels, leopard sharks, jellyfish. Water 87 deg. Vis: 20­40 ft. Kon Duc Mai: Large rock outcropping. Straight wall down to 100 ft. Rocks/corals/2 caves. Schools of tropicals, lion fish, eels, snakes, puffers, scorpion fish. Fantasia Divers is first-class operation. Good boats, experienced divemasters, new equipment. Gave detailed briefings. Well organized. Good value; live-aboard diving is better."

Fantasea Divers, February 1996, Jim Parkhill, McAllen, TX. "Efficient shop; day trip sites not as spectacular as the Similan and Surin islands visited by the live-aboard."

Fantasea Divers, December 1995, Kelly Smith, NV. "Great quantity of fish and coral. Three whale sharks, two mantas. Mark and Suzanne know sites; always finding small rare animals to show us. Crew ran the boat smoothly; there to help if needed. Good Thai food. Diesel fumes throughout the trip. Call Fantasea direct and have them send their info packet on Thailand, then spend a couple days seeing the sites."

Samui International Diving School, 1995, Junji Takeshita, Kaneohe, HI. "Water in 80's, coral abundant, little fish life, vis 20 ft. I have 200 dives; this was the least fun for the greatest amount of time (15 hour day for diving). Depth gauge was broken; difficult to breathe from ill-maintained regulator. Poor service, cattle diving, unsanitary food, poorly equipped boat."

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