Lanta’s Top Dive Sites provide some of the best diving Thailand has to offer. The Andaman Sea is home to a rich diversity of marine life from the rare and beautiful harlequin shrimp to the massive whaleshark, the biggest fish in the sea!

Diving Ko Lanta is an experience not to be missed. With warm waters, great visibility, vivid colours and a wide range of dive sites you’re sure to find plenty to enjoy on every dive you make.

Ko Haa, meaning ‘five islands’ in Thai, is our local dive site and is around an hour away by boat from Kantiang Bay in the south of Ko Lanta. With clear blue waters, beautiful corals, macro and wide angle subjects, it is an ideal location for underwater photography and videography. There are chimneys, caverns, a lagoon, swimthroughs and breathtaking limestone pinnacles, making it a fabulous dive site with something for everyone.

Hin Daeng/Hin Muang are world renowned dive sites 70 kilometres to the south of Ko Lanta. They boast some of the most spectacular diving in the area and offer a good chance to see manta rays and even whalesharks if you’re lucky! Bigger fish tend to congregate here in the currents so its a great place for trying out some wide angle techniques. They can be more challenging dive sites with strong currents so are therefore only advised for advanced divers.

Ko Rok is situated 25 kilometers to the south of Ko Lanta and is all about the corals. Rich coral gardens grow in the shallow waters attracting an abundance of marine life and the waters are usually crystal clear. The reef tends to slope gently downwards to a sandy bottom between 21 – 25 metres where occasionally you can see marble rays and eagle rays.

Ko Phi Phi is located 22 kilometers north west of Ko Lanta and offers consistent year round diving. Known as the home of leopard sharks, Ko Phi Phi has over 30+ dive sites with marine diversity to match that of anywhere else, making the diving here spectacular.

The King Cruiser Wreck was originally a car ferry in Japan before being used to transport passengers between Phuket and Ko Phi Phi. On May 4th, 1997, the ferry hit the dive site Anemone Reef and quickly sank. It is now a natural reef with an amazing amount of schooling fish, lionfish and the occasional octopus. The depth, together with the frequent strong currents, makes the diving here unsuitable for beginners.

Shark Point (or Hin Musang) is a group of pinnacle dive sites that lie half-way between Ko Phi Phi and Phuket. These pinnacles literally explode with life; the sheer density of fish and other aquatic life makes diving here a wonderful, magical experience. With macro and wide angle opportunities, this site is a true photographers dream!

Anemone Reef is located about 600m away from Shark Point. As the name suggests, this pinnacle dive site is completely covered in Anemones that gently sway in the current. These are fantastic for photography with their bright colours and the challenge of getting that perfect ‘Nemo’ shot! It is a macro lovers paradise and although doesn’t have the vibrancy of shark point, is still a stunning dive site.

Southern Islands are part of the Trang National Park and offer some nice diving. The visability can be very variable but there are plenty of macro species to be found and some fish and corals which are not found at the dive sites in Krabi. The diving is more sheltered than at Ko Haa and can be a good alternative in the low season.

The water temperature in the Andaman Sea ranges between 28-32°C, making diving conditions extremely pleasurable and great place for beginners and experienced divers alike.

The dive season runs from mid-late October to the end of April, and we offer our photography courses throughout this period. It is sometimes possible to dive during the low season, but conditions are less favourable and sea conditions dictate whether it is possible to take the boat out.