Dive Sites of Mergui Archipelago and Burma Banks
Burma Mergui Archipelago comprises 800 small islands north and east of Burma Banks. Some islands offer huge boulders, soft corals, sea fans, and excellent visibility. Others, such as Black Rock and Shark Cave, offer wall diving, caves and drop-offs. The Burma Banks themselves are massive open ocean sea mounts that attract large pelagics and schooling fish from the surrounding deep waters.
All have remained relatively untouched by the passage of time these last 50 years, and they maintain an out-of-this-world mystique of years gone by. When voyaging in the Mergui on Burma liveaboards you really can forget your worries, on a journey of discovery, unhurried by time and untroubled by others, as you explore these fascinating islands alone.
Residents and visitors to these islands include grey reef, zambezi, nurse and whale sharks. Schools of mobula rays and manta rays are also frequently seen. Burma is equally attractive to macro enthusiasts too, with plentiful nudibranchs, clown frogfish, ornate ghost pipefish, ribbon eels, as well as masses of lobsters, crabs, and shrimps - in fact, these's far more diversity here than in the more popular Thailand diving destinations.
Burma scuba diving is exploratory frontier diving in pristine environments, with new sites being discovered all the time. One of the main attractions is that you just never know what you might find here. Burma will appeal if you want to escape the mass appeal of nearby Thailand - those without a spirit of adventure need not apply!
Diving Season
Burma is open for diving from October to May, and the best diving conditions exist from December to April, with whale sharks and manta rays visiting from February to May.
The Burma Liveaboard diving season runs from early October to mid May, but if you visit before the year end then the seas may be rougher.
Burma Diving Reef Basics
Depth: 5 - >40m
Visibility: 5 - 50m
Currents: Can be strong
Surface Conditions: Can be rough
Water Temperature: 25 - 28°C
Experience Level: Intermediate - advanced
PADI Course Compatibility: Great for drift diving and dive propulsion vehicles
Distance: ~280 km north of Phuket (14 hours), 60 km west of Kawthaung (3 hours)
Access: Burma liveaboards from Phuket, Khao Lak or Ranong
Dive The World Recommendations: Black Rock and Shark Cave.
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