Diving with a Liveaboard Maldives | A Diving Holiday to Remember

Liveaboard Maldives have become one of the most popular liveaboard diving in the scuba diving community because of wealth of remarkable white sandy beaches, coral reefs, crystal clear waters, many great diving sites and affluent marine life. Most hotels and resorts in Maldives have facilities for scuba diving as it becomes the main activity for tourists visiting the country. Liveaboards in Maldives have increased by a large number recently. So many experience scuba divers prefer to book holiday with a Maldives liveaboard diving boat to enjoy a fully scuba related holiday. 

Liveaboard Maldives operators take the divers to many beautiful dive sites around the country. Maldives is not a big country anyway and with a liveaboard diving boat it becomes just fantastic. On a Maldives liveaboard diving boat you can expect to have more than 4 dives a day in the beautiful atolls and reefs. There are many dive sites around the capital Male where most of the liveaboard Maldives start their journey. Around Male there are many divers exploring the dive sites and the reefs seem a bit tired of human too. So for best diving you may wait till the liveaboard Maldives takes you to other atolls where there are fewer divers and most of the corals are untouched. 

The marine life in Maldivian water is just spectacular with many pelagic life and colorful coral gardens. In a typical dive you can easily encounter species like whale sharks, manta rays, eagle rays, reef sharks, hammerhead sharks and moray eels and also many smaller fish. Many liveaboard Maldives will give you a briefing about the marine life before jumping into the water. There are certain places where you can encounter many Manta rays in a single dive and some sites are famous for other species. So speak to your Maldives liveaboard diving operator if you want to experience anything specific. 
 
Regardless which dive site you choose, a Maldives liveaboard diving holiday will definitely be one of the most memorable thing in life. After all, the country has 99% water and just 1% land. So Maldives is definitely for underwater activities.   

Thailand Liveaboard Diving Holiday and Similan Liveaboard

Planning a Thailand liveaboard diving holiday? Thailand is a real paradise on earth for many scuba divers with hundreds of spectacular reef sites and amazing marine life. There are many Thailand liveaboard diving destinations that will attract a diver’s attention. Some of them are Phuket, Khura buri, Koh Phi Phi Ko Lanta and similan islands. 

Similan liveaboard boats are the most popular among the divers who visit Thailand for a diving holiday. Similan islands are a group of 9 islands located 65 km off the north coast of Phuket. These islands are the top liveaboard Thailand destinations with the most amazing natural beauty. The main attraction for people using a similan liveaboard is the whale sharks. Divers encounter this giant sea creature in most of the dives. If you’re using a liveaboard Thailand to visit the other destinations, you can still expect to spot these sharks. The accommodation is not that great in Smilan islands. So your best bet is to use a Similan liveaboard that will let you dive all the beautiful sites.   

When booking a liveaboard Thailand, you may also consider Ko Lanta. The island is famous for its amazing dive sites and beautiful white sandy beaches. Most of the Thailand liveaboard boats will take you around the Koh Lanta National Park and archipelago that consists of more than 50 island in the water of Andaman sea. 

You can also book your liveaboard Thailand to visit Koh Phi Phi island which was voted as a top destination in TipAdvisor in 2011. Koh Phi Phi is also a national park and there are six islands in total that form the park area. Using a liveaboard Thailand you can dive all the beautiful sites around the national park. 

The best thing about liveaboard diving in Thailand is you can dive almost the whole year in different islands. Some islands are restricted for diving during wet season which you should check before booking a Thailand or Similan liveaboard diving holiday.