Diving outside Koh Samet
Went diving today and it was pretty good - the visibility was from pretty good to bad (3 meters) because of the tide and therefor lots of particles in the water, but the rather shallow dive sites were really nice - Koh Samet is certainly also a place to take a couple of dives when your here…
I went diving with Ploy Scuba Diving and Dive Master Theep and his guys were great! Thanx!
Theep did in fact warn me about the visibility and I had the dives alone with him - great service. We went out in their speedboat at 13 and were back around 16, a nice way to do it!
The visibility was not that good, but suddenly we found ourselves on top of a resting stingray - a BIG stingray!! its pretty difficult to see from the picture, but this big guy had a body a little more than 1,5 meter in diameter and then comes the tail…
And a small underwater snake or?
And a friend of ‘Nemo’ - at least one living in the same ‘house’…
And of course the happy boy….. 
Theep and of the staff
April 25th, 2007 at 8:56 am
Oh! Happy seeing you enjoying in all that beauty with interesting sea-friends
Best wishes!
April 26th, 2007 at 6:28 am
Oh yeah, even if Koh Samet isnt the best dive ever, there’s still at lot to see and that BIG ray was really amazing - I also say 2 Blue Spottet Stingrays in the same dive, but they moved away… the big ray just stayed on the spot…
Take care,
Niels
April 27th, 2007 at 3:34 am
Latest news: its NOT a small underwater snake on the picture, but something in the seahorse family…. that also explains the head that in fact do look like a seahorse and the fact that its was harmless…
May 4th, 2007 at 9:10 am
[...] Yeah, now its time for the best Ultimate in Europe and I’m so much looking forward to see all these people running, catching and diving for that Frisbee… to just get that important point… I just love to see that Frisbee in the air! And I guess you might call me a dog for a Frisbee (or disc of any kind), if I see a Frisbee in the air I just get drawn to the spot and ask if I can join…. happend many times on my vacation Thailand - yeah, I was not only diving Koh Samet and Koh Chang, I was also Frisbeeing/Discing Koh Samet and Koh Chang… [...]
May 6th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Yes, if look at him (or was is she?
whatever…) more carefull - there are some similarities…
Best wishes
May 6th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
When i saw seahorses in the first time of my life - I was rather suprised - they were soooo small!
As from my early years I used to have imagination that they should look like… horses (by size)
May 6th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Yes, you are so right - I got surprised, too - they are really sooooo small - and I have never caught them with my camera… but seahorses are really cute.
Niels