Comments on: Koh Phi Phi

By: Myryame

Myryame — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 18:24:10 +0000

In reply to Kiani.

Hi Kiani!
First, thank you for reading Divezone! We are glad to see that you are keeping up with your travel plans and hopefully you will get to go to Thailand! I can’t recommend a specific dive center, but I will say two things :
– Prioritizing quality over the price is what’s best to do in order to become a responsible and eco-friendly scuba diver and Thailand is known to have many “diver’s factory”, so please be aware of this when choosing your dive school.
– Around such small islands, yes they usually choose among the same range of dive sites and this will vary according to the weather & quality of the site at the time being.

Hope this helps a little! Have a great trip! Safe bubbles!

By: Kiani

Kiani — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:29:29 +0000

Hi sealife lovers,
I’m going to thailand in early December 2020 (hopefully) and will go to the phi phi islands for 3 days.
Me and my friend will go for the PADI scuba diving certificate, do you recommand some specific diving schools who will take you to great diving sites, or do they all go to the same divingspots?

By: Simon Wrenn

Simon Wrenn — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 20:53:52 +0000

Hope this OK, I am looking to dive Phi Phi in July 2021 and need to understand what the conditions will actually be. I am aware it won’t be the best season but can anyone tell what vis could be at that time of year?

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 12 May 2018 02:42:51 +0000

Hi Divezone !

Went to Koh Phi Phi, May 2018 for diving 3 Days (Padi Open Courses) and it was just handsome!
One journey of Diving and had a good time with the SSS Phuket Crew which are very professional and young guys who want to give us smile all the day !
You will have a large range of water activities such as snorkeling, paddle, diving or free diving with them.)

I’ve seen Mantay Ray, See Turtles, corals … Cannot forgot this cool time because the visibility was perfect !

Enjoy !

(You can ask me some question if you want to )

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 15:55:00 +0000

Ok. haha. Thank you for explaining. As for special spots, I recommend Pattani area. It’s remote and there’s a bit of a current, but its some GREAT diving.

By: Myryame

Myryame — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 15:19:09 +0000

In reply to Ken.

Hi!
Sorry, I feel like I’ve expressed myself wrongly. I did not meant to emphasize that the comment wasn’t “positive” but more that I was saying thank you for sharing even if I feel sorry you’ve had a bad experience. That’s also why I did not use the word “negative”.

As for “hunting little paradises”… I just love doing that, it’s my way to have a little part of the world and I would even say it goes along with meeting great minded people that visit those remote spots and care for their environment. Also, I would like to emphasize that this and raising awareness is, in my opinion, not mutually exclusive, and more like the opposite.

Again, sorry for the confusion and THANK YOU For reading DiveZone & Sharing your thoughts!

P.s, our blog post/article on 10 steps to be a responsible diver is not perfect, but quite interesting I believe

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 10:14:30 +0000

In reply to Myryame. Thank you. These forums are a very powerful communication tool and for there to just be all positive comments is really a abuse of unbiased information. I wouldn't say that I'm speaking negatively, I am bringing uncensored realities to divers about locations to spread awareness about the reality of what's happening to our world. And as divers, all of us should be reducing, if not eliminating, single-use Plastics from our lives because everything ends up in the ocean no matter where you live. Trash and waste management is like politics, it's really scary stuff because there's no quick Solutions and people want quick Solutions and to know the beautiful dive areas to go diving in but without having to do their part as a citizen of this world. We can share our secret travel spots but that is just going to result in destruction of coral and pollution as more more people get out to those spots. It's much better in my opinion to spread awareness about the shocking truth of how polluted this world is so that we can all come together and find a solution and just get it done so we don't have to hunt around for beautiful dive spots. What do you think?

By: Myryame

Myryame — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 05:09:45 +0000

In reply to Ken Drew.

Hi Ken!
Thank you for your review, if though it ain’t a positive one, it certainly reflects the sad reality. The situation of some dive sites in Thailand is super sad, and of course it’s very crowded.

On the brighter side, 2 years ago I was snorkeling on remote spots around the island of Phuket and then Koh Lanta, away from crowds and main beaches and the water was clear, full of fishes. I think know we just have to be as responsible as we can as divers and find our own little paradises

Best bubbles!

By: Ken Drew

Ken Drew — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:44:50 +0000

Koh PP is super crowded and wet sewage flows out to sea. The largest island of the two can’t support the high quantities of people that visit and stay on the island.

Has anybody ever gotten sick from diving here?

I went snorkeling around the smaller Island and it wasn’t that great. Visibility was less than a meter from all the people in the water and all the boats and everything.

By: Paula Fox

Paula Fox — Thu, 11 May 2017 05:08:30 +0000

In reply to Clare Murphy.

I’ve been diving in Phi Phi and Tao and would 100% recommend Phi Phi if you’d like to see marine life instead of divers.
In Tao unless you go to Chumpon or Sail Rock, you won’t get anything as near as what Koh Bida Nok, Koh Bida Nai, Hin Bida, Garang Haeng, Malong, or Chong Lu will offer you in Phi Phi Marine Park.

I’d recommend Princess Divers in Phi Phi. Top noch service.