Simlan Liveaboard

Another great trip with Wicked Diving!

At the end of March, 8 people from Wicked Diving joined the MV West coast Explorer for an amazing 4 day dive trip to the Similan Islands.

With a great vessel run by experienced staff, a nice bunch of people, some great dive sites, wonderful food and splendid diving conditions you can't really go wrong.

The members of the Wicked Posse were:

• Ricky and Louise (Ricky used to be a dive instructor in Thailand way back in the days and this is how he met Louise)


• Ella, the beautiful baby daughter of Ricky and Louise, she didn't dive


• Anders (brother of Louise)


• Pia (doing her Advanced Open Water course)


• Darcy and Adam (divemaster trainees at Wicked)


• Marcel, who had the privilege of guiding this bunch underwater and trying to teach them some more about diving

We started with and easy day of diving with a checkout dive on Eel Garden and from there on it seemed like the diving was just getting better. Ricky, Louise and Anders rotated the dives, so one of them could look after Ella (or was it the other way around?). If Darcy and Adam were not assisting on the Advanced Open Water course with Pia, they got to guide them gaining valuable experience in their divemaster course.

Some of the best dives were done at Richelieu Rock where we found Seahorses, tiny Tiger Cowries and a Zebra Moray completely in the open. Another great dive was at North Point, of Koh Bangu (island #9) where we decided to look swim out to the deep pinnacle. We say no less than 5 leopard sharks, 3 Napolean wrasse and another 3 turtles. On the northern part of Breakfast Bend we saw 5 turtles on the end of our dive, feeding in the shallows.

The last day had another two great dives: First at Koh Bon Pinnacle, a deep divesite of the island of Koh Bon where we saw lots of leopard sharks in action. And then on the last dive we finally saw a beautiful Manta Ray hanging around in the shallows. This was the first Manta Ray for Ricky, Anders and Pia. And of course this was also the first time that the Manta Ray saw Ricky, Anders and Pia. Don't know who was more excited though.

Anyways, thanks again guys for a great trip and we only have to wait another 8 years before Ella can take her first breaths underwater.

Marcel Bruijs

Wicked Diving

Similan Last Minute Special - West Coast Explorer

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One of our favorite boats - the West Coast Explorer is having a great deal on the next trip. It departs on Tuesday, so you better hurry!

For only 17,500 you can go on this great trip!!!

In the past week we have had sightings of Whale Sharks at Richelieu Rock, and Manta Rays at Koh Bon! Both sites are on the itinerary for the Explorer.

If you are in the region and would like to see the Similans, this is an incredible opportunity.


Your friends from Khao Lak,

Wicked

West Coast Explorer - Ocotber 2007 trip report

The West Coast Explorer just got back of it's first trip of the season and - of course - we had one of our guests on board.

Darcy - is living here helping at the Royal school. She is also going back to do complete her Degree in Marine Biology after that. So we hoped to impress.

"The trip was great". With Manta rays and heaps of other amazing life, she was well impressed and say she'll do it again later in the season. We hope to do everything we can to make that trip even better.


Milton, the owner/tour leader is out of the water for a few trips, so currently Holgar is holding down the boat, trying his best to fill in. and according to Darcy, he's doing a great job. We hope to hear more good news in the days ahead. Our good friend Annica is already on this trip and will tell us more.

Here's some details on the boat

Similan Island diving for super cheap!

We just got word that the West Coast Explorer is having a Last minute Special on the trip departing on October 29th. Normally priced at 24,000 Baht, it's only 17,500 right now!!!

With a great crew, one of the best cooks on the Similans and - of course - perfect diving, you can't go wrong.

What a bargain!

Contact us for more details.

Khao Lak weather - April 18th

So we had a really nice day with a brief bit of rain at mid-day it was a pretty nice day - keeping the temperatures down. . It has a been a bit stormy and it mght be that we are slowly entering our rainy time.
Our diving is still very good, as the rain rarely makes it that far offshore. But there are less and less people wandering the streets and fewer Germans for the dog to annoy. So it looks like the Cat and the dog must chase each other all day.


Plenty of great fish still abound, with frequent sightings of Manta's ata many different sites.
The real advantage with this time of year is the great deals. There are massive discounts on many different trips - Queen Scuba is only 23,000 Baht, normally 29,000! West Coast Explorer is frequently 17,500 instead of 23,000 and even the Vilai Samut has lowered her price to 17,000.

Wicked Diving - our website will be up in a new a more luscious form shortly...keep checking it out....

Another succesful trip on the West Coast Explorer

Here's more happy guests having their decompression beers after the trip! Helen and Dan are chilling in my A/C on a very hot day (must be 34 outside)

but Tom is a bit tired from all the diving, but very content...great food, great diving - still looking for their Manta though!


So try booking your next adventure with Wicked Diving (we'll tire you out too!)

West Coast Explorer

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Today we had several guests and our DM's come off a great trip on the West Coast Explorer. They had heaps of Mantas, great visibility and an all around good time.

The boat is a budget range boat, but with such good service and standards that everyone seems to come back happy.


That's partly due to Milton, the owner. He is actually the Boat Master and all around guide.


With 7 years running the boat in the Similans, he knows the ins and outs of the whole region. His Briefings are legendary. And since he lives on the boat, the cook is his favorite! So great food abounds....


One of the fun parts of the trip, at least for me (the dork) is the small pack of Pier Urchins that will help you back into your shoes. They are funny enough, and when not amusing themselves by tormenting tourists feet, they spend the rest of their days playing the Weiner game and throwing one another off the pier.

(The weiner game is where you try to quickly grab another man/boys penis and give a hard tug causing much pain. The hilarity of this game is the source of endless hours of entertainment. In fact I still have lightning fast reactions for anyone who seems to be trying to give my weiner a tug.)

The West Coast Explorer is just one of our boats, and we offer great "last Minute" specials whenever we can.
Wicked Diving