Diving Myanmar - Burma

Live aboard Diving Merqui Archipelago in Myanmar before Burma

The Merqui Archipelago in Myanmar, before Burma , 150 miles northwest from Phuket, opened for scuba diving in 1995. Trips here certainly have an exploratory feel. The dive sites in Burma are not crowded - it's very seldom to see another dive boat during a trip. The main attraction is diving with a good chance of big fish sightings, some species of sharks and rays are found in the waters of Myanmar, though in recent years the area is also attracting more divers looking for macro life and rare reef fish not found elsewhere.

If you were to ask a sample of dive guides working in Thailand, which destination they thought was the best in the region, the Mergui Archipelago in Burma or Thailand's top diving destination the Similan Islands, 75% of respondents would say the Mergui in Burma.

Arround 800 islands some with huge boulders, other with soft corals and sea fans, is the secret jewel in the Andaman in the Mergui Archipelago Burma. Also some islands in Myanmar offer wall diving, caverns, tunnels and drop-offs. All have remained relatively untouched and they maintain a out-of-this-world mystique of years gone by. When voyaging on a Burma diving liveaboard you really can forget your worries, on a journey of discovery, unhurried by time and untroubled by others, as you explore these fascinating and secluded islands. At dive sites such as Shark Cave residents and visitors include grey reef, bull, nurse and whale sharks. Black Rock has schools of mobula rays and manta rays are frequently seen. High Rock lies 500 metres to the south of Quion Island. and has a wall on its north and east sides, and a rocky reef on its south and west with Blue line snapper form huge schools and Glassfisch that obscure the reef wall from view. Diving North Twin offer a pinnacle down to 35 metres. The South Twin is a 1 kilometer long tree-topped granite island. The before most famous dive site in Myanmar the Burma Banks , rising to within 15 metres of the Andaman Sea surface, before plunging back down into the surrounding 300 metre deep waters. Diving at North and Western Rocky offers a choice of wall diving, reef diving, pinnacles and an passage through the centre of the island.

Altogether, diving in Myanmar offers beautiful health reefs, many kinds of marine life, a good chance of big fish sightings, and of course the dive sites are with guarantee not crowded

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