Chinese / Lunar New Year Diving in Thailand’s Similan Islands
There are three New Year celebrations in Thailand each year. January 1st, Thai New Year (April 13th-15th) and Chinese (Lunar) New Year. Thus even more opportunities for divers from all over the world to come and enjoy the best diving in Thailand during a short vacation from work or studies.

The diving season is only six weeks old on Thailand’s Andaman Coast, but the reports of marine life sightings are already extremely positive, especially for large species or sharks and rays, and marine mammals, including Orca (Killer Whales)!
Customers wanting the best prices, selection and service sometimes have to make a compromise, but not when choosing a Similan Islands & Richelieu Rock liveaboard diving safari or day trip with Similan Diving Tours. We offer trips on nearly 40 boats, and are proud of our better-then-the-rest customer service. In addition to our prices being unbeatable, all liveaboard guests receive a free t-shirt, which is waiting for them on the boat.
Some Similan liveaboard trips are either too long or too short. You can’t please everyone all of the time. Fixed schedules are easy to manage for the dive centres, but the guests’ convenience and happiness is vital. MV Oktavia has a novel solution to keeping everyone happy, by offering 2, 3 4 & 5 night diving safaris at Thailand’s best dive sites.
Similan Diving Tours are delighted to announce that every guest who books through us and joins a liveaboard cruise will receive a free t-shirt. Unbeatable prices, service and choice of boats, ...and now a free t-shirt and more!
Not only is a liveaboard diving safari the best place to take part in a PADI or SSI course, it’s also the cheapest. Those learning to dive or advancing their level are in the perfect environment to concentrate on and enjoy scuba diving, and are free from distractions such as late nights out. In addition, the prices are unbeatable. Because the diving itself has already been paid for in the price of the cruise, and because the instructors are already on board and working, the price customers pay is incredibly low.
Although The Similan Islands & Richelieu Rock are considered the best diving sites in Thailand, there are two other wonderful places to dive, just on the other side of Phuket. Fantastic underwater experiences can be had at Hin Daeng & Koh Haa, too. While most diving liveaboard boats concentrate on The Similans, and more commonly day trip boats dive at Hin Daeng & Koh Haa, there are three liveaboard boats which visit all of the best dive sites in Thailand, throughout the season.
When diving from MV Camic, guests can choose when they join and how long they stay on each trip. The liveaboard boat stays out at sea, circulating around The Similan Islands, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai & Richelieu Rock, and guests arrive and leave on a new, fast, safe and stable speedboat. There is therefore no need to follow schedules set by liveaboard diving trip’s.
