Pattaya Diving

Pattaya has a collection of interesting shipwrecks (the Khram, Hardeep and Kood) but conditions are often murky with strong currents. The coral reefs and fish life in the area are not in particularly good shape. There is a burgeoning technical diving scene in Pattaya where tech divers train and go on trips in the Gulf Of Thailand.

Hardeep Wreck Pattaya

There are numerous dive shops in Pattaya. We recommend Aquanauts which is one of the biggest and most well-established Pattaya dive operations.

Pattaya Hotels

There’s a huge choice of accommodation in Pattaya – see Diving-Thailand’s Pattaya hotel listings where you can sort hotels by price and location and book online.

Things To Do In Pattaya

For more info on what to do in Pattaya when you’re not diving, we recommend Lonely Planet Thailand.

How To Get To Pattaya

Pattaya is about 2 hours taxi drive from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. There is also the small U-Tapao airport nearer to Pattaya, but this has few scheduled flights.

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Thailand Scuba Diving

Thailand is one of the most spectacular and also affordable scuba diving destinations in the world. The famous Similan Islands Marine Park is reknown for a stunning array of marine life both big and small, ranging from usually elusive whale sharks and majestic manta rays to tiny ghost pipefish and yellow boxfish, not to mention huge shoals of barracuda and red snapper. A liveaboard is best and cheapest way to see the Similans and also the highlights of Southern Thailand, another beautiful collection of dive sites located near to Phuket, Koh Phi Phi and Koh Lanta in Krabi province.

Whether you choose to do a liveaboard or prefer to indulge in day trips and come home each evening to a beachfront hotel and a choice of great restaurants, there is an option to suit you at budget, mid-range and luxury levels. Send us an email if you need help deciding on diving Thailand - there's so much to see in Thailand's underwater world you'll probably want to come back.