# Big Blue Diving Khao Lak: Similan Islands liveaboard and day trip diving > Liveaboard and day trip operator taking you diving in the Similans, Surin and Richelieu Rock on top quality boats with only awesome divers\. Generated by Yoast SEO v27.0, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Similan Liveaboard](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/similan-liveaboard/) - [Big Blue Diving Courses](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/diving-courses/) - [Big Blue Diving Khao Lak](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/) - [Blue Dolphin Prices \& Schedule](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/similan-liveaboard/blue-dolphin-prices-schedule/) - [Turtle Conservation](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/living-blue/turtle-conservation/) ## Posts - [2025 Recap: Big Blue Diving Khao Lak × Andaman Turtle Watch](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/2025-recap-big-blue-diving-khao-lak-x-andaman-turtle-watch/): As 2025 comes to a close, we reflect on an extraordinary year of collaboration between Big Blue and Andaman Turtle Watch\. From leading the region in citizen science submissions to launching the Andaman Sea’s first public sea turtle photo\-ID database, this partnership shows what’s possible when conservation is embedded into everyday diving\. The data, the discoveries, and the turtles tell a powerful story \- and this is only the beginning\. - [Big Blue Diving X Andaman Turtle Watch](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/big-blue-diving-khao-lak-x-andaman-turtle-watch/): Adventure meets conservation\! Big Blue Diving Khao Lak played a leading role in Andaman Turtle Watch’s début season, driving sea turtle research, creating turtle\-trips, and launching the first public ID database\. - [Coral Spawning in the Similan Islands: A Natural Wonder](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/coral-spawning-in-the-similan-islands-a-natural-wonder/): Coral spawning around the Similan Islands is one of nature’s most incredible spectacles\. Each year, during the full moons of March and April, corals release eggs and sperm into the sea, ensuring the reefs' regeneration and supporting the region’s rich marine biodiversity\. This synchronized event is vital for the future health of the Similan reef ecosystem\. - [Suunto Ocean Review – A Smart Dive Computer and much more](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/suunto-ocean-review-a-smart-dive-computer-and-much-more/): Choosing the right dive computer is essential, especially for multi\-dive trips like those on a Similan liveaboard\. The Suunto Ocean is one of the latest smart dive computers\.\.\. ## Media - [コボン　枝垂ソフトコーラル\-1](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/コボン-枝垂ソフトコーラル-1.jpeg) - [att\.2YlP5\-onJ\_DOiZSwK0tbkpkxcfZj1USzJ4hMamLnems](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/att.2YlP5-onJ_DOiZSwK0tbkpkxcfZj1USzJ4hMamLnems.jpg) - [att\.8x9B2xnEFPmg1SCOmnL\-lYWr\_H2Bb\-DAPSogoPnHkO4](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/att.8x9B2xnEFPmg1SCOmnL-lYWr_H2Bb-DAPSogoPnHkO4.jpg) - [att\.YIE0\-zxpZszBmMQztH7XUeTxgPH1N49OfHGGMeokFug](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/att.YIE0-zxpZszBmMQztH7XUeTxgPH1N49OfHGGMeokFug.jpg) - [att\.XzkRBdvM8oOBgrDRkHtfBuAPFpP\_8W7JAquHTTvfvJs](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/att.XzkRBdvM8oOBgrDRkHtfBuAPFpP_8W7JAquHTTvfvJs.jpg) ## Trips - [Trip BB2619 Similan Islands](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/trips/2026-02-03-similan-liveaboard-trip/): What a brilliant few days we’ve just had on board Blue Dolphin\! Our 3–7 February liveaboard delivered the goods from start to finish\. - [Trip BB2624 Similan Islands](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/trips/2026-03-05-similan-liveaboard-trip/) - [Trip BB2622 Turtle Conservation Special](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/trips/2026-02-21-similan-liveaboard-trip/) - [Trip BB2618 Similan Islands](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/trips/2026-01-28-similan-liveaboard-trip/): Day 1 kicked off with a solid check dive at West of Eden—nice and calm overall, with a bit of chop in the channel just to remind everyone they’re on a boat\. Hideaway Bay followed with a mellow wreck/drift and an octopus cameo - [Trip BB2624 Similan Islands](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/trips/2026-02-27-similan-liveaboard-trip/) ## Creatures - [Colita เจ้าริสแบนด์](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/marine-life/colita-เจ้าริสแบนด์/): Colita \(เจ้าริสแบนด์\) is a green turtle \(ID \#0005\) first spotted in 2015\. This adult turtle has been sighted 8 times, contributing valuable data to our Andaman Sea conservation database through the Andaman Turtle Watch partnership\. - [Apex Patrol](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/marine-life/apex-patrol/): Huw Penson photographed this battle\-scarred Giant Trevally at Koh Tachai Pinnacle during a Similan diving expedition, one of the best locations in Thailand for encountering these apex predators\. These formidable hunters employ sophisticated cooperative strategies and possess the remarkable ability to launch themselves from the water to capture low\-flying seabirds, demonstrating intelligence and power rarely matched in the reef environment\. - [The Maldives Myth](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/marine-life/the-maldives-myth/): Nina photographed this Hiby's Lamellarid at Koh Bon during a Similan diving expedition, challenging the myth that this velvet\-textured gastropod is endemic to the Maldives\. These specialist sponge predators have been thriving in Thailand's waters for decades, wrapping their mantles around prey to digest it externally\. - [Gracie](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/marine-life/0001-gracie/): Gracie is a hawksbill turtle \(ID \#0001\) first spotted 29/02/2024\. This sub adult turtle has been sighted 11 times, contributing valuable data to our Andaman Sea conservation database through the Andaman Turtle Watch partnership\. - [Anakin](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/marine-life/anakin/): Anakin is a green turtle \(ID \#0004\) first spotted in April 2018\. This adult turtle has been sighted 12 times, contributing valuable data to our Andaman Sea conservation database through the Andaman Turtle Watch partnership\. ## Dive Sites - [Elephant Head Rock](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/dive-site/elephant-head-rock-hin-pusa/): Elephant Head Rock is one of the Similan Islands' most dramatic dive sites, featuring a stunning maze of massive granite boulders creating complex swim\-throughs, canyons, and deep drop\-offs from the surface to 45 metres\. This advanced site delivers thrilling topography with large schools of snapper, fusiliers, and trevally amongst the boulders, whilst moray eels, scorpionfish, and ribbon eels inhabit the cracks and crevices in the rocks\. - [Christmas Point](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/dive-site/christmas-point/): A spectacular dive site featuring giant granite boulders, dramatic swim\-throughs, and excellent chances of encountering large pelagics\. Located at the northwest tip of Similan Island \#9, this intermediate to advanced site offers some of the most photogenic underwater scenery in the Similans\. - [West Of Eden](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/dive-site/west-of-eden/): West of Eden on Similan Island 7 features dramatic granite boulders forming channels and overhangs, with colourful coral gardens and abundant reef life\. The varied topography from 5 to 30 metres makes it an excellent beginner\-friendly site that rewards patient observation with sightings of turtles, octopus, ribbon eels and colourful reef fish amongst the vibrant hard and soft corals\. - [Tuna Wreck](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/dive-site/tuna-wreck/): The Tuna Wreck is a steel fishing vessel resting on its side at 30\-35 metres depth, serving as a magnet for marine life including schools of pelagics and resident reef species\. This challenging deep dive is perfect for advanced divers\. - [North Point](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/dive-site/north-point/): North Point offers versatile diving suitable for all skill levels with depths ranging from 10\-40m\. The site features variable currents from weak to strong, making it adaptable for different diving experiences and training purposes\. ## Staff - [Permsook "Farm" Singsa](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/staff/permsook-farm-singsa/): Farm brings warmth, curiosity, and a spirit of adventure to everything he does\. \Read more\.\.\.\ - [Metus 'Paan' Sattachaiporn](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/staff/metus-paan-sattachaiporn/): In early 2019, everything changed when Paan tried scuba diving for the first time\. \Read more\.\.\.\ - [Takeshi Omura](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/staff/takeshi-omura/): \. \Read more\.\.\.\ - [Nina Yamamoto](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/staff/nina-yamamoto/): Nina discovered scuba diving in the GBR back in 2017 and taught in Koh Tao for 4 years\. \Read more\.\.\.\ - [Nina Yamamoto](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/staff/nina-yamamoto-2/) ## Products - [X Deep Frameless](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/product/x-deep-frameless/): A superbly soft inner skirt moulds itself to your face, achieving a close and comfortable fit\. We have achieved this incredible fit through completely rethinking and redefining the shape of a traditional mask and using the advanced modeling technologies to turn our ideas into reality\. - [Hollis M\-1](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/product/hollis-m1/): Visibility is the most important aspect of any dive\. The M1 mask raises the bar for optical quality and distortion free vision\. This lens is an extra clear glass which is valued for its attractive appearance and optical qualities\. The low iron content produces a higher light transmittance and a reduced green tint inherent in other glasses\. This makes the lens distortion free and helps improve color and visibility in low light conditions underwater\. - [Suunto Ocean Dive Computer](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/product/suunto-ocean-dive-computer/): Suunto Ocean is a dive computer and sports watch in one for adventures below and above surface\. With dive modes for all diving activities, exceptional readability and usability in all conditions, long battery life, wide variety of sport modes and every day tracking it has you covered in all your activities – and between them\. - [Shearwater Teric](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/product/shearwater-teric/): The Shearwater Teric is a full technical watch style dive computer with a full\-colour AMOLED display that supports technical open circuit divers and closed\-circuit rebreather divers\. The Shearwater Teric also caters for recreational divers that want an amazing looking computer that will do everything they need as they progress towards technical diving and beyond\.   - [Sharkskin Titanium Chillproof Hood](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/product/sharkskin-titanium-chillproof-hood/): Chillproof Titanium \(titanium far infrared\) garments provide maximum warmth\. This new fabric adds TiFIR technology to the original Chillproof fabric for even more warmth along with the associated health, performance and recovery benefits of far\-infrared\. ## Categories - [Liveaboard Trip Report](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/category/liveaboard-trip-report/) - [Group Photo](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/category/group-photo/) - [Similan Updates](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/category/similan-updates/) - [MV Hallelujah Liveaboard](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/category/mv-hallelujah-liveaboard/) - [Similan Diving](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/category/similan-diving/) ## Tags - [Similan Liveaboard](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/tag/similan-liveaboard/) - [Similan Islands](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/tag/similan-islands/) - [Manta Ray](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/tag/manta-ray/) - [Richelieu Rock](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/tag/richelieu-rock/) - [Hallelujah](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/tag/hallelujah/) ## Tripcategories - [Similan Liveaboard Dive Trip](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/live-aboard-archive/similan-liveaboard-dive-trip/) - [Trip Report](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/live-aboard-archive/trip-report/) - [2026 \- 2027](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/live-aboard-archive/2026-2027/) - [2025 \- 2026](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/live-aboard-archive/2025-2026/) - [Similan Liveaboard Trip Report](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/live-aboard-archive/similan-liveaboard-trip-report/) ## Dive Site Locations - [Similan National Park](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/dive-site-location/similan-national-park/) - [Surin Islands](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/dive-site-location/surin-islands/) ## Fish Categories - [Andaman Turtle Watch](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/fish-category/andaman-turtle-watch/) - [Hawksbill Turtle](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/fish-category/hawksbill-turtle/) - [Green Turtle](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/fish-category/green-turtle/) - [Red\-tooth Triggerfish](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/fish-category/red-tooth-triggerfish/) - [Giant Trevally](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/fish-category/giant-trevally/) ## Staff Categories - [Dive Crew](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/staff-category/dive-crew/) - [Blue Dolphin Crew](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/staff-category/blue-dolphin-crew/) - [Turtle Conservation](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/staff-category/turtle-conservation/) ## Brands - [Suunto](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/brand/suunto/) ## Product categories - [Liveaboard Essentials](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/product-category/liveaboard-essentials/) - [Exposure Protection](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/product-category/exposure-protection/) - [Masks](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/product-category/masks/) - [SMB's](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/product-category/accessories/smbs/) - [Torches](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/product-category/accessories/torches/) ## Product tags - [SHARKSKIN](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/product-tag/sharkskin/) - [Oceanic](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/product-tag/oceanic/) - [Hollis](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/product-tag/hollis/) - [X Deep](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/product-tag/x-deep/) - [Shearwater](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/product-tag/shearwater/) ## Turtle Species Tag - [Hawksbill](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/marine-life-tag/hawksbill/) - [Green](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/marine-life-tag/green/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://www.bigbluedivingkhaolak.com/sitemap_index.xml)