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Dive Review of Sea Fun Divers/Centara Grand Beach Resort in
Thailand/Phi Phi, Racha Yai, Racha Noi

Sea Fun Divers/Centara Grand Beach Resort: "Excellent Dive Operation", Oct, 2019,

by Sharon Shea, CT, US ( 2 reports). Report 11199.

No photos available at this time

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 4 stars Food 3 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity 5 stars
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 5 stars
Beginners 5 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments Without a doubt, I would book again with Sea Fun Divers. I'm an experienced diver (over 300 dives in many places around the globe Fiji, Palau, Red Sea, Belize, Bonaire, Saba...) and was looking for smaller boats and groups of divers. This is NOT a cattle boat. I think they max out at 22 divers. Many dive operations in Thailand are cattle boats - be careful.

The first 2 days we had a small group of 6 divers. The last 2 days, we had basically a full boat. However 18 divers and 4 snorkelers was not a problem. Dive groups remained small and experts and beginners were kept separate. Divemasters are fun, attentive and helpful. They have a photographer on board who gets GREAT photos.

The boat is very comfortable with ample living space. There are 2 marine bathrooms which are very nice especially for what you would expect on a dive boat.

Nitrox is free and encouraged. There is a separate rinse tank for cameras.

We dove with them 4 days, a total of 11 dives. The amount of fish was insane. I joked that the visability was terrible as I could hardly see the divemaster through the fish :). The water temp was 85 degrees. I was comfortable in a 3mm shorty. My husband dove without a wetsuit. Phi Phi Island is a must.

Websites Sea Fun Divers   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 251-500 dives
Where else diving Fiji, Palau, Red Sea, Belize, Iceland, Bonaire, Cozumel, Cancun, Grenadines, Hawaii, Florida, Saba, all over caribbean.
Closest Airport Phuket International Getting There We flew from NYC (EWR) to Beijing to Phuket. About 24 hours

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas calm
Water Temp 85-°F / 29-°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility - Ft/ - M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile no
Enforced diving restrictions Dives last between 45-60 mins
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles 1 or 2 Whales None
Corals 3 stars Tropical Fish 5 stars
Small Critters 4 stars Large Fish 1 stars
Large Pelagics 1 stars

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter N/A Boat Facilities 4 stars
Overall rating for UWP's N/A Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments [None]
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