We’ve been getting lots of e-mails and Facebook questions about how Thailand’s devastating flooding crisis is affecting Pattaya. The answer is simple: It’s not. As was the case after the 2004 Asian Tsunami and 2010’s bloody Red Shirt riots, the international media plays on people’s unawareness of geography. People thought the tidal wave that devastated Phuket, Khao Lak and Phi Phi...
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Coral Bleaching Less Severe than Affected Southern Thailand National ParksScuba diving in Pattaya is unaffected by the Thai government’s decision to close 18 popular Southern Thailand dive sites for up to 14 months to allow coral there to recover from severe bleaching. Thailand’s National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department closed seven national parks in the Andaman Sea and Gulf...
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Slideshow, Report Below Highlight Day of Treasure Hunting, Reef Cleaning, Partying[View Thumbnails] The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed. Nearly 300 scuba enthusiasts from Bangkok and Pattaya enjoyed a full day of diving, treasure hunting, environmental conservation and a bit of partying as Aquanauts and six other dive centers celebrated the first-ever Pattaya...
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More than 500 scuba divers from Bangkok and Pattaya will hunt for treasure, clean coral reefs and plant new coral during this weekend’s Pattaya Dive Festival. Sponsored by Aquanauts Dive Centre and Mermaid’s Dive Center in Pattaya as well as four Bangkok scuba shops, the Nov. 13-14 festival is aimed at introducing Bangkok divers to Pattaya’s island dive sites and raising awareness about the importance of marine conservation.
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Aquanauts Dive Centre is teaming up with Mermaids Dive Centre and four Bangkok shops to bring up to 600 new divers to Thailand’s “wreck diving capital” in the first-ever “Pattaya Dive Festival” Nov. 13-14. The non-profit event will see divers clean up and plant coral at Pattaya’s local islands and dive for prizes in an underwater treasure hunt. It’s an effort both to boost Pattaya’s reputation as a dive destination and get Bangkok residents more involved in marine preservation.
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Pattaya’s local waters were graced Monday with the rare appearance of a 5 m. whale shark, which delighted local residents for 40 minutes before bowing out. Khun Nithat, a fisherman and part-time speedboat driver, told the Thai Rath Thai-language newspaper that while shuttling some passengers to Koh Larn, the largest and closest of Pattaya's Near Islands, he spotted a large, slowly-moving dark cloud below the surface.
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Continuing its work to replenish Thailand’s endangered sea turtle population, the Royal Thai Navy this week released 779 turtles and 90 small sharks into the wild in honor of HM Queen Sirikit’s 78th birthday. Among the endangered turtles released back into the wild were six female reproductive-age Green and Hawskbill turtles. A 10-year-old male Hawksbill, which will not reach reproductive age for another five years, and four 2-3-year-old female turtles were also released.
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The Royal Thai Navy is prepared to sink as many as five wrecks to promote Pattaya as a wreck-diving tourist destination, according to Chesta Jaipiem, a Navy private-sector liaison who attended last month’s joint Pattaya-Tourism Authority of Thailand-Navy seminar on diving in Pattaya. According to Robert Camp, the owner of Pattaya’s Adventure Divers who attended the Nov. 28 event at the...
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Aquanauts is Pattaya's only British-owned PADI 5-Star Career Development Center. We offer all PADI courses from novice to instructor and run daily diving and snorkeling trips to Pattaya's Near and Far Islands and three shipwrecks.
One only three PADI National Geographic CDCs in all of Thailand, Aquanauts maintains the highest standards, including training all of our instructors ourselves through our renowned Diving Instructor Training internship program. Train to Divemaster or Instructor with all your courses, accommodations and equipment included.