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The Smiling Seahorse - Burma Hot

 
Location : Burma - Myanmar - See the map
Region info : Myanmar - Mergui Archipelago
The Smiling Seahorse - Burma

Address : 170 ruangrat Street, Ranong
Phone : +66 860110614
Website : http://www.thesmilingseahorse.com
Email : info@thesmilingseahorse.com
Languages spoken : English  •  French  •  Spanish
Diving agencies : PADI
Courses offered : Dive intro / try dives  •  Open water / beginners course  •  Advanced course  •  Rescue course  •  Divemaster / dive leader  •  Nitrox course  •  Deep specialty  •  Naturalist specialty
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Safety equipment available : O2 medical kit  •  Medical kits in boat  •  Medical trained staff  •  DAN affiliation
Dive centers services : Own boat  •  Kids friendly  •  Own vehicles  •  Own air compressor  •  Kayaks  •  Restaurant  •  Equipment gear rentals
Technical diving capacity : Nitrox compressor  •  Cave diving
Type of tank provided : Aluminium 12-13 Lts  •  Aluminium 15 Lts
Typical tank fill : 200 bar
Price for 1 dive including equipment without staff/guide : 30 to 39 USD
Price for 1 dive excluding equipment without staff/guide : Less than 30 USD
Price for 1 dive including equipment and staff/guide : 30 to 39 USD
Price for 1 dive excluding equipment but with staff/guide : Less than 30 USD
Note: Prices are given for 1 dive to get a price level comparison. However, many dive centers propose ONLY package for 2 or more dives. So we have divided the total price by the number of dives to obtain the price level for 1 dive.
Time to go to the nearest hospital : More than 1 Hour
Name of the nearest airport city : Ranong, UNN
Average time to reach this airport : 15 to 30 minutes
Level required : Beginner accepted

Description for the dive shop The Smiling Seahorse - Burma

Operating out of Ranong, The Smiling Seahorse offers dive cruises to Thailand and Myanmar (Burma). Liveaboard diving tours to Mergui Archipelago, Surin and Similan Islands. If you want to go diving in Burma or explore the best diving sites in Thailand, The Smiling Seahorse has just what you need: a friendly staff, comfortable boat, exceptional service and breathtaking diving. Our destinations are exclusives, we don't like to dive on busy dive sites we know you don't either. On our Burma trips, you will find it hard to spot another dive boat. You will come back from each one of your dives with stories to tell and new species to search in our fish encyclopedias from the small frog fish, ghost pipe fishes, seahorses to the large whalesharks and mantas, our water got it all! We like to spoil our guests with yummy food and personalized services, which is why we only take up to 16 passengers on our spacious, newly built dive vessel (2018 - mv Smiling Seahorse). Beside the amazing diving, we can also organize many extra activities, why don't you take our canoe to the close by mangrove forest or hop on one of the many white sanded beaches and take a swim in the pristine water? PADI and Nitrox available, 1 guide for 4 divers max. double cabins only.

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great cruise with no other boat around

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Reviewed by xavier
April 20, 2020
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Its the first time I'm on a cruise with no other boats around. the dive sites just for ourself, that was wonderful.
Thanks for the care you take to make our holiday so relaxing.

 

great dive holidays

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Reviewed by natalie
September 27, 2014
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thank you so much to the whole staff for making our trip a great experience.
Perfect boat, food, service, everything has been so much fun and the people are just great!
Thanks you so much for being such a great guide underwater and showing us sharks, seahorses and harlequin shrimps. We just had the best time.
See you next year!
Nat and louis

 

Fantastic

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Reviewed by Lisa
September 27, 2014
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Thank you for fantastic Bubbling. Never seen so many seahorses in my life. Frank- great job by searching all of these small creatures: frog fish, different shrimps and crabs. I wont be able to forget the cirling mantas and the visibility when coming out of caves and arches.
Great place to Dive.
Lisa

 
 
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