Mike T.
- Mike T.'s trip Thailand 2024
Jill 115. I used 5.6kg and was good. Jill said maybe to heavy at 6kg paired with Nick and Kelly a Brit and American living in Singapore. they were both fairly new divers but better on air than me. Maren, our guide and person running trip moved me to bigger 15L tank for next dive Koh Ban was small island. nice easy first dive in reef in a bay. lionfish, couple big else eels, couple sea snakes, clownfish, nudibranchs and nice coral. great first dive of trip
2024-02-09 - Pinnacle, Koh Tachai, Phangnga, Thailand
19.8m - 45 min - Dived with Maren Brockmann
Jill 116. bigger tank evened us out on air, but I had to figure out the buoyancy. lots of current around the Pinnacle, but cool rocks and boulders. saw a big reef shark and several eels, and pretty fan corals and a ton of fish. great dive site
2024-02-09 - Reef, Koh Tachai, Phangnga, Thailand
11m - 45 min - Dived with Maren Brockmann
Jill sick so she skipped it. Mediocre night dive as far as life, but seemed like a cool site. Hope we do it during the day too. New weight of 5.2kg is good. I got much more relaxed on this dive so was happier. Wasn't afraid at night either.
Mike sick, but still dove. Only felt good while submerged. Richelieu Rock - 214. Jill skipped first dive Unbelievable number of fish. Fish Blizzard. Sometimes hard even see through them. Great clouds of fish. Big schools of Trevalli, and barracuda. Maybe best dive I've ever done.
Jill 117. Same as other Richelieu Rock dive. Amazing
Jill 118 Same - few less fish in the afternoon. Still amazing
2024-02-10 - Pinnacle, Koh Tachai, Phangnga, Thailand
22.3m - 37 min - Dived with Maren Brockmann
Jill 119 Bad dive. Too much current, too many other divers. Not fun. Sucked down air.
2024-02-11 - West Ridge, Koh Bon, Phangnga, Thailand
22.9m - 52 min - Dived with Maren Brockmann
Jill 120 Nice dive. Several eels, fish cleaning station, feather Star walking around. Even the cucumbers were moving around.
2024-02-11 - North Reef, Koh Bon, Phangnga, Thailand
23.5m - 43 min - Dived with Maren Brockmann
Jill 121 Nice easy dive. Several lion fish and eels, harlequin shrimp, huge smashing mantis shrimp. Saw huge school of barracuda circling at the end. Was very cool.
Jill 122 Jill used 14lbs in Thailand Boonsung Tin Dredger was intact when it sunk. Now it's a "pile of metal on the ocean floor" (per Maren). Visibility was pretty terrible, lost Maren at one point. Just Jill and I on this dive as the other couple had to stop due to their flight time the next day. Some cool nudibranchs and other life. Ok dive. History: The Boonsung Wreck was a sixty metre tin dredger used in the 1950s. But, it sank in 1984 about twelve (12) nautical miles from Thap Lamu pier. She now rests on the flat dark brown sand of the seabed around seven (7) nautical miles (12km) west of Khao Lak scuba diving hub. The tin mining vessel was still intact when it first hit the bottom of the sea around nineteen (19) metres below the surface. But, the Thai navy had to level out the wreckage because it had become a shipping hazard. Thailand's worst natural disaster was the Asian tsunami 26th December 2004. As a result, the 'harbor wave' added further damage to the Boonsung boat and broke into several large pieces strewn around the sea floor.
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