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Experience a Liveaboard Diving Trip in Thailand
By Jaruda Suppakarnpanich Date 11 Apr 2025
Liveaboard diving trips in Thailand offer easy access to boats that sail to exotic and hidden locations. Explore the ocean with scuba diving.
Liveaboard scuba diving trips offer the chance for divers, both inexperienced and experienced, to enhance their diving skills. This also helps divers cut travel costs and logistics to various dive sites. Divers on liveaboard diving trips will also enjoy the camaraderie of being with fellow diving enthusiasts and share a wide variety of knowledge, experiences, and valuable tips about many aspects of diving.
We’ll offer a tutorial for divers preparing for their first liveaboard scuba trip. This will allow novice divers to maximize their liveaboard experience.
How to Prevent Seasickness
Let's start our discussion with the problem of seasickness. Divers with little boat experience, especially those used to shore diving, may become seasick.
Many people find that seasickness improves with time and with anti-nausea drugs like Dramamine. Scopolamine is also effective; however, it comes as a patch that needs to be applied to the area behind your ear and is, unfortunately, not waterproof. It should only be utilized when you’ve finished diving for the day. You can ease your discomfort by ensuring you're well-hydrated, well-rested, and avoiding alcohol before preparing to dive.
Onboard Food and Drink
The quality of food and drinks plays a role for many divers when choosing a boat. The intensity of scuba diving highlights the importance of good food on a liveaboard.
As your nitrogen levels decrease, you will have many breaks between dives. Delicious meals and snacks are often served during surface intervals on liveaboard trips, and sharing dive stories adds to the fun. Many captains boast about their chefs' skills and delicious food
Equipment and Courses Offered
Other factors important in boat selection include the dive courses, the quality of rental gear, and the availability of Nitrox.
Many boats promote their berths by highlighting opportunities to enhance your PADI certification with onboard courses taught by their dive crew.
The quality of the onboard rental equipment can be another asset. Many divers rent their dive gear, only bringing personal masks, fins, and snorkels, unlike their more experienced counterparts, who often bring their own BCD and computer. The presence of high-quality equipment is a powerful selling point for diving.
The availability of Nitrox on board is another plus to a dive boat’s reputation. Nitrox is a mixed gas that contains a higher percentage of oxygen. This enables extended dives, shortened surface breaks, and reduced risk of decompression sickness. Its use is restricted to trained divers who prefer boats equipped with Nitrox.
Fees, Tips and Extra Charges
You should plan to bring additional funds, ideally in cash. You'd usually receive this information from the boat at the time of booking, so it's best to arrive prepared. Marine park entry, fuel surcharges, dive courses, and crew tips are all potential uses for carrying extra money, the exact use depending on the boat's journey and the weather.
A Day of Diving
A typical liveaboard day begins with a light breakfast, followed by a morning dive. Then, your day mostly consists of alternating between diving, resting, and eating. You can plan on 3-4 dives per day, including a night dive. Divers frequently read, watch videos, play board games, or journal during surface intervals. Boats have Wi-Fi access, allowing people to use their devices.
Liveaboard Etiquette
Liveaboard etiquette involves being a guest that is well behaved. Keep your possessions in your locker organized, be mindful of noise levels and considerate of others. Treat crew members respectfully, tip well, and offer to help when required.
To maintain consistent diving etiquette, always dive with an experienced partner and treat the natural world with respect; avoid touching or disturbing anything. Always be honest about your diving skills and dive only where you feel most confident.
Find the Ideal Liveaboard Experience in Thailand
Choose your preferred liveaboard from the wide selection of quality dive companies available on the Giant Stride website. There, you can find a variety of day trips and certification course options that cater to your needs. Experience a liveaboard dive trip to Similan or any of Thailand's other famous dive sites.
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