Asia Scuba Diving

For the purist, the dive sites in Bunaken and Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi offer an exceptionally high standard of scuba diving and without doubt ensure that the longer journey times are justified.

Due to these large numbers of divers in the region, the diving around the more popular sites can get busy at peak times, however careful choice of location and site, and a small amount of research should minimalize the chances of this.

Through South East Asia, as with many major diving regions, the best dive locations are further afield from the major transport hubs, often being accessed only by liveaboard. It is probably for this reason that areas high, and coupled with the lower cost of diving in the region has resulted in a such as Phuket now have thriving liveaboard industries, which send boats out on an almost daily basis.

For those divers who are willing to travel further afield, the rewards in South East Asia are plentiful. Areas such as the Similan Islands, the Andaman Islands and Komodo National Park all offer excellent scuba diving conditions, in relatively uncrowded conditions.

Overall, the standard of scuba diving throughout South East Asia is relatively large increase in the number of scuba divers visiting the area. Today, the scuba diving industry in South East Asia is a big, and thriving marketplace, and given the increase in the overall numbers of people coming here to learn to scuba dive, it only bodes well for the scuba diving industry as a whole.