Mergui Archipelago & Burma Banks :
Mergui Archipelago and Burma Banks
Diving is possible between October and May. The Park is visited as Liveaboard excursions from Phuket.


85 The Burma Banks

15-40m+ 15-25m Can rage
Series of elevated undersea plateaus. Sporadic coral coverage frequented by large reef fish and pelagics. Resident sharks include silvertips and tawny nurse sharks.

86 Western Rocky
5-40m 5-25m Weak to strong
Tunnels, caves and walls. Great site with healthy coverage of both hard and soft corals. A high diversity of marine life of all sizes form minute invertebrates up to whale sharks.

87 High Rock
5-20m 5-10m Can rage
Hard and soft corals. Although visibility is usually low there is plenty of small creatures to see including seahorses, pipefish, shells and nudibranchs. The variety of tiny crabs and shrimps is also extraordinarily high

88 Three Islets-Three Stooges-
Bishops Fancy

5-30m 5-20m Sheltered areas
Top site with everything, swim-throughs, reefs, boulders and walls. Corals include hard and soft species. Main attraction here are grey reef sharks and an endless supply of invertebrates and small critters. Photographers nightmare as simply too much to choose from.

89 North & South Twin Islands
12-28m 5-20m Sheltered areas
Large boulders and extensive coral slopes of hard and soft corals. The former island is favoured for selection of nudibranchs and small creatures.

90 Black Rock
12-38m 10-30m Sheltered areas
This solitary rocky outcrop acts as a magnet for pelagics including eagle rays and mantas. The abundance of marine life around the steep reefs and walls includes grey reef, black-tip and bull sharks, snappers and fusiliers. On a smaller scale is a host of invertebrates.