Diving in Burma

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[edit] Mergui Archipelago and Burma Banks

Comprising some 800 islands north and east of the Burma Banks, the Mergui Archipelago is the secret jewel in the Andaman Sea. Some islands have huge boulders, soft corals and sea fans. Others offer wall diving, caverns, tunnels and drop-offs. All have remained relatively untouched by the passage of time these last fifty years, and they maintain a out-of-this-world mystique of years gone by. When voyaging on a Burma diving liveaboard you are on a journey of discovery, unhurried by time and untroubled by others, as you explore these fascinating and secluded islands.

At dive sites such as Shark Cave residents and visitors include grey reef, bull, nurse and whale sharks. Black Rock has schools of mobula (devil) rays and manta rays are frequently seen. The Mergui Archipelago, however, is equally attractive to macro enthusiasts and underwater photographers, with plentiful frogfish, ghost pipefish, ribbon eels, as well as masses of crustaceans such as lobsters, crabs, cowries and shrimps.

[edit] Diving Season

Whilst the Myanmar dive season runs from October to May, and the best diving conditions in the Mergui Archipelago exist from December to April, with whale sharks and manta rays visiting from February to May.