Thailand Liveaboard - MV White Manta

Looking for a dive experience that you will be telling your friends about for years to come, the White Manta and her crew offer this experience. The White Manta is a modern boat, just launched in 2011, this roomy ship carries a maximum of 24 passengers, providing plenty of space for each guest in her 12 cabins. The ship measures 36 meters with a 7.5 meter beam providing a comfortable, smooth sail. Of course we provide NITROX on board and night diving lights/torches Along with the passenger cabins, there is a 500 sq foot saloon with sofas and dining tables where guests can relax and choose from our large library of films to watch on the 42 inch plasma screen TV. Above deck there is an additional 600 sq foot dining area and a 1,000 sq foot sundeck that extends the entire length of the ship, so you can see that space is never a problem. You will enjoy our gourmet meals and all day snacks in any of the open spaces so you will never miss the panoramic views as we cruise around the Similan Islands.

MV White Manta - A Thailand Liveaboard

There are 2 VIP King size double cabins on the top deck and 2 more on the main deck. In addition there is a single deluxe double cabin and 3 deluxe twin cabins on the main deck, with 4 standard twin cabins on the lower deck. The VIP and deluxe cabins all have in room bathrooms and there are 5 more shared bathrooms onboard. As you can see from the pictures below, the cabins are very spacious and luxurious with many great features, including individual air conditioning.

The White Manta specializes in 4 day/4 night cruises to the breath taking Similan Islands off the coast of Phuket. There are the 20 spectacular dive sites around the Similan Islands, combine these with the sites surrounding the Surin Islands, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai and Richelieu Rock and you have a wealth of diving adventures in store.

Customer Reviews - Chance

"Diego, 

I just wanted to thank you, Giel, and everyone at Sea Fun Divers for helping me have the best vacation I have ever had. I enjoyed learning how to scuba dive and am grateful for the great staff there at Sea Fun, for making the journey a great one! 

I wanted to say special thanks to Giel for being a fantastic instructor and thoroughly explain everything. He is very knowledgeable in diving and it shows when he is teaching. Please tell Giel that I apologize for not tipping on the dive, I made the mistake of not bringing my cash with me. However I am currently planning my next vacation in July and I plan on coming back to Sea Fun. 

When I get my exact dates, is it possible to request Giel as my guide on the days I go diving? Also I wanted to thank you for helping me reschedule my dives even though they didn't work out due to the earth quake. You did everything you could to get me as much time in the water as possible even though the it was my fault. THANK YOU. I will be coming back for all of these reasons. 

 Thank you!"

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Mangwani family from Pune, India

Sea Fun Divers Instructor Mikael with the Mangwani family from Pune, India.

Tushar and Jivika have just completed their AWARE Coral Reef Conservation speciality at Koh Phi Phi.

Congratulations!

Phuket Day trips - images

Rene and his PADI Advanced Open Water student Nathan and Boris, on the way back from Koh Raja Yai.

Reviews - Marc & Diana

Hallo René,

vielen Dank für deine  E Mail. Diana und ich waren sehr sehr zufrieden mit euch und mit dem ganzen Tauchbetrieb.

Hier auch nochmals viele Grüße an Giel und an Paue. Ihr wart alle super Guides.

Alles hat perfekt funktioniert von der Buchung bis hin zum Tauchen. An unseren 2 letzten Tauchtagen haben wir eine über euch vermittelte Safari zu den Similans und koh Bon gemacht. Diese Safari wurde von den South Siam divers durchgeführt. Dadurch habe ich einen Vergleich mit einer anderen Tauchschule. Tauchgebiet auf den Similans top und wir hatten sogar das Glück einen 4 m Manta lange zubeobachten. Unser Guide Adam ( Black) war auch klasse.

Zum Rest kann ich nur sagen, kein Vergleich zu euch. Die könnten sich mal bei euch anschauen wie man es machen sollte.

Euer Boot ist super sauber und bei euch ist immer eine klasse Stimmung auf dem Boot. Top finde ich dass es nie so große Gruppen auf euerem Boot gibt.

Wir würden jederzeit wieder mit euch tauchen. Ich kann nur ein riesen Lob für euch hinterlassen.
Werde meine Erfahrungen auch bei Taucher net hinterlegen. Das ist die größte Taucherinternetseite in Deutschland.

Nochmals vielen Dank für die schöne Zeit bei euch.

Wir kommen gerne wieder.
Gruß Marc und Diana

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PADI IDC Phuket - April 2012

Sea Fun Divers Course Director Bent with his IDC/IE Candidates in the pool at Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort

Sea Fun Divers Course Directors Thomas & Bent with their April 2012 IDC/IE Candidates in front of our Dive center

Dive Master Trainee - Insights of a gopher

James doing his Dive Master Training with Sea Fun Divers is writing on his blog about his daily life here in Phuket, Thailand.

Dive Master Trainee - Its a day in the life kinda thing

Author: James Deverich
Complaints: Send to jamesdeverich@gmail.com for deletion! PG not guaranteed.
Experience Diving Before this blog: 88Dives Padi Rescue Diver

Day 1 - Birth of a Dive Master Trainee (DMT)

8-April 2012 the anniversary of my 36th year on earth and my 1st day as a DMT. I arrived in Phuket last night came out from the arrivals hall. As I passed out through immigration I kept my head down, turned right and ignore the 20 guys trying to usher me into there private cars. Save yourself some money there is a taxi stand at the end 450THB to Patong the rates are fixed and you don't have to be worried about paying too much.

The ride in the Taxi was amusing, 2minutes out from the airport the diver picked up is girl friend! She did not offer to pay half the fair, such is life. I would not mind but the nattered away to each other the whole way. When they finally stopped talking to breath the driver got a call on his mobile and started nattering away again! Lucky I am not easily bothered by stuff like this.

Tip for Taxi's in Thailand:Make sure you have the number of your hotel or they might have trouble getting you there my driver had to call three times to figure it out!

So anyway 1st day of my blog and I am already getting off topic! Cannot promise there will not be more Digression. So anyway back on track & lets get wet. Picked up from my budget hotel 650THB / night plan too stay a while have to find the boss and talk about a discount for long stay, let see what happens keep you posted. 7:30 am in the mini bus and Giel who is marked as my instructor starts singing Happy Birthday(didn't hear much applause just a gong half way though). Then we are off to the Pier. We are asked to remove our shoes as is the custom for a dive boat and are ushered aboard and greeted by the instructors. For me a whirlwind introduction around a bunch of the staff for the Dive company. I'm diving with Sea Fun Divers this trip, the boat is in pristine condition compared to others I have seen in past trips diving and the staff are as professional as I've see from 1st impressions.

A little rough on the way out to Phi Phi perhaps due to the stormy weather last night. One victim of the techni-colour yawn, a small girl. Feeling a bit queezy myself but somehow I am ok I have been in rougher conditions but I am still sometimes sick when the boat rocks, not nice but the diving makes up for it I am always fine once in the water.
The Dive sites are Koh Bida Nok and Maya Bay, Bida Nok is a beautiful site I have been there before. Its colourful and relatively unaffected by coral bleaching from high water temperature in other areas. Diving with Giel and two young girls doing there open water course. The younger a fore mentioned puke victim barely gets down from the surface before indicating that her ears are a problem, tired and sick just not in the mood maybe she goes back to the boat. Meanwhile I keep an eye on her friend for the instructor he is back in no time and we start the dive. Lots of life small things to see nudibranks and other life are abundant and the coral is beatiful. Instructor leads the way and I follow closely behind the student to keep an eye on things as instructed.

The second dive site Maya Bay is also lovely this time I follow Borris and another beginner with a camera, I'm a photographer myself haven't taken my hobby underwater but I can say some dive photographers are a menace, they can be inconsiderate and careless at times only focusing on the photo. Hope I'm not like that. This guy was not that bad just enthusiastic and a little unaware as beginners can be.

Met a nice couple from Hong kong an Israeli guys and his girlfriend, I think she was Spanish or of Latino descent. The Israeli was a character he told me about his invention a kind of camel pack so he can drink a little Diet Coke while he is diving! Quite funny, your mouth does get a little dry sometimes, not sure I will put it on my list of need to have gear.

The return Journey is uneventful and the ocean is as calm as I have seen, barely a ripple on the surface except for whats made by the boats and occasional flying fish skimming the surface. Maybe my favorite fish I love watching them glide inches above the surface of the ocean.

My training I can tell has not started in earnest yet, just a nice day diving to ease myself into the swing of things. Dead tired from the flight and my last week of work before coming hear I sleep early, log like ZZZzzzZZZzzz.

Day 2 - Discover Scuba Invasion

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