Pristine and stunningly beautiful, Myanmar’s Mergui archipelago in the Andaman sea (Burma), has over eight hundred tropical islands covering an area of over ten thousand square miles. It had been closed off to the outside world for over fifty years, until late 1996 when we at SEAL were lucky enough to be the first diving company to be granted a license to explore the Mergui Archipelago.

This truly is one of the very few remaining untouched areas on earth and an outstanding location for live-aboard scuba diving holidays and sailing yacht charters.

Due to its virtual isolation, the islands and surrounding seas are alive with an amazing diversity of wildlife great and small, together with soft and hard corals and huge barrel sponges.

The ‘greats’ include various species of sharks, regular sightings of large numbers of manta rays, giant groupers and other schooling fish, with occasional sightings of whale sharks and bull sharks. Great macro life can be found. Sea horses, Ornate Ghost-pipe and Stone-fish are amongst the archipelago’s rare inhabitants.

Most of the islands are covered in rain forest, whilst the incredible Myanmar beaches are devoid of humans; the only visitors are turtles and other, mostly nocturnal, wildlife. There will be opportunities to go ashore on the islands to explore or, just relax on the incredible Myanmar beaches. You won’t find a better evening barbecue setting!

Our “M6” diving cruise is aboard S/y “Gaea”. She is a 50 foot by 26 foot, ketch rigged, with accommodation for eight divers and a highly professional crew of four plus one Burmese guide, to ensure that our guests have the diving vacation of a life-time.

We look forward to welcoming you on-board!

Route to join this trip:
Passengers should fly direct to Ranong from Bangkok. Domestic Airlines offer flights between Bangkok and Ranong. We will pick you up at the Ranong Airport on arrival.

Alternatively, you can fly to Surathani and we will pick you up there.

Cancellation Clause:
If circumstances should arise such as political unrest, fighting on the Thai/Burma border, flight cancellations or any other risk to customers or vessels, SEAL reserves the right to cancel the trip. If this should be the case, we would re-route the trip to another destination at no extra cost to customers. We also reserve the right to change the itineraries to take into account flights, weather, water clarity and pelagic action at time of the trip.

 Click here to download our Burma Scuba Diving Cruise brochure.