That part of the Gulf of Siam, which is directly adjacent to the world-famous for its entertainment city of Pattaya, is replete with small islands surrounded by coral interesting fields. For convenience, these islands are divided into two groups. The first group, called "neighbors", consists of three islands: Koh Lan (Koh-Larn), Koh Sak (Koh-Sak) and Koh Krok (Koh-Khrok). These islands are very visible from the coast, the distance to them is a little more than ten miles, and in all weather dive boat cover that distance in an average of 30-40 minutes. Speaking of weather, the waters of the bay is very rarely disturbed, and seasonal rains, with which is famous for all the south-east Asia, on the coast of Siam is much more rare and of short duration than in the interior of the continent."Long distance" of the island are located in large circles and the distance to any of them from central Pattaya pier at an average of 18 to 25 kilometers, that's their short list: Koh-Phai, Koh-Luang, Koh-Ho-Chang (not to be confused with the Koh- Chang'om), Koh-Klung-Badan, Koh-Mon-Wichai and Koh-Rin.

Koh-Larn - the largest of the "nearby" island is populated, tourist island with clean beaches and well-developed tourist infrastructure. The most interesting in terms of diving, it is the southern and western part, where most coral fields are wide, starting just ten meters from the coastal strip and extend for tens of meters in width, up to depths of 12-15 meters. Due to the fact that the ebb and flow of play in this part of the bay a large role in the formation of currents, this island is ideal for drift dives (submersion in the stream), so that with proper choice of the direction and depth, the diver an opportunity for all dive float in the water column above the coral fields without making any effort to. The most interesting dive-points: Shark Point (Akulova rock) Khatna an (underwater restaurant) and coterminous with South-Western Cape.

Koh-Sak - the second largest island, has two interesting dive site: the eastern and the western end. The fact that the yield on these pillars can be done from the relatively shallow sandy bay bay, making the place very comfortable for students and novice divers as well as for those divers who wish to regain their skills after a long break. Underwater slopes of the island are not as flat as in Koh Lana, but nonetheless full of clusters of hard corals and small underwater creatures. The eastern side of Koh Sak down to depths of 12-14 meters, and the West to 10-12 meters. On the western side of the island is also a tourist submarine base, where too cautious tourists, unfamiliar with diving, the opportunity to look at the underwater beauty through the windows a little yellow submarine 12metrovoy. An unforgettable experience for any diver here will be meeting with this man-made yellow monster, and astonished and envious looks from tourists - a beautiful reward for the courage to learn diving.

Koh-Khrok - the smallest of the three, but in no event less interesting for diving the island. Reminiscent skosobochennuyu cocked, turn south from "hypotenuse" in good 600 meters - it opens to the treasury of coral diver life of Siam.Always facing the sun, the south wall underwater, like a real museum, collected on all known types of corals and algae present in the Gulf. Quite shallow even for beginners (8-10 meters) dive site is virtually flat in the 30-45 degree slope, ideal for those who like underwater photography, as well as those who like to slowly watch the daily life of the reef. High Hats corals create intricate labyrinth in which hidden from any course, a diver can spend a lot of time and with very little air to ensure that enough to enjoy the riot of colors underwater. It should be added that most of the year the island is a favorite habitat for sea turtles, and thanks to a relatively small area and a convenient structure of the slope, the chance to meet with them much more than other, more spacious and reefs near the islands. "Long Island"

Koh-Rin - without a doubt, the most beautiful place for diving, is considered the pearl diving in Pattaya. Koh Rin stands alone, away from the near and distant islands, and is a small, deserted island, and to the south and north of which is located just two rocks, with no other specific names, but as the "South" and "North" . Koh Rin has two fairly large sandy bay, with beautiful beaches, to which, if desired, can be reached by swimming, the main thing to warn the captain of the dive boat. Water clarity in the Co-Reena is always much higher than on other islands, which was caused by some of its remoteness, which makes virtually every dive extremely beautiful and interesting.

In general, a group of "far" islands, you can write a lot. Underwater inhabitants there less intimidating, there is less movement of boats, and no tourist beaches. Since all of these islands are of a kind and nature reserves are controlled by the Navy of Thailand, evidence of human habitation there is minimal, both on land and under water. Therefore, for certified divers, especially, if they typed an entire close-knit group, immersion in these islands are transformed into real dive safari. However, the only obstacle to regular trips to long island is the return of boats that are directly related to the number who wish to dive there.

The main areas for scuba diving around Pattaya are located on two ridges of islands:
-First "Near Islands" - are 7-10 km from Pattaya and includes three islands: Ko Lan, Ko Sak and Ko Krok.
-Second "Long Island" - located 20-30 kilometers from Pattaya, the islands are under the control of the Royal Thai Navy, and no permanent structures are not erected, as there is a minimum shipping. This range includes six islands: Ko Rin, Ko Man Vichai, Ko Badan Klung, Koh Hu Chang, Ko Pai and Ko Luam Noah.

In general, we have 20 different dive sites with visibility in the range of 5-15 meters. Coral dives around Pattaya are surprisingly good. Somewhat limited visibility more than makes up for a huge variety of marine life and rich coral formations. There are many different types of hard and soft corals are found in living things golubopyatnye hvostokoly stingrays, fish balls, acne, moray eels, sharks, nurse and of course, sea turtles, and of many other different coral animals.

Likewise, there are three wrecks, and two of them can be reached directly from the port of Pattaya: HTMS KUT, HTMS KHRAM.The third is near the fishing village of San Itself - HARDEEP.