Finally, after a few weeks of less than average visibility, in the Adang archipelago, things have changed! On Monday we had spectacular visibility, the conditions at Stonehenge were superb, and we saw all our favourites. 2 Tiger Tail Sea Horses intertwined, Albino Moray Eels and schools of Barracudas galore to name a few. Ah! Almost forgot, we were also lucky enough to chance an encounter with a pair... Read More

I’ve been saying I’m going to learn to dive for the last 3 years. Every time I visit Castaway my staff have asked me expectantly “Are you going to learn to dive this time?” And every time I’d say “I’m too busy, next time.” But Simon our dive shop manager is going to leave soon and having known him for so long I wanted to learn to dive before he left.... Read More

Last week we were lucky enough to encounter 2 manta rays in 3 days! Unfortunately those 2 days were the only 2 that Joel, our divemaster didn’t dive, in a long time – he missed out on the mantas. To make up for it we decided that afternoon to go for a staff fun dive. The boat was going to our closest dive site, Koh Usen, where some students were finishing their open water course. Joel and... Read More

Yesterday we were lucky enough to have one of those moments that will stay with us forever! Upon surfacing from a dive at stonehenge, Nu, our captain, told us he’d seen a Manta ray around the dive site while we were diving. Of course we were excited, but Nu thought it had left already. As we were removing our equipment we spotted something large just below the surface moving towards the boat.... Read More

Usually we have lunch on a beach somewhere in the marine park, and recently we’ve had some interesting company! One of our favourite spots, a quiet and usually empty beach on Koh Adang now also appears to be home to a young black tip reef shark. We’ve seen the shark, the last 4 times we’ve been there for lunch. Measuring less than 50cm for nose to tail, the baby shark has been swimming... Read More