In Phuket everything was fine (hotel, food, dive boat, diving etc.)
In Khao Lak everything was fine with the hotel, but when it came to registering for diving, that's where it started. The first three days we could not dive because we had not booked the diving days in advance and there were no free places available. The journey by speedboat took 1.15 to 1.30 hours to the catamaran, which was far too small, and there were always more than 30 divers plus snorkelers and the Geids. The tanks were close together, no room to get ready for diving, always all at the same time, pure chaos. We had to change back to the speedboat with equipment, the corridors were too narrow and it could take up to half an hour to get everyone on the boat. Only after the descent was everything in order. It also happened that you were not on the lists for pick-up, return or for the right boat. I have never experienced anything like this before, absolutely incompetent base manager.

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The dive sites were excellent, as were most of the guides. Of course, getting to the Similan Islands and Richelieu Rocks is very time-consuming. The first time you have to be very careful where you go among all the people.
The organization at the base is sometimes very poor if you don't get a place on the boat despite booking in advance. My equipment was sometimes on another boat, so I was allowed to dive with rental equipment, sometimes incomplete. If a dive boat is equipped for about 30-35 divers, but over 50 people are jostling around, it has nothing to do with diving enjoyment on vacation.
The time for the return transfer was communicated incorrectly, so that I had to wait half an hour for the cab driver early in the morning for no reason.

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1 time engine failure (can happen was also well solved).
Only the replacement date was put for almost 10 days later with protest on my part what is not noted!

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I am very satisfied with the diving with Sea Bees Diving Khoa Lak. Everything is very well organized and very competent dive guides. Made incredibly nice and fun dives with Jack, Nin and Louis. Multiple dives with Louis and very much enjoyed his friendliness and knowledge about the dive sites. Not to mention the beautiful pictures we got from him of our dives. I would so go back again! So definitely highly recommended!

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Vacation Nov - Dec 2022
Review of Sea Bees Diving Khao Lak - Day Tours
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Vacation Nov-Dec. 2022
I was warmly welcomed by the management of the Palm Garden Resort (Bobby). Also on the following vacation days she was the contact person for questions and procedures. Her very cordial manner was simply super.
It was also convenient for me that the Sea Bees Office is integrated in the resort and Rena and Mathias could always answer all questions. All inquiries were solved immediately and always to my satisfaction. Rena and Mathias were both super nice and it was fun to discuss the dive plans with them thanks to you.
The feeling of being in good hands continued on board the dive boats. The welcome in the harbor and the dive group assignment by Berd and Woddy was very professional and always with a smile. One noticed that both had a long experience this showed up also in the dipping guidance and local knowledge under water top made.
I was also able to do some dives with Luis. He also guided the dives safely and took some pictures of the underwater world and of the diving group and put them at our disposal. Finally I have some pictures of me under water thank you very much.
Also with Nim I could experience a super dive thank you.
Of course, the super nice boat crew is not to forget the always with a helping hand to place was and me the dressing and undressing of the equipment very much facilitated.
I would like to thank all the staff in the resort, office, instructors and boat crew who made my vacation so nice.

Date of experience: December 2022

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Totally top notch. This review is mainly for the Phuket branch because we switched to that for the second half of the vacation because the boat in Khao Lak had broken down and we didn't feel like having to travel in speedboats to the dive sites. This was to our complete satisfaction and we are very pleased with Sea Bees' service.

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The dive sites were partly characterized by bad visibility conditions, which in turn made sure that we had great wildlife observations (Mantas!). In general I would not go back to Thailand for diving, I just missed the coral diversity as known from the Red Sea. On the boats it was very crowded and mass tourism, the long trips were not really relaxing. The guides did a good job, the rental equipment was ok.

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