For over 50 years the remote Mergui archipelago in Burma (Myanmar), comprising over 800 Islands and stretching over 10,000 square miles, was closed to foreigners. Recently opened, this huge area offers uninhabited Islands with white sandy beaches, and great shark diving. Here you have the rare privilege of seeing one of the world's last unexplored archipelagos, with wild and exciting diving. Click on the links above for liveaboard and sailing boat information.
Burma Dive Sites
Western Rocky
Located 80 km off the coast of Myanmar, Western Rocky offers a sloping reef, great wall diving and several surrounding pinnacles. A tunnel leads right through the island, with lots of crayfish and usually some large sleeping nurse sharks. Western Rocky is one of Mergui's best spots for shark sightings. Encounters with Whitetips, Gray reef sharks, Blacktips and Bull sharks are fairly common.
Black Rock
This pinnacle is one of most spectacular dive sites in the Mergui archipelago with excellent reef life and abundance of large pelagics including Whitetips, Silvertips, Gray reef sharks, Blacktips, Bull sharks, Eagle and Manta rays.
Burma Banks
The Burma Banks are a collection of seamounts located some 180 km north west of the Similan Islands. With surrounding waters exceeding a depth of 300 m, the top of the banks rise to within 15-24 m of the surface. The Burma Banks offer one of the world's best shark dives due to their large population of Silvertips and other species such as nurse sharks. Currents can be strong and these currents attract a wide range of large pelagic fish, even whales.
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