Liveaboards

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MV Scuba Cat is an ideal scuba diving platform. The design in stability is only found in a very large catamaran liveaboard boat. She operates amongst the protected waters of the Similan Islands making this the most "friendly" boat to be found...seasickness is rare. From only 12,000 Baht per person.

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Scuba Cat Diving, CDC Center, Phuket, Thailand

Since beginning operations in 1992 Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket, Thailand has become Phuket Thailand's most complete, multi national, multi lingual Dive Centre.

Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket Thailand is an award winning PADI 5 Star CDC Center offering all levels of PADI diver training from your very first underwater experience to our unique dive career programs and internships leading to PADI Instructor level (IDC) and beyond.

Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket, Thaiiland are proud to have comprehensive diving training facilites and a well located Dive Shop based on Patong Beach, Phuket Thailand.

Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket Thailand pride ourselves on catering for the individual beginner diver to the most advanced technical diving addict.

Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket Thailand is the only PADI CDC Center based in Patong Beach, this is the highest PADI dive center achievement possible. CDC distinguishes us from the rest.

Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket, Thailand is proud of our extensive contributions to the preservation and enhancement of the marine environment. We work closely with various government departments and NGO's in planning, developing and instituting programs to raise environmental awareness with local and visiting divers as well as other dive operators.

Phuket, Thailand is a wonderful, fun place for your holiday and we hope that we can be a part of it. Please see more of our web site to aid in planning your dream vacation.

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Thai food

If you love food, you will love Phuket, Thailand. There are restaurants to suit every taste serving a huge selection of Western and Asian food. The variety of cuisine and dining experiences is one of the major attractions of the island. You can eat breakfast at your Phuket hotel, lunch at a local noodle stall by the roadside and have dinner with fine wines in a sophisticated air-conditioned restaurant.

Fancy a snack in between? No need for thai food delivery - One of the wonderful characteristics of Thailand is the reverence for food and eating, so you can eat at almost any time of the day, anywhere. Tropical fruit, banana fritters, barbecue chicken and sticky rice? It's all here... While Thai food is renowned world-wide for its wonderful flavours and fresh ingredients, Phuket Thailand is especially famous for its seafood and you don't have to empty your bank account to enjoy the most sumptuous of dishes.

Phuket Island Information

Phuket, Thailand; formerly known as Tha-Laang or Talang is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise) Phang Nga and Krabi, but as Phuket is an island there are no land boundaries. The island is served by Phuket International Airport located in the north of the island. The ph of "Phuket" is an aspirated hard "p", not a soft "f", so the name is pronounced (roughly) "Poo-get". The name Phuket is apparently derived from the word Bukit in Malay, which means mountain or hill, as this is what the island appears like from a distance.

Before that its old name was Ta-lang (in Thai): The word is derived from the old Malay "Telong" which means "Cape", which is still in used for one of the main districts in the Phuket area.

Phukets Beaches

Phuket is a large island with a wide choice of beaches to suit every taste and requirement. Most of the beaches are located on the west coast of the Island. The quieter beaches tend to be found towards the Island's northwestern coastline, while the greatest concentration of hotels shops and restaurants are located around Patong Beach and stretches south towards Karon Beach and Kata Beach.

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Sirinat National Park

In 1980 Mr Sanae Wattanathorn the governor of Phuket surveyed the province to identify sites worthy of preservation. He considered both the tourist potential and the local villagers needs at all sites. One location visited was at Saku village on the North Western coast of Phuket island, centered upon an area of community grazing land and adjoining beach and bay. This site appeared to be suitable for preservation, so it was recommended to the Royal Forest Department as a possible site for the creation of a National Park. The Royal Forest Department came and undertook several surveys to assess the site's potential. They realized, that although the forest in the area was not especially diverse and in some areas had been replaced by fruit tree plantations, they did discover two large healthy coral reefs in the bay. They also noted the overall natural state of the site the clean water and its historic importance as a sea turtle nesting beach. The Royal Forest Department produced and filed a report with the government for the inclusion of the site as a National Park. Had Nai Yang, as the site became known, was officially opened by Royal decree on 13th July 1981. It became the 31st National Park of Thailand and covered the area of coastline and extended 5 kms out to sea.

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Phuket City

Phuket City is well worth taking time out from the beach for its shops and markets, Sino-Portuguese buildings, temples and many restaurants.

The bustling, administrative centre of Phuket is often overlooked in favour of the beaches, but there's a lot to see and do in Phuket City. Phuket's administrative centre was only recently given city status and is still commonly referred to as Phuket Town, even on road signs. As a living, breathing Thai city, it is not specifically tailored to tourists as other areas of the Island. However, if you are willing to make the effort there are some delightful ways to spend your time.

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Compared with most "dive centers" in Thailand (a lot of them is just a website - a "Virtual Dive Company") - Scuba Cat owns their own fleet of diving boats and have been in operation since 1994. If you do a Course or a Dive Career Package with us, all your dives will be from one of our own dive boats, not "we got to do a beach dive, 'cause it is not enough students" or from a "last minute rented long tail boat, 'cause all the other boats are full".