Richelieu Rock, Surin & Similan Islands, Thailand Scuba (4K) - An Absurdity of Abundance! 😲 

Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback! 🥰 I really appreciate it! 😁

Thank you!! 😊

Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it!! 🥰😊 All of my videos start out with the natural sounds, but unfortunately with open circuit scuba, it sounds awful after a few minutes. 😫😢 If it wasn't so expensive and complicated, we would switch to closed circuit rebreathers, and it would sound better.

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Thanks! Hope you get a chance to come back and dive here soon. 😊

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Thank you! iPhone 13 Pro in a DiveVolk 4 housing. One of my lights died on my first dive, so any of the lighted shots are with just one L&M Sola. Some shots had enough natural light.

Thanks!! I hope you have a great trip! I used an iPhone 13 Pro with a DiveVolk housing and a Light & Motion Sola light (one of my Sola lights died on the first dive of the trip).

Thanks!! I used an iPhone 13 Pro, DiveVolk housing and one of my L&M Sola lights (the other broke).

Amazing an iphone. I will go there soon. I hope my gopro can compete. 😊 Great Video.

Thanks! Yes, Richelieu Rock, while not technically part of the Similan Islands, is pretty much always included in a Similan Islands scuba liveaboard itinerary. The Surin Islands are also included in a Similan Islands itinerary, and Koh Bon and Koh Tachai are excellent dive spots as well. If you book a liveaboard to the Similan Islands longer than 3 days / 3 nights, you are pretty much guaranteed to dive Richelieu Rock more than once. 😊

I am happy to help you find the best trip, if you haven't already booked.

@@skipmcilvaine Great work!

@@huscott1403 Thanks!! 😊

Thank you! I use an iPhone 13 Pro, with a DiveVolk housing, with Light & Motion Sola lights. One of the lights died at the very beginning of my first dive, so this was just with one light.

@@skipmcilvaine Thanks for the video. Do you recommend the handle and 2 lights, or light setup with only 1 light and divevolk housing? With the tray and lights, one need lots of buoyancy aids.

@@mountains-to-the-sea Personally I prefer two lights. I often only use one, but when I can use two, I have better options for filming closer sealife and coral. One light from the right or left on a close-up subject will create a fairly undesirable shadow, that you can then "fix" with the second light, as long as you have articulated arms to spread the lights far enough apart. I use two of these on each side to try and reach a neutral buoyancy of the camera, lights, housing, tray and handles. And with two on each side, each with ball mounts and clamps, I can move each light anywhere I want. www.backscatter.com/Nauticam-90x170mm-Carbon-Fiber-Float-Arm

Amazing footage! Having been to both Similans and Surin, if you had only 3 days, and had to choose, which would you recommend?

Thanks!! I used an iPhone 13, DiveVolk housing and a Light & Motion Sola light.

@@skipmcilvaine Interesting - it looks better than a GoPro!

The currents in the Similan Islands are generally not bad, and depth will max out at 30 meters, but most dives are in the 20-25m range. I would suggest getting your Advanced Open Water before or during your trip to the Similans. Most liveaboard operators in the area will teach it, and Nitrox (which I also recommend), while you are diving in the Similans, but make sure to book that with them ahead of time. I'd recommend the Junk or the Phinisi, but there are several good options you can find on liveaboard.com. Have a great trip!! 🥰

@@skipmcilvaine they do get bad. I know Thai guides who dive similans for a living and they all warned me about currents being really strong. It is no wonder, if you look how they are located geographically

I went on the Phinisi. You want the "Similan and Surin Islands" itinerary. Email dive@masterliveaboards.com Have fun!!

Yes, I had a Light & Motion Sola light. The coral close up with illumination, and the unlit blue water behind in the distance, makes those pinks, oranges and reds really pop. 🥰

@@skipmcilvaine it sure does. I just dove the barrier reef in QLD and the colours were muted. I noticed the difference.

8 - 12 January... the Similans are best late December until early March. Before mid-December the weather is too unpredictable.

@@skipmcilvaine ok thanks you

There can be, but in the 5 days I've been there, and the 12 times I've dived there I've never seen / felt any.

Hi, this was with an iPhone 13 Pro with a DiveVolk housing and a Light & Motion Sola light. 🙏

How many fps?

@@thiaopaimua 30 FPS