With its long coastline bordering the Gulf of Thailand, it is not surprising to discover that Cambodia offers great diving possibilities. It’s from Sihanoukville, Cambodia’s diving capital, that one day diving trips can be organised to neighboring islands. However, the best diving areas are located further away and three days/two nights trips are on offer, including accommodation on the boat, to allow you to discover abundant marine life as well as some ancient wrecks. All keen divers can go for the ‘scuba diving’ option as an addition to any other package chosen during their trip in Cambodia. Aiming to guarantee the greatest possible safety, we only work with instructors endorsed by the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI).

The warm waters and islands off Sihanoukville offer some amazing scuba diving opportunities. Coral encrusted reefs surround many of the smaller islands, supporting an incredible diversity of hard and soft corals, sponges, anemones and a wonderful range of fish life including sting rays, moray eels and dolphins. Top quality dive sites can be found around the islands such as Koh Rung Samloem and Koh Kon within a two hour boat trip of Sihanoukville, making for an easy day trip, but the very best sites around Koh Tang, Koh Prins and Poulo Wai are 4-8 hours out and a longer stay is recommended.

Visibility is very good in the diving season from October to June and ranges from 10-25 meters, though can be variable in the monsoon season. Most of the dive sites are relatively shallow, around 15 meters, and there’s much waiting to be discovered both by beginners and experienced divers. Most of the off-shore islands are sparsely inhabited, so quiet sandy beaches await divers who can picnic, swim, snorkel and relax between dives.

Contact Hanuman for more details on how to discover underwater Cambodia.