Diving Bangsak Wreck

Dec 19, 2012

This was the day I had been waiting for: a scuba trip to Bangsak Wreck off Khao Lak, Thailand. I booked thru Sea Dragon dive center, and the guys there were all real cool and laid back, maybe a bit too much so as the boat was like 2 hours late for our pickup. They call this "Thai Time". But we finally got out on the water around 10:30am and started dive one. I was a little nervous at first, as this was my first "real" dive after certification and deepest to date. We followed the mooring line down to about 18 meters and a whole new world opened up before my eyes. I didn't have my camera with me on the first dive, as I wanted to be focused, but if I hadn't been underwater with a regulator in my mouth, I'm pretty sure my jaw would have dropped open. The number of fish was staggering, and navigating around the wreckage was an underwater playground. I had so much fun on dive 1, I pretty much insisted to my divemaster Axl that I bring the gopro camera on dive 2, as I just HAD to capture some clips of this. The Bangsak Wreck is an old tin mining vessel and is a great dive to see loads of fish, as it is the only reef in a large sandy area. I can't even begin to describe the number of fish hanging out here, let alone name them, but managed to see several lion fish, morays, puffer fish, and cuttlefish just to name a few. It was an amazing experience.