The Andaman Islands
Andaman dive and sailing trips
Liveaboard: S/Y Siren
 Have you always wanted to adventure to dive on remote islands? Do you want to join us on our luxury liveaboard dive boat, to explore the Andaman, dive, snorkel, swim and discover something unique?
The Andaman Islands are in Indian territorial waters, but due to the fact that they are far closer to Thailand (with Phuket some 450 miles to the southeast) than to India itself (with the mainland well over 1000 km to the northwest), diving here has, so far been pioneered by long-range liveaboard dive boats, such as ours!
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The Andaman Islands cover an area of just over 8,000 sq km, and with 500 islands, islets and rocky outcrops in the archipelago (just 26 islands are currently inhabited), they are best discovered by liveaboard diving. The larger islands are fairly mountainous and blanketed with dense rainforest. A high proportion of these forests are protected with a confusing network of Tribal Reserves, six National Parks and Coastal Belts, and no less than 94 wildlife sanctuaries.
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 Many of the islands in the Andaman area are surrounded by fringing reefs, really only accessible by liveaboard diving. The reefs are often several hundred metres wide and separated from the shore by a lagoon of similar width. There are also more steeply sloping reef walls & coral pinnacles or knolls. Divers can follow around the undulating hills of raven black volcanic lava, which makes for some unusual diving. There are also plenty of shallow reefs suitable for snorkeling.
Large pelagics are plentiful in these waters such as sharks, large schools of hammerheads often patrol the Andaman waters away from the reefs, Grey, Whitetip, Nurse and Leopard sharks are found closer inshore, and Silvertip and Oceanic Whitetips are sometimes glimpsed.
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Another feature of diving the Andaman Islands are the impressive cleaning stations where giant barracuda hover silently, waiting for their teeth to be picked. Enormous manta rays, bumphead parrotfish and napoleon wrasse are also often seen, sometimes by the dozen
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Getting There
For the Andaman Trips – We depart from and return to Port Blair. Please contact us to confirm departure and arrival times for each particular trip.
Thailand and India recently signed a new aviation treaty and we should see a rise in the number of regular scheduled flights between Bangkok and Port Blair. However, at the moment you can fly to Port Blair via Calcutta or Madras with one of the following airlines:
Air India | Indian Air | Jet Airways | Air Deccan
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Visas & Passports
For some of our destinations, Guests will require a visa obtained prior to arrival and different nationalities often have different visa requirements. It is the full responsibility of our Guests to obtain the necessary visa and passport information and to comply with the essential requirements. Please contact your embassy for more information. |
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