MV Choksomporn
The MV Choksomporn is on a daily schedule taking up to 25 divers to local area dive sites around Phuket and the Phi Phi Islands (Phi Phi Don, Phi Phi Lae, and the Bida Islands), but she is also available as a charter boat to the same areas.
Trips are available to the fabulous Phi Phi Islands, Racha Yai and Racha Noi, as well as Shark Point and the King Cruiser wreck. Dives are guided in groups of maximum 4 divers per divemaster. Day trips start hotel pick up about 7:00 AM. You return sometime around 4:00 PM for two-dive days, and around 6:00 PM for three-dive days.
Note: We can take no responsibility for scheduling or itinerary changes due to changing weather, political situations, natural disasters or other events beyond our control. We strongly recommend that you purchase travel insurance for any kind of trip you do anywhere in the world. We also recommend that you have current DAN or other diving accident insurance in case of an unanticipated evacuation or other treatment that may not be covered by your regular insurance.
Go to Flickr Slide Show of Day Boat 1
MV Choksomporn: Technical & Safety
| Specifications | |||
| LOA | 21 m /70 feet | Cruising speed | 9 knots |
| Beam | 4.5 m /15 feet | Water | 1,800 l |
| Draft | 1.5 m /5 feet | # of guests | 25 persons |
| Engineering | |||
| Engine | 275 HP | Nitrox | PP mixing panel |
| Compressors | Bauer 2 X 230 l per min. | ||
| Onboard facilities | |||
| Saloon | TV, Stereo, Video, galley | Deck showers | 2 |
| Bathroom | 2 - 1 with shower | Sundeck | 1 X 30 m |
| Communications | |||
| CB radio / GPS / Depth sounder / mobile telephone / Dive platform CCTV - safety camera | |||
| Emergency items | |||
| First aid kit, lots of Oxygen, DAN oxygen kit | |||
| Diving area | |||
| Dive deck | 4 m X 4 m | Tanks | 49 X 12 l (80 cf) airs |
| Nitrox tanks | 14 ($7.00 US per tank) | ||
| Services | |||
| Videography | VHS or DVD format | ||
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