Pattaya Incl Samaesarn Sattahip Thailand

• Stay close to your buddy and keep navigation simple in variable visibility.
• Use an SMB on ascents, especially around Koh Larn and other high-traffic corridors.
• Carry a cutting tool for fishing line risk, and avoid wreck penetration unless trained and equipped.
• In May - October, expect sudden squalls. If the captain calls the dive, accept it.
• Follow standard no-fly guidance after diving and keep your last deep dives well before travel day.

Pattaya has private hospitals and hyperbaric services. Bangkok Hospital Pattaya lists a Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center and provides a direct contact number for information. In any suspected dive injury, alert your dive operator immediately, administer oxygen if trained and available, and contact emergency services. Save Thailand's emergency numbers (191 general, 1669 ambulance, 1155 tourist police) before your trip and keep your insurance details accessible offline.

• Do not touch coral, stand on reef, or chase turtles.
• Use moorings where available and avoid anchoring on coral.
• Reduce plastics: bring a reusable bottle and decline foam boxes and single-use packaging where possible.
• Ko Samae San publishes rules including bans on alcohol, pets, and foam boxes. Treat the area as a protected site with controlled access.
• Choose operators that brief reef etiquette and manage groups conservatively in shallow snorkel zones.