Diving liveaboard in Thailand and Myanmar
  • When & Where
    • Schedule and Prices
    • Destinations >
      • North Andaman Thailand >
        • Similan Islands
        • Surin Islands >
          • Richelieu rock
        • The essential Underwater photo Guide to diving Thailand
      • South Andaman Thailand
      • Mergui Archipelago >
        • Marine life in the Andaman Sea
        • Burma's best dive sites
        • The Ultimate Underwater photo Guide to diving Burma
  • ABOUT
    • Our Boat >
      • DELICIOUS FOOD
    • Guest Book
    • Diving in Thailand in 2022-2023 >
      • Ranong Departures >
        • 3D Thailand: Surin National Park
        • 4D3N North Andaman Ranong-Khao Lak
        • 5D Thailand: Surin and Similan
        • 5D North Andaman Ranong-Khao Lak
        • 6D Thailand: Surin and Similan end to Ranong
        • 7D Thailand: All of Surin and Similan
        • 8D Thailand: North & South
        • Alternative itineraries for full charter >
          • 4D4N Evening to morning - Surin Similan
      • Khao Lak Departures >
        • 5D North Andaman from Khao Lak to Phuket
        • 5D North Andaman: All of Surin and Similan
        • 5D North Andaman Khaolak - Ranong
        • 6D North Andaman: All of Surin and Similan
        • 6D North Andaman: From Khao Lak to Ranong
        • 7D North Andaman: All of Surin and Similan
        • 7D North Khao Lak to Khao Lak
        • 8D North & South Andaman Thailand
      • Phuket departures >
        • 5D North Andaman from Phuket
        • 5D South Andaman: Lanta and Tarutao National Parks
        • 6D North Andaman: Phuket to Khao Lak
        • 8D Thailand: South & North
        • 8D Andaman South & North Phuket-Ranong
    • Blackwater diving in Thailand
    • Marine life in Thailand's Andaman Sea
    • Diving in Myanmar | Burma dive cruises >
      • 6D Burma : South Mergui Archipelago
      • 7D Burma: dive Black Rock
      • 8D Burma: Undiscovered Mergui
      • 9D Burma: Exploration trip
    • Dive Courses >
      • Learn to Dive
      • Continue diving education
      • Rescue diver
      • Professional Dive Courses
      • Hone your dive skills with a PADI specialty course
      • Photo coaching in Thailand on the Smiling Seahorse
    • FAQ
  • Plan your trip
    • Our hotels recommendations
    • Khao Sok National Park
    • Taxi services >
      • Taxi services to and from Ranong
      • Taxi services to and from Phuket
      • Taxi services to Tap Lamu and Khao Lak
    • 10 things to do around Ranong
    • Covid-19 news & infos >
      • COVID-19 update travel to Thailand
      • Covid-19 protection on-board
  • PROMO
    • HOT DEALS
    • Manta rays expedition - 19 Mar 2023
    • Ultimate Underwater photo combo expeditions
    • Blackwater expedition 23 Jan 2024
    • UW Photo clinic North Andaman 31 Jan 2024
    • Special Marine Biology - 18 Feb 2024
    • Whale Shark Special - 19 Mar 2024 - North and South
    • Manta rays expedition - 20 April 2024
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A new Eco-friendly liveaboard in Thailand

Particularly suitable to fun divers and photographers

 https://www.thesmilingseahorse.com

The Smiling Seahorse experience

Making your dream diving holidays come true!
The Smiling Seahorse runs dive cruises since 2012 to the top rating dive sites around the Andaman sea.  We operate MV Smiling Seahorse, a brand new (November 2018), comfortable liveaboard conceived by and for divers for an ultimate experience.
We use to run trips in Myanmar (Burma) until the borders closed in 2020 and now run all over the west coast of Thailand from Richelieu Rock in the Surin Islands, to Koh Lipe in the South Andaman near the Malaysian border passing by the Similan islands, Phi Phi and Koh Lanta national parks. 
The smiling seahorse has just what you need for an unforgettable diving holiday: a friendly staff, comfortable boat, exceptional service and breathtaking diving. 

Our destinations are exclusives, we don't like to dive on busy dive sites and we know you don't either. When we go to Richelieu Rock or other world famous dives site which are not to be missed, we do our best to time the dives away from the crowds and always jump in small group of up to 4 divers + 1 guide with a few minutes intervals to the next group.

You will come back from each one of your dives with stories to tell and new species to search in our fish encyclopedias from the small frog fish, ghost pipe fishes, seahorses to the large whale sharks and mantas, our waters have a very diverse marine life! 

We like to spoil our guests with yummy food (European, Asian and BBQ) and personalised services, which is why we only take up to 16 passengers on our spacious vessel.

Beside the amazing diving, you can also take our canoe to one of the many white sanded beaches or go swimming and snorkeling in the sapphire blue waters.

Marine Conservation is important to us!

The Smiling Seahorse's promises
  • to abides by Green fins  principles
  • to encourage environmentally responsible diving practices
  • to reduce/ reuse/ recycle as much as we can
  • to offer reef friendly products: such as our refillable organic, reef -safe Soap, Shampoo and hair conditioner.
  • to ask all our employees to help in ocean conservation efforts
  • ​To support marine science research and clean up projects
We are part of the Manta Trust Operator Wall of Fame - a community of tourism operators showcased for their blue commitment to manta conservation and sustainable dive and snorkel tourism.
Responsible Manta Tourism Operator
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reef friendly amenities on your liveaboard
reef friendly amenities on our liveaboard
We offer reusable bottles for our guests to avoid plastic waste of all kinds
We offer reusable bottles for our guests to avoid plastic waste of all kinds

Our large camera room, onboard photographer, black water dives make us a perfect choice for photographers and videographers.

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The team

Camille and Franck the Smiling seahorse ownersCamille and Franck, the owners
​Both french, Franck and Camille met with a passion in common: diving. Each holidays were an opportunity to discover a little piece of the underwater world and we quickly discovered that liveaboards were the best way to discover unspoiled dive sites. 
Burma took it to a whole new level and we discovered here the wonder of diving with no other boat at sight. And when it came to establishing ourselves, Ranong came as the perfect location.
​Our main concern is to make sure you have a safe and unforgettable diving experience. 
We have 4 instructors onboard in order to have no more than 4 divers per guide.
Franck is an MSDT PADI Instructor and is always glad to share his experience. He will be glad to guide you or teach you new diving techniques and specialties.
Camille traveled the world for 7 years before stopping in Ranong, she is a tough critic when it comes to client servicing and takes care of the logistics, special requests and other practicality before and after the cruise. 
The food onboard is always rated excellent and service rated top notch.

In addition to the 4 dive guides, we have a captain, 2 mechanics, 2 chefs and 2 boat boys at your service for a great holidays.

Camille Fogarolo
liveaboard in Burma
The Smiling Seahorse captain's cabin
Always happy Smiling Seahorse's team
Cool! The Smiling Seahorse team
The Smiling Seahorse team
Young and smart Smiling seahorse team member...
Nice and friendly Smiling Seahorse team...
WHAT WILL YOU EAT ON THE MV SMILING SEAHORSE?
​We take you to the best dive sites and offer you the most comfortable cabins, but our chef is probably what brings back the most raving reviews! 
French and Thais are both very serious about good food, we combined our forces to offer both Thai and International cuisine for everyone’s enjoyment.

Choui, our super chef
Choui, our super chef
WHAT WILL YOU EAT ON THE MV SMILING SEAHORSE?

Our brand new boat...

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The MV Smiling Seahorse
liveaboard in Burma
The MV Smiling Seahorse on sunset
Two beds cabin
Double bed cabin
Photography room
Upper deck to rest and enjoy the view
MV Smiling seahorse upper deck
Hammock to rest on the upper deck
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The Smiling Seahorse

170 Ruangrat Rd, Tambon khao nivet, Mueang Ranong District, Ranong 85000​
Phone: +66860110614​
​Mail: info@thesmilingseahorse.com

www.thesmilingseahorse.com/
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  • When & Where
    • Schedule and Prices
    • Destinations >
      • North Andaman Thailand >
        • Similan Islands
        • Surin Islands >
          • Richelieu rock
        • The essential Underwater photo Guide to diving Thailand
      • South Andaman Thailand
      • Mergui Archipelago >
        • Marine life in the Andaman Sea
        • Burma's best dive sites
        • The Ultimate Underwater photo Guide to diving Burma
  • ABOUT
    • Our Boat >
      • DELICIOUS FOOD
    • Guest Book
    • Diving in Thailand in 2022-2023 >
      • Ranong Departures >
        • 3D Thailand: Surin National Park
        • 4D3N North Andaman Ranong-Khao Lak
        • 5D Thailand: Surin and Similan
        • 5D North Andaman Ranong-Khao Lak
        • 6D Thailand: Surin and Similan end to Ranong
        • 7D Thailand: All of Surin and Similan
        • 8D Thailand: North & South
        • Alternative itineraries for full charter >
          • 4D4N Evening to morning - Surin Similan
      • Khao Lak Departures >
        • 5D North Andaman from Khao Lak to Phuket
        • 5D North Andaman: All of Surin and Similan
        • 5D North Andaman Khaolak - Ranong
        • 6D North Andaman: All of Surin and Similan
        • 6D North Andaman: From Khao Lak to Ranong
        • 7D North Andaman: All of Surin and Similan
        • 7D North Khao Lak to Khao Lak
        • 8D North & South Andaman Thailand
      • Phuket departures >
        • 5D North Andaman from Phuket
        • 5D South Andaman: Lanta and Tarutao National Parks
        • 6D North Andaman: Phuket to Khao Lak
        • 8D Thailand: South & North
        • 8D Andaman South & North Phuket-Ranong
    • Blackwater diving in Thailand
    • Marine life in Thailand's Andaman Sea
    • Diving in Myanmar | Burma dive cruises >
      • 6D Burma : South Mergui Archipelago
      • 7D Burma: dive Black Rock
      • 8D Burma: Undiscovered Mergui
      • 9D Burma: Exploration trip
    • Dive Courses >
      • Learn to Dive
      • Continue diving education
      • Rescue diver
      • Professional Dive Courses
      • Hone your dive skills with a PADI specialty course
      • Photo coaching in Thailand on the Smiling Seahorse
    • FAQ
  • Plan your trip
    • Our hotels recommendations
    • Khao Sok National Park
    • Taxi services >
      • Taxi services to and from Ranong
      • Taxi services to and from Phuket
      • Taxi services to Tap Lamu and Khao Lak
    • 10 things to do around Ranong
    • Covid-19 news & infos >
      • COVID-19 update travel to Thailand
      • Covid-19 protection on-board
  • PROMO
    • HOT DEALS
    • Manta rays expedition - 19 Mar 2023
    • Ultimate Underwater photo combo expeditions
    • Blackwater expedition 23 Jan 2024
    • UW Photo clinic North Andaman 31 Jan 2024
    • Special Marine Biology - 18 Feb 2024
    • Whale Shark Special - 19 Mar 2024 - North and South
    • Manta rays expedition - 20 April 2024
  • gallery
    • Photos
    • Videos
  • CONTACT
  • BLOG
    • Most popular posts