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Elephant Head, Thailand

No town nearby. No bookable town within 60 km: the nearest, Cape Panwa, is 122 km away. Nearest airport: HKT (HKT), 93 km.

About Elephant Head

You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SW: swell from the SW reaches it, and wind from the NE blows out to sea. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 29°C in January, its coldest month (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm), and 30°C in March, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). No town nearby. No bookable town within 60 km: the nearest, Cape Panwa, is 122 km away. Nearest airport: HKT (HKT), 93 km. Within 5 km we also list 7 dive sites.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

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Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

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Water about 29°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 20 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Mar, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep and Oct (about 20 m).

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From Chicago: about 28 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to HKT, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG).

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 55 from the airport to Elephant Head.

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  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No bookable town within 60 km: the nearest, Cape Panwa, is 122 km away. Nearest airport: HKT (HKT), 93 km.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Dive site

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Forecast

Not for Open Water divers. Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. See it for Advanced divers.

Rough cost

About £1,060–£2,130 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. No town nearby, so no stay is in it. Dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price for a guided dive, so they are not in it.

  • Flights £800–£1,660
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £70–£115
  • Food £155–£290

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