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Burma
Banks
The Burma Banks are the most famous Burma diving destination,
and they rise to within fifteen metres of the Andaman
Sea surface, before plunging back down into the surrounding
300 metres deep waters. These open ocean sea mounts
attract large pelagics and schooling fish from the
surrounding waters. Adrenaline-rich drift dives is
what Burma Banks diving is all about, and shark encounters
are virtually guaranteed. Two to three metre nurse
sharks are frequently seen, with occasional silvertip
shark sightings - you can never be quite sure what
you might find here.
Other residents and visitors in the Mergui Archipelago
include grey reef, white tip and whale sharks. Schools
of mobula rays and manta rays are also frequently
seen. Burma diving is equally attractive to macro
enthusiasts too, with plentiful nudibranchs, clown
frogfish, ghost pipefish, ribbon eels, as well as
masses of lobsters, crabs, and shrimps - in fact,
these's far more diversity here than in the more popular
Thailand dive destinations.
Myanmar diving is exploratory frontier diving with
regular discoveries of new sites. One of the main
attractions here is to dive into the unknown. It will
appeal if you want to escape the mass commercialism
of nearby Thailand - those without a spirit of adventure
need not apply!
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