Thailand spearfishing / freediving
Hello from the East Coast of North Carolina (wreck central U.S.A.)
I will be living in Thailand starting in Jan 2007.
Does anyone on DB have a lot of knowledge about Thailand waters?
Am I correct? Gulf of Thailand is pretty horrible diving...I stopped by all the dive shops in Pattaya, and got their opinion and checked their photo albums too. Did some freediving off a charter in Ko Lan---more of the same... super-lo-vis...tiny pan fish...does the "high-season" vis improve??? stay tuned...
Question: What are your favorite areas in Thailand for freediving/spearfishing?
Anything in the polluted gulf? Up the coast of Phuket? Not sure...
Is the coastline sanctuary protected?
It was pretty amusing....when shown a photo of a speargun the usual reaction at a Pattaya dive shop is... "oh no-no... you can't do THAT here..."
Question: Spearfishing illegal in the Kingdom?
My Thai wife begged me not to transport my Rob Allen 130 through Bangkok Intl. Airport....she was concerned it was illegal or that we would pay a tax... Note: sporting equiptment like golf clubs usually attract a tax of 4,000 B
Aw, shucks... and I was going to wrap them up and say "fishing equiptment..."
Can anyone shed some light on this Thailand freediving / spearfishing topic?
Manootgop
Hello from the East Coast of North Carolina (wreck central U.S.A.)
I will be living in Thailand starting in Jan 2007.
Does anyone on DB have a lot of knowledge about Thailand waters?
Am I correct? Gulf of Thailand is pretty horrible diving...I stopped by all the dive shops in Pattaya, and got their opinion and checked their photo albums too. Did some freediving off a charter in Ko Lan---more of the same... super-lo-vis...tiny pan fish...does the "high-season" vis improve??? stay tuned...
Question: What are your favorite areas in Thailand for freediving/spearfishing?
Anything in the polluted gulf? Up the coast of Phuket? Not sure...
Is the coastline sanctuary protected?
It was pretty amusing....when shown a photo of a speargun the usual reaction at a Pattaya dive shop is... "oh no-no... you can't do THAT here..."
Question: Spearfishing illegal in the Kingdom?
My Thai wife begged me not to transport my Rob Allen 130 through Bangkok Intl. Airport....she was concerned it was illegal or that we would pay a tax... Note: sporting equiptment like golf clubs usually attract a tax of 4,000 B
Aw, shucks... and I was going to wrap them up and say "fishing equiptment..."
Can anyone shed some light on this Thailand freediving / spearfishing topic?
Manootgop