Boat Charter & Sport-Fishing in Phuket

Thailand's Andaman Sea coast stretches over 540 miles from Tarutao National Park on the southern border with Malaysia to the Surin Islands on the northern border with Burma.

On the surface the terrain offers an incredible variety, with rocky headlands, long broad sandy beaches, limestone cliffs, forested hills, small estuaries and lagoons, and tropical vegetation of all kinds. Protecting the shoreline are a series of sheer-sided limestone mountains and other artistic rock formations that soar up to a thousand feet out of the sea like an eerie army of stone monoliths. Two quite different types of island are found interspersed together forming an odd geological pattern that creates a surreal quality to the awesome beauty of this region. Granite outcrops dominate the area around the Surin and Similian Islands, and run roughly parallel through the region with a series of jungle covered limestone islands that that are straight out of a tropical daydream.

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Racha Island

12 miles SW of Phuket
Closet major island to Phuket, very popular anchorage. Excellent beach, crystal clear water, several beach restaurants. Many fishing charters out of Phuket will head for the channel seperating Racha Island from Phuket.

Phi Phi Islands

28 miles SE of Phuket
A pair of remote tropical islands 28 miles off Phuket. Good anchorages, wonderful offshore scenery, numerous places to visit for eating and drinking out. Starting point for the annual 'Kings Cup' race.

Ko Rok Nok

48 miles S of Phuket
These twin tropical islands are separated by narrow channel. The best  anchorage is in the channe between the islands. The water is normally crystal clear and offer good snorkeling and diving. An unusual shrine on the island has phallus effigies. Thare are no facilities on these islands and usually no tourists.

Butang Islands

Near Thai/Malaysian border
If you are seeking remote this is where you want to go. This group of 18 islands is virtually untouched, you will rarely even see anotther boat. The islands offer endless possibilities for exploring, many interesting waterfalls and streams to be found on the shores. One of the 18 islands has a tiny settlement and a restaurant. Some quite good snorkeling and diving.

Ko Tarutao

Part of a large national park on the border with Malayisa. Long history as a haven for pirates. A river can be navigated upstream by dinghy deep into the mangrove forest. Several well maintained hiking trails and a large waterfall. A number of good anchorages with good diving possibilities. One small restaurant at national park buildings.

Langkawi Island

Is the northernmost island in Malaysia and is part of an archipelago of 99 islands. Langkawi Island itself is a popular duty free area and in some areas is very developed with hotels, restaurants, resorts etc. The rest of the group are mostly deserted and offer a variety of good anchorages, many caves to explore, hiking trails in the dense rainforest and there are streams and waterfalls.

Penang Island

Very interesting place, not so much for it’s natural beauty, but for the historically interesting capital Georgetown. Unlike many SE Asian towns where historical buildings and narrow alleys have largely given way to concrete towers and motorways, this town of 400.000 inhabitants is still very much the Chinatown that Singapore once was, time seems to be 50 years behind. Georgetown is renowned for it’s excellent selection of Chinese and Indian restaurants.

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Island to the North of Phuket.

Similan Islands

55 miles NW of Phuket
An archipelago of nine islands protected as a national park and one of the most famous dive ares in the world. One island maintains a tiny settlement with the park headquarters and a small restaurant. These islands are comprised of granite outcrops that rise off the seafloor and are topped with massive formations of granite boulders stacked into weird formations that give the islands ther own distinctive charactor.

Surin Islands

Near Thai/Burmese border
A group of wind swept islands of awesome beauty on the border with Burma. Famous as a dive site and for its colony of Sea-Gypsies. Part of a national park and maintanis several good anchorages with camping facilities.

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Island to the West of Phuket.

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

300 miles NW of Phuket
Large Archipelago of remote islands which are administerated by the government of India, and serve as the border seperating the Andaman Sea from the Indian Ocean.  Almost untouched by western civilization, and apart from the capital at Port Blair may be the most remote area anywhere in the world. s and islets are all in a pristine state and offer endless opportunities for exploring. The waters are teeming with fish and are first class for snorkeling and diving. Numerous islands are populated with ancient tribes that totally avoid contact with the outside world and continue to live in the way their ancestors have done for centuries. To the credit of the Indian government and the local authorities who have sucessfully protected these beautiful islands the cultural-and natural heritage of the people who live here.

Officially it is possible to visit some tribal settlements under the guidance of an officially appointed guide but the mindboggling Indian bureaucracy involved will dissaude all but the most determined. These islands have remained untouched by the 20th century because they are truly in the middleof nowhere, and suffer from a variety of nasty weather patterns that often make the journey a true expedition. The reward is visiting an area of pristine beauty that only a very few have visited before.