SCUBA Diving

I just got back from diving at the Ko Similan island chain in Thailand. It's the BEST diving I've ever done. Granted, I haven't been diving much at all. I got my diving certification in Summer of 2005. Living in the Pacific NW, the water temperature is very cold. I had to dive with a drysuit on. It wasn't an enjoyable experience for me. But I decided to give it another try in Nov 2006. It's another cold water dive. It was slightly better than the first time, but the bad rainy weather didn't help.
Finally, I heard that Ko Similan is one of the top 10 dive site in the world. Since I'm going to Thailand anyways, I decided to try it one last time. I figured, if I don't like it there, then there's no point in continuing.

Well... It was orders of magnitude better than the cold water dive. I only wore a 3mm shorty and nothing else. My weights were just right that I didn't have to adjust my BCD at all during the whole dive. A whole tank lasted me at least 50 mins, diving down as deep as 80 feet.
We saw so many different types of fish with great visibility. I even saw a Leopard Shark and big Manta Rays!
I'm motivated into diving more now. But one thing is for sure, I will never do a cold water dive again.

Company I used for Ko Similan diving and I would recommend and use them again.
Similan Scuba Adventures which is related to Diversland.