Comfort & Quality at a Reasonable Price
Colona VI takes 14 divers on board in a total of seven cabins. The cabins are spacious, not huge, but offer plenty of room for two people in each one. One of the cabins has a double bed, the other six cabins have twin bunk-beds. All cabins are en suite which means that they have their own private tastefully decorated and clean bathrooms and showers. Each cabin has a hidden small hotel-like refrigerator to keep your drinks cold. She supplies towels for the trip, and if you need extra towels, simply ask the helpful crew.
The cabins also have wardrobes to store your clothes during the trip. All cabins are air conditioned from a central compressor adjusted by the crew on request. Reading lights are positioned above each bed and can be directed so they don’t disturb your roommate.

A Fun, Social, Well-designed Diving Vessel
Her social area or saloon is outdoors in a covered deck area. This is where meals are served buffet style, and there are four separate seating areas for the group to spread out. Drink holders are provided so that end of day beer doesn’t get spilled if the boat is moving about. The rear of the upper deck is a nicely designed shaded relaxing area where you can use the cushions provided to lay down, take a rest, read a book, or talk serious diving.
The diving deck is professionally organized with individual tank holders assigned to every diver, with plenty of storage below for your extra equipment. Tanks are filled in their places by competent crew and certified gas blenders. She has Nitrox as well as regular air tanks.
She has circular tables near the tank storage area for keeping your dive computers safe and out of the way as well as a fresh water rinse tank for computers and photo equipment only.

What’s Included?
You may not fly the day you return from the trip due to flying after diving rules, you must spend the night in Phuket and make your own way to the airport on your departure day.
Prices include tanks (3-4 dives a day)and weights, night diving lights/ torches, divemaster services, accommodation on board, coffee, tea, and bottled water, hotel transfers, and all meals.
We also include hotel transfers from Patong Beach, Kata Beach, and Karon Beach. For more information, please visit the specific boat’s web pages, or email us for more specific information.

Equipment rental is not included in the above prices as this would be unfair to those who have purchased their own gear.
Prices for rental equipment are approximately as follows. All boats have slightly different prices for rental gear, mostly based on how many requests they get for rental gear. As a general rule, the cheaper the boat, the cheaper the rental gear.

BCD: $7.00 to $10.00 US per day
Reg with gauges and octopus: $7.00 to $10.00 US per day
Wetsuit (3 mm shorty): $5.00 to $7.00 per day
Mask and Snorkel: $3.00 to $5.00 US per day
Fins (Full-foot style): $3.00 to $5.00 US per day
Computer (wrist model): $6.00 to $10.00 US per day (not always available)
Full set w/o computer: $20.00 to $25.00 US per day

Nitrox is charged at 250 THB per fill, any O2 mixture up to 40%.
Most boats use standard US-style aluminum cylinders, 11 liter (80cf) with K-valves for use with yoke-type regulators. DIN adaptors are available upon request. Many of the boats have 100cf or 15 liter tanks as well, please ask.

If you are concerned about the price of diving rental equipment, please ask in advance. Rental gear is paid for upon arrival directly to the boat generally. We do not ask for pre-payment just in case you change your mind or you decide to buy some.

Thailand has a national park fee of 400 THB per person, and 200 THB per day which is payable in cash to the authorities upon arrival in the park. This is not included in the price.
Thai National Park Fees are as follows:
2-day Hin Daeng: 400 THB
4-day Similan & Richelieu: 1600 THB
6-day Combination: 2000 THB

Thai Government national park fees are paid upon departure in cash on the vessel.

We can take no responsibility for scheduling or itinerary changes due to changing weather, political situations, natural disasters or other events beyond our control. We strongly recommend that you purchase travel insurance for any kind of trip you do anywhere in the world. We also recommend that you have DAN or other diving accident insurance up to date and current in case of an unanticipated evacuation or other treatment that may not be covered by your regular insurance.

 

 

 

 

MV Colona Liveaboard : Boat Layouts
Upper deck : Wheelhouse (10); Double-bed cabin (9); Outdoor saloon (8);
Main deck : Twin-bed cabin (5); Dive deck (1); Heads (3); Storage (2); Engines (4); Crew (7)

If you want to book a live-aboard trip with this vessel, please send us an email and we will send you the booking details.

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