Staying Home Sucks, home
Giant Sea Fan, Mu Ko Similan, TH-PG-TM, TH-PG, TH imported from iNaturalist photo 174082940
East of Eden. Photo: (c) luluchouette, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

East of Eden

Dive site · Thailand

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

84Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

5 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
29°C

Tue 3 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
0 kn
Gusts
3kn
Air
28°C

Thu 5 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
28°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 183, good
  2. Mon 284, good
  3. Tue 384, good
  4. Wed 484, good
  5. Thu 584, good
  6. Fri 684, good
  7. Sat 783, good
  8. Sun 883, good
  9. Mon 984, good
  10. Tue 1081, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 40 mits deepest
  • From a liveaboardhow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces NEswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at East of Eden
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov83, good0.3 m2 kn5kn30°C
Mon 2Nov84, good0.2 mflat1 kn6kn29°C
Tue 3Nov84, good0.2 mflat3 kn7kn28°C
Wed 4Nov84, good0.2 mflat0 kn3kn28°C
Thu 5Nov84, good0.2 mflat2 kn4kn28°C
Fri 6Nov84, good0.2 mflat1 kn7kn28°C
Sat 7Nov83, good0.2 mflat4 kn9kn28°C
Sun 8Nov83, good0.2 mflat5 kn14kn28°C
Mon 9Nov84, good0.2 mflat3 kn14kn28°C
Tue 10Nov81, good0.2 mflat10 kn14kn27°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 01:43 +0.9 mLow 08:26 −0.7 mHigh 14:35 +0.4 mLow 20:24 −0.4 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 02:52 +0.7 mLow 09:49 −0.6 mHigh 16:11 +0.4 mLow 22:08 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 04:25 +0.6 mLow 11:25 −0.5 mHigh 17:55 +0.5 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the site, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

Dive site

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Photos of East of Eden

Magnificent Sea Anemone, Mu Ko Similan, TH-PG-TM, TH-PG, TH imported from iNaturalist photo 174126505
Near East of Eden. Photo: (c) luluchouette, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Thailand - Sea Turtle diving - Similan Islands
Near East of Eden, 1 km away. Photo: Reinhard Link from Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About East of Eden

A reef dive. It goes down to 40 m. You get in from a liveaboard. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 29°C in January, its coldest month (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm), and 30°C in March, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). No town nearby. Nearest beds: Khao Lak, 66 km. Nearest airport: Phuket International Airport (HKT), 92 km. Within 5 km we also list 6 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 40 m.
  • Getting in From a liveaboard.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

Water about 29°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 20 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Mar, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep and Oct (about 20 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,060–US$2,150 each

about US$1,060–US$2,150 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to HKT, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$898–US$1,860
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$47–US$80
Food7 days eating outabout US$114–US$208
Totalabout US$1,060–US$2,150

No town nearby, so no stay is in it. Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: nearest beds 66 km away

No town nearby

Nearest beds: Khao Lak, 66 km. Nearest airport: Phuket International Airport (HKT), 92 km.

See places to stay near Khao Lak, 66 km away · Booking.com

Distances are straight lines: a site out at sea is reached by boat.

Getting there: about 28h 40m

About 28h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → HKT, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), then 1h 55m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

This week: visibility about 20 m, about usual for the month (satellite plankton reading, 24 Oct). Estimated from the month's typical visibility and this week's satellite chlorophyll against the site's normal; heavy rain before a dive can still muddy it.

The current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.