Staying Home Sucks, home
Magnificent Sea Anemone, Thai Muang, TH-PG, TH imported from iNaturalist photo 174687197
Christmas Point. Photo: (c) luluchouette, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Christmas Point

Dive site · Thailand

Experienced divers only

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

Tue 3 · 85 out of 100

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

Wed 4 · 85 out of 100

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

Thu 5 · 85 out of 100

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

Fri 6 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
27°C

Sat 7 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
29°C

Sun 8 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
28°C

Mon 9 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
28°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 285, good
  2. Tue 385, good
  3. Wed 485, good
  4. Thu 585, good
  5. Fri 685, good
  6. Sat 785, good
  7. Sun 884, good
  8. Mon 974, good
  9. Tue 1074, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 40 mits deepest
  • From a liveaboardhow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces NWswell 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 experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Christmas Point
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov85, good0.2 mflat2 kn6kn29°C
Tue 3Nov85, good0.2 mflat3 kn6kn29°C
Wed 4Nov85, good0.2 mflat1 kn5kn28°C
Thu 5Nov85, good0.2 mflat2 kn5kn28°C
Fri 6Nov85, good0.2 mflat1 kn5kn27°C
Sat 7Nov85, good0.2 mflat4 kn11kn29°C
Sun 8Nov84, good0.2 mflat6 kn13kn28°C
Mon 9Nov74, good0.2 mflat5 kn17kn28°C
Tue 10Nov74, good0.1 mflat4 kn12kn28°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

  • 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
  • Wed 4 NovLow 00:01 −0.3 mHigh 06:03 +0.6 mLow 12:42 −0.6 mHigh 19:08 +0.6 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.

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Photos of Christmas Point

Honeycomb Coral Crab, Mu Ko Similan, TH-PG-TM, TH-PG, TH imported from iNaturalist photo 174381708
Near Christmas Point, 2 km away. Photo: (c) luluchouette, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lam Kaen, Thai Mueang District, Phang-nga, Thailand - panoramio (1)
Near Christmas Point, 2 km away. Photo: egor_demin, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Similan Island 01 (MK)
Near Christmas Point, 2 km away. Photo: Mathias Krumbholz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Christmas Point

It goes down to 40 m. You get in from a liveaboard. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NW: swell from the NW reaches it, and wind from the SE 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, 67 km. Nearest airport: Phuket International Airport (HKT), 98 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 dive sites.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep Down to 40 m.
  • Getting in From a liveaboard.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, 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 Jun and Aug (about 25 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 67 km away

No town nearby

Nearest beds: Khao Lak, 67 km. Nearest airport: Phuket International Airport (HKT), 98 km.

See places to stay near Khao Lak, 67 km away · Booking.com

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

Getting there: about 28h 45m

About 28h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → HKT, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), then 2h 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's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.

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