Monday on Koh Lipe - Sunset Beach was a great anchorage.

With the new Solar Panel pushing out 12 amps and better during the day and the Wind Generator pushing out 5+ during night in the stiff prevailing breezes and topping up the solar during the day the amp nazi was well content!

Aidan and Chris had booked to go on a "longtail" to visit dive sites so left early in the morning leaving Dianne for a quiet day onboard in the very pleasant conditions.

The morning proved overcast and windy so not ideal conditions but Chris got a couple of dives in and Aidan some snorkelling and a little diving. The water was clear and the coral and fish life quite good.

So nice to get back into beautiful clear waters and nice snorkelling and diving. Lower Malaysia and even Langkawi does not have the pristine clear water like just a little further up.

Around the Batan group of Islands there is good snorkelling and diving and plenty of marine life, morays, rays, sailfish and plenty of coral reef species and floaties in the water. Possible to see whale sharks etc.

We returned early afternoon (when the sun came out and the wind died off!!!).

Being full moon the tides were high and the currents quite strong but good for drift diving and snorkelling.

Dianne went snorkelling off Charmar to the beach in the afternoon and found some nice grounds to cover and a long term submerged purse complete with credit cards and watch still running - but it had been there some time as it had marine growth all over! We subsequently saw many longtails take snorkellers to this area and wondered that it had never been seen before.

Dinner on Koh Lipe "Walking Street" was great to sample the local fare and finish up with the essential Thai massage!