Express Way

Satun, Adang-rawi Archipelago, Adang Island, Southern Thailand, Thailand

Conditions & tides

Channel site — tidal current funnels through here and can run fast, changing quickly with the tide. It is usually strongest around mid-tide and eases near the slack windows below. Dive with a local operator who knows the timing.

Express WayAdang Island

Good · 5/5

conditions visualisation

Good5/5

Calm and diveable right now — best window today 7 AM–5 PM.

Wind6 kn WNW

Current~0.2 kn N · model

Swell

0.3 m · 6s · WNW

Water

31 °C

Conditions through the day

6 AM6 PM

Calmest current near slack — 04:00 PM & 04:00 AM local

Sunrise 06:11 AM · Sunset 06:17 PM local

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Tide · local

Outlook — select a day for full conditions

On-face swell 0.3 m — the component of the swell aimed at this site’s exposed face. Strong-current reef: plan a drift and enter near the slack windows above. Current is a regional model value (Copernicus, ~9 km grid) — a guide to the area, not a precise reef measurement. Imagery © Esri · not depth or visibility.

Scored by DiveConnect's site-physics model

Marine forecast via Copernicus Marine. Score is a rule-based guide from swell/wind vs. the site's exposure — always dive your own assessment.

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About this site

Adang Island sits in the Adang-Rawi Archipelago off Satun province in southern Thailand, near the Thai-Malaysian maritime border in the Andaman Sea. The archipelago falls within Tarutao National Marine Park and is typically reached by liveaboard boats operating out of Satun or Koh Lipe.

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