Scuba diving in Thailand: A balancing act

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A whale shark, usually 12 to 18 feet long, at Koh Tachai in the Similan archipelago in the Andaman Sea off Thailand. A father and son learned to connect on a dive trip aboard a Chinese junk through an exotic underworld off Thailand. (Caine Delacy/The New York Times)

Scuba divers in the clear blue water off Richelieu Rock in the Andaman Sea off Thailand. A father and son learned to connect on a dive trip aboard a Chinese junk through an exotic underworld off Thailand. (Caine Delacy/The New York Times)

A school of bigeye snapper swim by the soft coral of Richelieu Rock in the Andaman Sea off Thailand. A father and son learned to connect on a dive trip aboard a Chinese junk through an exotic underworld off Thailand. (Caine Delacy/The New York Times)

Scorpion fish at Richelieu Rock in the Andaman Sea off Thailand. A father and son learned to connect on a dive trip aboard a Chinese junk through an exotic underworld off Thailand. (Caine Delacy/The New York Times)

A pharaoh cuttlefish swims over coral reefs at Richelieu Rock in the Andaman Sea off Thailand. A father and son learned to connect on a dive trip aboard a Chinese junk through an exotic underworld off Thailand. (Caine Delacy/The New York Times)

The June Hong Chian Lee, a 100-foot-long, three-mast Chinese junk, in the Andaman Sea off Thailand. A father and son learned to connect on a dive trip aboard a Chinese junk through an exotic underworld off Thailand. (Caine Delacy/The New York Times)

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A whale shark, usually 12 to 18 feet long, at Koh Tachai in the Similan archipelago in the Andaman Sea off Thailand. A father and son learned to connect on a dive trip aboard a Chinese junk through an exotic underworld off Thailand. (Caine Delacy/The New York Times)

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