The accident occurred on Tuesday (Oct 15) during a tour, reports the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command based at Cape Panwa.
The Navy’s Marine Security Unit stationed at the Similan Islands was alerted to the incident by a tour guide aboard the boat ‘Saracha’. The injured tourist, identified by a Navy report as 30-year-old ‘Bacchetta Imee Louise’, suffered a wound a 5cm long and 2cm deep to her right heel.
Navy officers provided first aid by stopping the bleeding, administering painkillers and covering the wound.
Ms ‘Bacchetta was then transported back to the tour boat to be taken to a hospital for further medical treatment.
No further details were provided in the brief report by the Third Area Command confirming the incident.