Cave Survey Data

Survey data for the caves of Thailand is being compiled in Walls. As of October 2026 the project has over 378.5 km of survey centre-line data.
The cave survey data, including scans of the survey notes, is archived at the Cave Registry Data Archive maintained by the British Caving Association.

The Thailand cave survey data is freely available under a Creative Commons BY-NC (Attribution + Noncommercial) licence.
Follow the instructions at http://cave-registry.org.uk/check-out-instructions to install the version control software and the data is at http://www.cave-registry.org.uk/svn/Thailand/. 

143.8 km of the survey data has been acquired by the Shepton Mallet Caving Club between 2000 and 2026.
The rest of the surveys are by:
Dean Smart and the RFD (1993-2005 - 46.6 km)
Department of Mineral resources (2019-2025 - 22.6 km)
Chiang Mai Rock Climbing Adventures (2020-2026 - 22.1 km with thanks to Sudeep Subrahmanya and Josh Morris)
Canberra Speleological Society (1996-2004 - 13.8 km with thanks to John Brush and Dean Smart)
Australian expeditions to Mae Hong Son (1986-1990 - 13.3 km with thanks to John Dunkley and John Brush)
Pang Ma Pha Cave Project (1998-1999 - 8.1 km)
Thailand Karst Hydrologic Project (1983-1984 - 7.5 km with thanks to Bob Benedict and Jeb Blakely)
Orpheus Caving Club (2004 - 4.2 km with thanks to Simon Brooks)
Krabi Family Expedition (2016 - 2.6 km with thanks to Imogen Furlong)
Alexander Thoma (2012-2013 - 2.3 km)
Rob Harper & Vern Unsworth (2016-2018 - 1.9 km)

Back up files of the Walls database and scanned survey notes are regularly deposited with the Shepton Mallet Caving Club in the UK.

I would be interested in receiving ANY cave survey notes to add to the database.

Shepton Mallet Caving Club Surveying Annual Totals



Year Centre-line survey (m)
2000 1,082
2001 5,737
2002 5,223
2003 3,380
2004 13,450
2005 7,427
2006 1,436
2007 0
2008 875
2009 6,522
2010 7,330
2011 1,796
2012 4,958
2013 6,999
2014 8,836
2015 2,975
2016 8,226
2017 431
2018 2,314
2019 13,938
2020 12,822
2021 3,254
2022 2,326
2023 3,786
2024 9,172
2025 1,727
2026 7,804
Total 143,826 m