Are you on holiday?  Come and Discover SCUBA Diving in Thailand!

Situated in the Gulf of Thailand near to Koh Phangan; Koh Tao or ‘Turtle Island’, offers the possibility of an excellent holiday and the chance to discover scuba diving submerged in the clear blue waters of Koh Tao, with its ornate coral reefs, giant anemones and multi coloured fish.
Koh Tao also allows you to relax on its deserted beaches and benefit from its laid back pace of life.  Here relaxation is compulsory – perfect for a great holiday in Thailand.  Here, by day you can marvel at the corals during your dives and by night, immerse yourself in the party atmosphere.
Situated in the middle of the gulf of Thailand, some kilometers from the coast of mainland, the island of Koh Tao has become over the years the diving Mecca of Asia, for all marine enthusiasts.

Paradise Island – A taste of Koh Tao

Learn to dive in Koh Tao is an ideal way to spend your holidays in the sun, partaking in a rich and thrilling experience.
Each year, the island of Koh Tao attracts those bitten by the diving bug searching the thrill and weightless sensation that SCUBA offers.
It’s not difficult to imagine an ambiance at 8 o’clock in the morning on the dive boats!  Despite being on holiday, the excitement and desire to dive drives everyone to be there on time!  Everything is done to allow you to take in and enjoy this beautiful underwater world in safety.

Koh Tao – A tropical paradise island

In Koh Tao, the majority of dive sites do not exceed 30m in depth, the water is warm and clear and the conditions are rather merciful, perfect for a holiday.  Free from exploitation, simply take pleasure of our diving and let yourself glide alongside the pinnacles, huge boulders covered with corals, anemones, oysters, sea urchins, sponges and giant mussels.  A large variety of tropical fish frequent our privileged dive sites around Koh Tao: squirrel fish, angelfish, scorpion fish, barracuda, triggers, and also the possibility of seeing sharks and better still a whale-shark!

Here you can dive between gigantic boulders that have tumbled from the edge of the island; piles of rocks peppered with small caverns and shallow coral gardens that stretch out along the beaches.  You will appreciate the diversity of nature’s highlights and Koh Taos varied dive sites, typical of Thai waters.

Scuba Diving in Koh Tao – A must

Koh Tao remains a must for dive holidays in Asia, particularly in Thailand.  ‘Turtle Island’, without a doubt, will please all scuba divers and those searching to discover scuba in a place that offers an all-round great time, not just in SCUBA. I you would like to stay informed about new content on my website and about new development in scuba diving, simply subscribe to my RSS Newsletter.

Click to bookmark this Article

Hide Sites

Prices for PADI Dive Master teaching material

This page is coming in the next few days. For now you can find the prices for the Dive Master course teaching material on our French website.

Click to bookmark this Article

Hide Sites

Scuba Diving Review – Scuba Tune up

The Scuba Review program is primarily designed to help certified and non-certified divers to refresh their diving theory knowledge and their practical scuba diving skills in and out of the water. A scuba review or ‘Tune Up’ is particularly recommended after a long period of diving inactivity and/or after a significant gap during diving courses.
Read more …

Adventures in Diving – PADI Adventure Diver

The PADI Adventure Diver Course is the first step on the way to explore the different areas of scuba diving. The various specialty dives in the Adventure Diving Course are designed to reflect the peronal interests of a diver and will let you choose the subject. This way, scuba divers will gain more diving experience, in relation to what they are interested in, such as Underwater Photography, Deep Diving or others.
Read more …

Adventures in Diving – PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (AOWD)

Similar to the PADI Adventure Diving course, the Advanced Course (AOWD) aims to train the divers confidence underwater by guiding the student towards his/her personal interests. The PADI Advanced Open Water Certification requires five specialty dives,where from two dives, deep and navigation dive, are so called mandatory dives, while the subjects of the remaining three dives are up to the divers free choice. Read more …

Emergency First Response Course- EFR

In case you would like to extend your diving skills, a first aid certificate is prerequisite if you plan to participate in a PADI rescue diving course. The Emergency First Response Course (EFR) is based on strict protocol and uses various training aids. The EFR course will teach you all the elementary procedures of being a first responder on an accident scene, be it above or under water. Read more …

Oxygen Provider

The oxygen provider course is a basic training for those who are interested in oxygen therapy, whether they are scuba divers or not. The oxygen provider training will introduce you to the fundamental notions of diving accidents. You will learn to recognize signs and symptoms of oxygen related emergancies and accidents, as well as oxygen related emergency management. Even though the Oxygen provider course is not mandatory, it is stongly recommended for Dive Masters and Diving Instructors to extend their oxygen provider training. Read more …

Course – PADI Rescue Diver Course

Once you have gained a bit more experience on dive boats and under water, you may feel the urge to extend your diving knowledge further, to be able to assist your fellow divers in a proper and correct way, in case of an emergancy. The PADI Rescue Diver Course is aimed to train divers to be able to spot problems and assist other divers in situations that otherwise might well have become dangerous.
Read more …

Specialty Dives – Specialty Diving Certifications

Make more specialty dives and become a certified Specialty Diver in the part of suba diving that interests you most! The aim of the PADI speciality course program is to familiarise divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organisation, procedures, techniques and the equipment associated with different areas of special interests within scuba diving. Specialty Dives are the perfect way to increase your experience and better your skills. Read more …

Click to bookmark this Article

Hide Sites

Become a Certified Specialty Diver

 

 

 

 

If you wish to continue your diving education and gain more diving experience without becoming and advanced open water or a rescue diver, then the specialty dives are made for you! Whether you are interested in the technical diving specialties such as Nitrox, Deep Diving or riding around on a Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV), having the time of your life, or the more standard activities such as Night Diving, Multilevel Training Dives, Naturalist, Underwater Photography or others, you won’t have trouble finding specialty dives that to suit your interests.

Even if you’re not a scuba diver (yet), there are still specialties that may well interest you, such as Project AWARE, Marine Resource Management and Coral Reef Conservation. These specialty programs focus on our responsibilities to our planet and how to protect our oceans.

Possible specialty choices and prerequisites for each (list is non-exhaustive):

Deep Diver Specialty:
4 dives over 2 days
Maximum depth: 40 meters
Prerequisites: Adventure diver or equivalent, 15 years minimum age

Night Diving Specialty:
4 dives over 2 days
Prerequisites: Adventure diver or equivalent, 15 years minimum age

Nitrox Specialty:
2 dives (optional)
Prerequisites: Open Water Diver or equivalent, 15 years minimum age

Photography Specialty:
2 dives over 1 day
Prerequisites: Junior Open Water or equivalent, 10 years minimum age

Navigation Specialty:
3 dives over 1-2 days
Prerequisites: Junior Open Water or equivalent, 10 years minimum age

Naturalist Specialty:
2 dives over 1 day
Prerequisites: Junior Open Water or equivalent, 10 years minimum age

Become a certified specialty diver
Other specialties are available; please contact me here for more information!
Please Click here for Prices

Click to bookmark this Article

Hide Sites

Become an O2 Provider on Koh Tao

The handling of an oxygen kit requires certain knowledge. Even though its usage is fairly easy and straight forward; you want to make sure that you know what you are doing to be able to provide the most efficient help.

Scuba diver or not, the O2 provider course can be useful in many ways. Learn how to administer oxygen to a patient, learn which mask to use and how to deliver the correct rate of oxygen under various circumstances.
This 4 hour training session will allow non divers to become familiar with the processes of dealing with decompression illness, lung over expansion injuries and decompression sickness. For scuba divers, the course will cover in more detail, the DCI and DCS type one and type two. And finally, you will learn all about drowning and near drowning accidents.
You will further learn to recognize the different components of an oxygen kit and know how to assemble and disassemble the oxygen provider equipment.

You will learn about the uses of the following oxygen masks:

• demand mask
• non rebreather mask
• resuscitation mask
• MTRV

Combining Emergency First Response and O2 Provider

In case of an accident, the main aim of an emergency responder is to start first aid procedures and to keep your patient in a stable condition, until professional medical help arrives. Administering oxygen to a patient with decompression illness not only aids the work of the emergency medical team but will also greatly increase their chances of survival of the victim.

Important note:

Certain countries such as Australia, New Zealand and the United States require you to have done the oxygen provider certification in order to work as a boat crew member, divemaster or scuba diving instructor.

O2 Provider – Oxygen Provider Course on Ko Tao Thailand
Minimum age: none
Minimum level: none
Course duration: 2 – 3 hours

Please Click here for Prices
If you have any questions, please contact me here.

Click to bookmark this Article

Hide Sites

EFR – Emergency First Response Course – First Aid Course

 

 

 

 

As an approved first aid and CPR course, the Emergency First Responder, or EFR course, will only take one day. You will learn the basics of providing assistance to those who need it. Among other things, you will learn how to care for chocking victims and what to do against hypothermia, haemorrhaging and shock. You will learn how to open a victims airways, how to provide rescue breaths and CPR. You will further learn how to put a victim in a recovery position and monitor his/her state and control their breathing.
After your EFR course, you will know how to make a primary and secondary assessment in order to alert the emergency services. This way you are able to help, making their aid as efficient as possible.

A valid EFR certification or equivalent is prerequisite to the PADI Rescue Course and all following diving courses towards professional scuba diving. The EFR course is an internationally recognized first aid course that requires renewal every 2 years.

PADI Emergency First Response
Minium age: none
Location: Classroom

Please Click here for Prices
If you have any questions, please contact me here.

Click to bookmark this Article

Hide Sites

Advanced Open Water Diving Course (AOWD)

After completing your Open Water Course, you may want to become more confident underwater, know how to handle yourself underwater, maybe even defeat your fear of deep water or simply get closer to the sharks and other pelagic animals; in this case the PADI Advanced Open Water Course could be your next step! Very much like the Adventure Diver, the advanced open water is comprised of individual adventure dives. An AOW certification is often required of those, who wish to participate on dive orientated cruises like sail and dive, or on live aboard excursions.
Extending your Open Water Certification limit of 18 meters, the AOW course will allow you to dive to a depth of 30 metres. And it is not even necessary to spend a lot of time in the classroom, partaking in long theory sessions! You will learn your lessons with ease by simply reading the sections of the Advanced Diver manual relevant to the dives you are participating on. After reviewing the important points with your diving instructor you’ll be on your way straight into the blue water.
With 5 dives over 2 days, including a deep dive and a navigation dive, you will become capable of exploring even more of the underwater world!

Possible choices for Adventure/Advanced Dives on Koh Tao:

• Deep dive (compulsory for A.O.W): descend to 30 meters and see the sharks and other marine giants!
• Navigation dive (compulsory for A.O.W): you will learn to use your compass efficiently which will allow you to dive more independently and discover the superb corals and aquatic life common to the area.
• Nitrox dive (optional): Want to stay longer underwater? Learn to dive with an air mix enriched with oxygen and enjoy even more the underwater life!
• Night dive (optional): Like the marine life by day? How about at night??!! You will discover the joys of phosphorescent plankton and other parrot fish in their cocoon.
• Photography dive (optional): learn about photographic equipment and take home a superb photographic souvenir!
• Multi-level / computer dive (optional): Prolong your time underwater by planning you dive using the erdpml, a computer and other multilevel dive planning devices.
• Naturalist dive (optional) : Nothing to do with … nudists !!…….Learn to recognize and identify vertebrates and invertebrates !
• Peak Performance Buoyancy dive (PPB-optional): perfect your buoyancy and breathing. Learn how to do a head stand and how to observe rays and other box-fish hidden under the table corals.

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
Minimum age : 12 years, 15 years enriched air dive (Nitrox)
Maximum depth : 21 meters for 12-14 year olds, 30 meters for those 15 years plus.
Location: open water (sea)

Please Click here for Prices
If you have any questions, please contact me here.

Click to bookmark this Article

Hide Sites

PADI Adventure Diver – Adventures in Diving

You are already an Open Water Diver and you want to perfect your diving and gain more experience, but the Advanced Open Water Course seems too ambitious, then this is, without a doubt, the best option. This intermediate certification allows you to choose and mix 3 dives with different themes. There are no specific dives to do, you can choose the types of diving that you want to discover. No long classroom sessions, no exams, it’s enough just to read the relevant section of the manual and get in the water. Whether you are interested in photography, night diving, deep diving or many more, you have the choice! In just one day you can achieve your PADI Adventure Diver certification!

Possible choices for Adventure / Advanced Dives:

• Deep dive (compulsory for AOWD): descend to 30 meters and see the sharks and other marine giants!
• Navigation dive (compulsory for A.O.W): you will learn to use your compass efficiently which will allow you to dive more independently and discover the superb corals and the aquatic life around Koh Tao.
• Nitrox dive (optional): If you want to stay longer underwater, learn to dive with an air mix, enriched with oxygen and enjoy the aquatic life even more!
• Night dive (optional): Did you like the marine life by day? How about finding out how it looks at night? Discover the joys of phosphorescent plankton. Find fish in their sleeping places and learn more about the underwater world at night.
• Photography dive (optional): learn about photo equipment and take home a superb photographic souvenir!
• Multi-level / Computer dive (optional): Prolong your time underwater by planning your dive using the eRDP ML, a computer and other multilevel dive planning devices.
• Naturalist dive (optional) : Learn to recognize and identify the fish and corals you see under water. This coure will ultimately help you to keep a far more accurate log book.
• Peak Performance Buoyancy dive (PPB-optional): The perfect diving course to optimize your buoyancy and your breathing underwater. Learn how to do a head stand without holding on to anything. This is a great technique to observe rays and other fish hidden under table corals and rocks.

PADI ADVENTURE DIVER
Age minimum : 10 years
Maximum depth : 12 meters for 10-11 year olds, 21 meters for 12-14 year olds, 30 meters for those 15 years plus.
Location: open water (sea)

Please Click here for Prices
If you have any questions, please contact me here.

Click to bookmark this Article

Hide Sites

Price list valid from April 1st 2010

‘Discover Diving’ Courses:

Scuba Review:

Beginner Courses:

Advanced Diving Courses:

Specialties:

DSAT:

Prices of all DSAT training include : manuals, gas (student & Instructor) and all equipment.

GO PRO – PADI Dive Master:

GO PRO – PADI IDC

Click to bookmark this Article

Hide Sites

Get Your PADI Open Water Diving Certification on Koh Tao

 

 

 

 

Would you like to experience an absence of gravity and become independent underwater world? In 3-4 days, you will learn the theory and skills necessary required of independent divers. You will then be ready to discover the tropical underwater world!

You will learn everything in a relaxed, safe and perfectly adapted environment, all under the supervision of a professional dive instructor. Four actual dives in open water!! You will be trained to dive to a maximum depth of 18 meters. Since your PADI license is internationally recognized, you could dive all over the world!

PADI Open Water Divers are qualified to:

• Dive within their limits, their training and experience with a buddy, without the supervision of a PADI professional, whilst applying the knowledge and skills that they have learnt during the diving course.
• Get diving equipment; get their tanks filled and other scuba diving services under supervision.
• Plan, carry out and log non-decompression dives in open water under conditions for which they have been trained and according to their experience. (Only with adequate equipment and accompanied by a buddy)
• Continue their diving education with a specialist ‘Adventure Dive’ from the PADI Adventures in Diving program or take a specialty course.

PADI Open Water Diving Certification

Minimum age: 10 years
Maximum depth: 18 meters, 12 meters for 10-11 year olds.
Location: Pool or confined water (shallow bay) and open water (sea).

Price: Click here
If you have any further questions, please contact me here

Click to bookmark this Article

Hide Sites