Diving for Certified Divers
Prior to your first dive with us, if you have not dived within the last year then we highly recommend that our customers take a PADI Scuba Review. If you prefer not to take this then you will have to do your first dive trip on our afternoon boat with shallower dives prior to any other trips or courses. The Divemaster can cancel the dive if they feel that you may be putting yourself at risk.
When you sign up for diving you will need to provide your certification card and logbook. If you cannot show your level of experience due to not having a sufficient updated logbook, you will have to do a Scuba Review prior to any diving.
There are approximately 25 dive sites around Koh Tao which are accessible to Open Water Diver certification level and only a few that require the Advanced Open Water certification. Certified divers must hold the minimum qualification of Open Water Diver and do two afternoon dives or a scuba review prior to their first morning trip as these sites are located away from the Island in more open ocean.
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Dive Trips
We run two dive trips per day and a night dive every other night. The morning trip departs at 06:30 and the afternoon trip at 12:30. The night dive depart at 18:00 and returns by 20:00
Our morning trip goes to the deeper dive sites around Koh Tao and out into the Gulf of Thailand. The best sites are Chumphon Pinnacles, South West Pinnacles and once or twice per week, Sail Rock when conditions allow. The maximum depth for the morning dives is around 27 metres and there is an abundance of hard and soft corals, large shoals of pelagic fish and seasonal appearances from Bull Sharks and Whale Sharks.
The afternoon trip stays closer to the Island and the maximum depth is normally around 18 metres. There is still plenty of marine life to be witnessed, with resident Eagle Rays, Banded Sea Krates and the occasional Green or Hawksbill Turtle.
The night dive usually takes place at either White Rock or Twin Peaks dive sites. These are both excellent dive sites that are packed with marine life. When night descends they become hunting grounds for Barracuda and divers occasionally witness this swift predator make a kill.
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PADI Scuba Review
We run the Scuba Review program daily which begins at 09:00 and lasts about 2 hours. The program we offer here goes slightly beyond the PADI requirements to ensure additional safe diving practices for our guests and to build up their confidence at entering the underwater world again. During your Scuba Review, we will go over PADI Open Water quizzes 1, 2 and 3 (you did these in your PADI Open Water Course) and re-introduce you to the Recreational Dive Planner. We will then take you to our beachfront swimming pool and go through the majority of key skills with you. This program is necessary if you haven’t been diving for more than a year. Once complete, you are then ready for some nice easy diving on our afternoon trips where our PADI Divemasters can assess, monitor and advise you on your diving skills.
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All of our customers are covered for any diving accident by our insurance policy
