Scuba Diving Koh Tao

Have you ever considered there is a whole other world within our reach? When scuba diving Koh Tao you experience weightlessness while exploring the stunning visual display of the underwater realm.

Koh Tao dive sites are perfectly suited for all diving courses, considering depth, clarity and calmness of the dive environment. The conditions are generally very good making it possible for everyone to dive. The PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) and SSI (Scuba School International) are the two predominant certifying organizations in the +80 dive shops on the island, so opportunities to scuba dive Koh Tao are literally around every corner!

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Scuba Diving Courses on Koh Tao

Recreational Scuba Diving Courses

Discover Scuba Diving Course

Price: 3,500 Baht
Duration: 1 day

To experience what it feels like to breathe underwater, the one-day Discover Scuba Diving Course is a great option to see what it’s like to dive. Here you will learn how to use scuba dive equipment and enjoy Koh Tao’s underwater to a maximum depth of 12 metres under the direct supervision of a certified dive professional.

Discover Scuba Diving course includes:

• Two dives at distinct dive sites
• Equipment rental
• Dive insurance

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Advanced Open Water Diver

Price: 9,000 Baht
Duration: 2 days

The Advanced Open Water Diver Course helps broaden your scuba diving knowledge and underwater experiences. This takes you to the next level of depth and challenges your dive skills while exploring all the extra curricular dive activities available. Included in your 5 Advanced Open Water dives, you take the plunge and go deep to 30 m and expand your underwater navigation skills. The 3 other dives are up to you!

White Rock is a spectacular dive site to visit when diving Koh Tao that is mostly visited for the night adventure dive due to the charismatic behavior of the marine life that become active at night. Scuba divers enjoy exploring the reefs there to witness the hunting patterns of the great barracuda, blue spotted stingrays and view the brilliant phosphorescence. The options for your elective choices include Wreck Diving, Nitrox, Digital Underwater Photography, Fish Identification, Search & Recovery, Buoyancy Techniques plus more. Minimum age is 12 years old.

Advanced Open Water Diver course includes:

• Dive theory e-learning
• Five adventure dives
• Equipment rental
• Dive insurance
• Certification

Rescue Diver

Price: 9,000 Baht
Duration: 3 days

Emergency First Response (EFR)

Price: 4,000 Baht
Duration: 1 day

If you are currently an Advanced Open Water diver and would like to learn how to help others, your next challenge is the Rescue Diver Course. This 3–4 day program provides you with the necessary skills to assist, supervise and take control of an emergency situation. You will need to have a certification in CPR and First Aid/Secondary Care to be able to attend this course. The Emergency First Response Course (EFR) can be integrated into the rescue program. EFR is an internationally recognized certification for CPR, AED, Primary and Secondary Care. To learn more about Diving Medicine, you may be interested in the O2 Provider Course, an independent program that can also be integrated in the EFR or Rescue Programs. Minimum age is 12 years old.

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Kids Scuba Diving Programs on Koh Tao

PADI Bubblemaker

Price: 2,500 Baht

Similar to the Discover Scuba Diving Program, the PADI Bubblemaker Program gives kids the opportunity to experience breathing from S.C.U.B.A. underwater to a depth of 2–4 metres. The minimum age is 8 years to participate. Conducted in either a pool or at shallow water dive site such as Mango Bay or Japanese Gardens, you will have the chance to feel the same excitement that certified divers experience. The benefits of getting into the shallow open water environment is that you see the beautiful creatures that live beneath our ocean surface. These programs incorporate a series of games to enhance buoyancy control and breathing techniques that can be beneficial to underwater enthusiast of all ages.

 

PADI Seal Team

Price: 7,500 Baht

The PADI Seal Team Program gives children ages 8 years and above the opportunity to experience scuba diving in a confined pool environment. Here they practice skills used in the open water through several structures sessions. Furthering their knowledge they may progress to the Master Seal Team Program whereby these new divers can take on challenging skills diving at night, developing navigation and buoyancy skills – and all in the secure settings of a swimming pool. Parents can participate or enjoy their time exploring other avenues of diving on the island while the kids are directly supervised by their diving instructor.

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Professional Level Scuba Diving Courses

If you’re looking for a new place to call home, Koh Tao is renowned for its longterm diving experiences. The affordable accommodation and food options available allow many travellers and avid divers to remain on Koh Tao to dive and continue their scuba diving education to the professional levels of Divemaster and Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor.

There are several diving schools on Koh Tao that have instructor development ratings to offer these accredited professional programs that are recognized worldwide. This level of training opens up the opportunity to work as a dive professional on Koh Tao and around the world. The average time spent for these programs are from 3 weeks to 6 months or more, depending on the individual.

Technical Diving at Koh Tao

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Fun Diving Koh Tao

All dive facilities on Koh Tao have their own boats, provide scuba dive equipment and professional guides for the daily dive trips around Koh Tao. Some excursions include fruit and soft beverages where as others provide drinking water, coffee and tea. Weather permitting, local dive sites are visited twice daily, regular schedules include 2 x dives in the morning (07:00 – 12:00) and two dives in the afternoon (12:15 – 17:30), along with night dives (18:00 – 20:30) every other day.

Most dive sites surround Koh Tao and Koh Nang Yuan, but there are special day trips organized for Sail Rock and Samran Pinnacles and Ang Thong National Marine Park at most dive schools. These full day trips leave in the morning and include lunch and dive equipment.

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