PADI Diving Course on Koh Tao
We follow the PADI system of diver education as they are the largest SCUBA diving certification organization in the world, and internationally recognized.
The most important thing for us, however, is thorough training, which we attain with small groups (we won't usually refuse just one student) and personal, understanding teaching. Courses are available in English, German and many other languages, with educational materials available in most languages. |
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PADI Scuba Review
PADI recommends this "scuba-diving
tune-up" after more than 6 months of no diving. It certainly is necessary after
much longer periods or if you're feeling a little out of touch. We will go
through your basic dive theory, check & refine your SCUBA DIVING skills and then
do some fun diving with you too. |
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Discover SCUBA Diving on Koh Tao
For people without the time for a full course or who want to check it out first, we are happy to give you a real taste of diving. It's a strictly shallow dive, starting in water "deep enough to stand up", after a thorough briefing on safety rules, techniques and equipment. We usually specify a maximum of two divers per PADI
Instructor. Your dive can then be credited towards an Open Water Diver Course. |
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PADI Open Water Diver
A full beginners diving
coursse, taking about 4 days and
involving theory sessions (DVD &
personal teaching), shallow water
training and 4 actual dives. On
successful completion of the program you
should understand all the basics of safe
diving and will receive your log book
plus PADI Scuba Diver Certification;
valid for life. |
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Advanced Open Water Diver
The next level, featuring further training in underwater navigation and deep diving, plus 3 other specialized activities such as night diving, underwater naturalist, photography, multilevel diving or dive with an under water scooter. So you do 5 dives in total over 2 to 3 days. Any of the advanced dives can then be credited to the specialty course that might take your fancy.
You will finish the course a more confident and experienced diver, with a further Diving Certification to prove it! |
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PADI Emergency First Responder
A one-day, classroom based course on basic first aid, required before you start your Rescue Diver Program, although proof of training (inc. CPR) with any recognized First Aid Organization within the past 2 years is also acceptable.
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PADI Rescue Diver
A more serious (but also much fun) level of diving education. Self rescue
techniques, surface and underwater problems, emergency management, actual rescue
scenarios and more are covered in theory lessons and a minimum of 5 in-water
training sessions over at least 3 days. With this scuba diving certification you
should be able to better care for a dive buddy with problems, in addition to
becoming more self-sufficient & confident as a scuba-diver yourself. |
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PADI Dive Master
The first level in the PADI
professional program will teach you how
to care for Certified Scuba Divers and
assist in teaching situations. This
should take a minimum of 4 weeks
(including as many dives as it takes) as
there's lots to do! In-depth (so to
speak) theory, lots of in-water work,
but also learning how to help in the
running of a scuba dive center, from
filling tanks and maintaining equipment,
to caring for divers & students, to
handling potential customers and dealing
with paperwork.
We are always interested in teaching these courses, as we try
to employ only dive masters taught by
ourselves as staff here. |
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PADI Specialty Training
What is Special in Diving for you? We have dived here for 15 years & have
compiled a full photo directory of our local marine life, so join us for the
Specialty U/W Naturalist course or the U/W Photographer course; we are experts.
Have you ever dived with the extra bottom time that enriched air (nitrox) allows
you, or do you want to dive deeper, but with proper training first? Then we've
got the Specialty Enriched Air or Deep Diver courses.
Basically there is a program to meet most divers special interests & we're
usually happy to teach it; just let us know. Just, please dont ask at Blue
Diamond Dive Resort for the "u/w hunter" course, as we are doing the best we can
to preserve the underwater world on Ko Tao! Altitude Diving and Ice Diving are
also quiet difficult to archive on Koh Tao. |
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