SSI dive course on a liveaboards Following on from last week’s post about PADI Dive Courses on liveaboards I should also mention that there are a few liveaboards teaching SSI (Scuba Schools International) courses on liveaboards too. Fewer people will have heard of SSI than PADI and while PADI is still the most popular dive […]
Dive courses on liveaboards Virtually all Thailand liveaboards have PADI Instructors on board to teach PADI dive courses. Most boats do not teach beginner divers as it’s considered too disruptive to the schedule. (Some will teach the PADI Open Water Course and will even take non divers on Discover Scuba Dives. I’ll post about these […]
Here is some feedback from two guests on Oktavia in late April. It’s pretty typical of what people think of Oktavia. Hi Paul We had a great trip on the Oktavia. The crew was very friendly and so was the owner who was also on the trip. The boat was the best liveaboard I have […]
Here is a very constructive review of two Phuket day trip dive boats from Christian who dived on them this weekend. Hi Paul, Just wanted to thank you for your help with the dive bookings. It was easy and nice to have someone knowing the schedule of all the boats and the payment went swiftly. […]
Seachart 1 wreck Khao Lak From November there will be daily dive trips by long tail boat to the Seachart 1 Wreck. The price is 2,900 baht each. Or you can do two dives by long tail boat to the Boonsung Wreck for 2,500 baht each. A minimum of 2 divers is required to run a boat. […]
Old Thailand Liveaboards For anyone who has been coming diving to Thailand over the last 15 years you may remember some of these old Thailand liveaboards. We’ve thought of 20 boats that we remember diving and working on. The full photo album is one our facebook page. Let us know of any others that we’ve […]
Liveaboard with wifi and free nitrox Last season Pawara became the first boat to offer free WI-FI to it’s guests, it’s still one of the few boats that does. This season it will also be offering free nitrox to nitrox certified divers. If you are not nitrox certified you can do the PADI Nitrox specialty […]
Every low season we take the chance to inspect the boats that we sell. We like to keep our knowledge of our boats current. Every year we drop some boats and add some new ones. This week we were up at Ao Por Grand Marina in north east Phuket to inspect a fleet of luxury […]
Phuket dive boat with free nitrox Our favourite Phuket day trip dive boat is MV Chocksomporn run by Seafun Divers. Why? Small Groups: Max 20 divers. Lots of room on the dive deck. Space for everyone to sit on board. Small dive groups based on experience level Experienced supervisors and guides: Full boat, safety and […]
Diver feedback from Similan Explorer liveaboard I’ve just got some detailed and constructive feedback from a diver who went on Similan Explorer in late April. There are positives and negatives but overall it’s positive. I thought I’d copy the full unedited review here. Hey Paul, It was really good! I had a very good […]
