AQUADEMIA DIVING

 

SCUBA Diving and PADI Dive Courses in Thailand
Find us at Full Moon Bungalows, Bangrak, our affordable beach side resort with clean rooms and a stunning beach bar - right next to the main pier or call us for more information.

Let us turn your trip into the experience of a lifetime with…
- Small Groups
- Well Maintained Equipment
- Effective Dive Planning
- Care & Understanding
- Exemplary Safety Record
- Hyperbaric Chamber Affiliation
- Happy Staff with a passion for the Underwater World

What's on offer?
- Fun Diving, Snorkeling
- PADI Dive Education
- PADI Speciality Courses
- SSI Dive Education
- SSI Speciality Courses
- Tours Island Activities
- Discounted rates in our beach resort
- Accommodation booking service
- After Dive social Activities
- Full moon party packages
- Underwater Video


Dive Courses

Discover SCUBA
A one day introduction with one of our PADI Instructors who will guide you through your first experiences of SCUBA Diving. Minimum age 10 years. 1 Dive on Koh Tao or Samui.

Discover SCUBA Diving
A one day introduction including a boat dive off Koh Tao. 2nd dive (optional extra - 400 THB). This Package can be credited towards your Open Water Qualification.

SCUBA Diver
If you don't have enough time to complete the full 4 day Open Water Certification, then this 2 1/2 day course gives a Limited Certification (12 Metres) which can be credited towards Open Water Qualification. 2 Dives on Chaweng Reef or, 2 boat dives off Koh Tao.

SCUBA Tune Up
If you have not dived for a few months, one of our instructors will quickly refresh your skills! 1 Dive in swimming pool.

Specialities
Videography, Photography, Enriched Air Nitrox, Multi-level, Navigation, Deep, Night, Naturalist and more…

Open Water
Worldwide Qualification to dive to 18 Metres. This is a three days course that includes one days instruction in Samui and then two days diving in Koh Tao either as an overnight trip or as two days trips. Price includes Hotel pickup, transfer to Koh Tao, one nights accommodation and all equipment.

Advanced Open Water
Qualification to dive to 30 Metres. 5 Dives over 2 days including compulsory Deep and Navigation dives and your choice from Videography, Photography, Nitrox, Multi-level, Night, Naturalist, Diver propulsion vehicle dives and more.

Emergency First Response
1 Day course (The brand new Medic First Aid course) Primary Stage Pre-requisite for Rescue Diver course & Secondary Stage both available to non divers - Contact us for the latest prices.

Rescue Diver
2-3 day course, A challenging course to equip yourself for emergency management. Pre-requisite for the Divemaster course.

Divemaster
3 weeks or 8 week Internship Go Pro!!! The first step on the professional ladder - Contact us for the latest deals.

Daily Fun Dives
Daily dive trips to the premier dive sites : Sail Rock, Marine Park, Koh Tao. Price includes Hotel pickup, high speed air con ferry transfer to Koh Tao, Divemaster, lunch and all equipment.

Overnight Package
5 Dives off Koh Tao, 2 Days, 1 Night….Includes stunning night dive! Price includes hotel pickup, speedboat transfer to Koh Tao, lunch, all equipment and 1 nights accommodation on Koh Tao.

Snorkeling Trips
We offer a relaxing day of snorkeling & sunbathing at the National Marine Park or Koh Tao. Price includes hotel pickup, boat transfer to dive site, lunch and all equipment.

Private Charter
Our speedboat is available at your request for private charters. We can offer you a choice of Diving, Snorkelling or Fishing. We will provide lunch & soft drinks, boat crew and all equipment for your day out. Schedule subject to change due to bad weather conditions.

 

Dive Locations

Chumphon pinnacle
11 km North West of Koh Tao. Widely regarded as one of the best in the Gulf. One main huge granite pinnacle and a series of smaller ones rising from the bottom at 36m to within 14m of the surface covered with anemones and their attendant clown fishes. Large shoals of great and cheveron barracuda, schools of trevally, bat fish, and large groupers are in abundance. Occassional Spanish mackerel, lion and scorpion fish. If its whale sharks and manta rays you are looking for this is the place to be!

South West Pinnacle
13km South West of Koh Tao, depth ranging from 30m. A series of 7 pinnacles form an underwater mountain range, the largest peaks are within five meters of the surface and are covered with sea anenomies. At the lower edges of the site you will find whip coral and large gardens of sea fans. Home to meter long baracusas, along with huge groupers, black spotted snappers, bat fish, sweet lips and emperor fish. Another great spot for manta rays, leopard and whale sharks.

Shark Island
300m South West of Ao Leuk bay, Koh Tao. One of the most diverse sites in terms of marine life. This small granite peak rises out of the water, with a maximum depth of approx 24m. There are a huge variety of corals, sea fans and sea whips, covering these outstanding pinnacles. You can find blue spotted sting rays, scribbled file fish, harlequin sweet lips, puffa fish, groupers and trigger fish. This site often has strong currents so you can make an exciting drift dive here.

White Rock
1km off Sairee Beach, Koh Tao, this site has a large coral garden between two distant granite pinnacles. The dept range, between 26m and 5m, makes it suitable for every level of diver, with an abundance of white eyed moray eels, sting rays, and a large resident population of trigger fish. This site lends itself particularly well to night diving. Watch by torchlight as hunting barracuda seek out their dinner. Along with feather stars, hunting cone shell, sting rays, black spotted porcupine fish, sleeping parrot and rabbit fish, this site is also home to turtles.

Green Rock
This fantastic site, with depths between 28 and 5 meters, offers swim throughs, bat fish, trigger pits, and an abundance of morish idols, banner fish, white eyed moray eels and occasional reef sharks.

Nang Yuan Pinnacle and Caves
A fantastic pinnacle rises up from 18m and has an abundance of resident marine life. A crack runs through the pinnacle making a home for squirell fish, moray eels and bat fish. The top of the pinnacle is teaming with anemones which create an incredible roof top home for thousands of anemone fish. Take a heading West to the caves to marvel at the cathedral type ceiling, and enjoy the wide variety of fish that call this magnificent place their home.

Twins
Koh Tao / Koh Nang Yuan. Two main pinnacles and a smaller deeper pinnacle make this a perfect training site, as well as a great fun dives site with depth range from 18 to 5 meters. This site boasts a large number of shrimp and goby duo's, large groupers, blue ringed angel fish, yellow raccoon butterfly fish, as well as wrasse of many kinds. The yellow tailed barracuda is also prevalent here.

Sail Rock
Wall-diving the pinnacle to a depth of 40m mean that repeated dives at this site near Koh Phangan are never boring. Swim up a 3m wide chimney beginning at a depth of 17m up to its exit at 7m. The East side sites include Light House, a great place for spotting turtles, Hin Wong has stunning blue soft corals, and Laem Thian boasts connecting swim throughs and canyons, Aow Leuk Point has cornfield like areas of whip corals. You will see banded sea snakes, unicorn surgeon fish and the occasional black tip reef shark.

We offer tailor made holidays, and can offer as much or as little assistance as you require.

We can organize tips to:
- The spectacular waterfalls
- Elephant trekking
- Round the island tour
- The grandmother and grandfather stones
- The mummified monk

We can give you advice on:
- Best places to drink
- Best places to eat
- Buying paintings / jewels / souvenirs
- What to see around this beautiful Island

We can organize tips to:
- The Temples & Statues
- Day / night fishing trips
- Animal sanctuaries
- Crocodile farm
- Butterfly farm

Or maybe you would like to:
- Dive
- Snorkel
- Kayak
- Rock climb
- Go go-carting
- Or take a speed boat round the island stopping at some of the best beaches the Gulf has to offer

We can offer you advice on:
- Flight tickets
- Onward travel
- Accommodation (booking service)
- Visa services

 


Aquademia Diving

19/4 Moo 3, Soi 5, Maenam Koh Samui Surrathani 84330 Thailand.
Tel : +66 (0)810 910 107

eXTReMe Tracker

 
 
 
 
 

Worldwide Connection 1999

 
 
KOH TAO TODAY

Koh Tao Info. By Worldwide Connection 1999 (WWC1999) Thailand.
w
ww.kohtaotoday.com : All right reserved. © 2005 - . Contact : kohtaotoday@gmail.com , Thailand