Dive Point Koh Tao
Koh Tao, "Turtle Island", is a little jewel located in the Gulf of Siam. The warm tropical waters that surround this charming island average 29 C all year round. Koh Tao boasts some of the best dive & snorkel sites in the Gulf of Siam, attracting visitors from all over the world.

You can see our building as you arrive on Koh Tao with any of the ferries. Our dive base is situated on Mae Haad beach between the two main ferry piers – the Songserm pier & the Lompraya pier. It’s just a short 2 minute walk to our shop. Look for the 6 foot concrete divers on our front porch.

Dive Base - Dive Point Koh Tao
Dive Point is an international diving school attracting divers from all corners of the world. Our MULTILINGUAL STAFF allows us to cater for this.
We have QUALIFIED & PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTORS who can teach all courses in your preferred language, for example: English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish etc. Courses are limited to 4 students p/class. The significance of this is that it allows for more control, the focus being on QUALITY as apposed to quantity teaching.

In many cases our DIVE MASTERS have been trained by us. This ensures that they are familiar with our shop philosophy and our SAFE DIVING PRACTICES. They are familiar with the dive sites so let them guide you as they know all the best spots. All dives are guided and are limited to maximum of 4 divers p/group.

We strive to provide a service that is somewhat unique on Koh Tao. One which we know is appreciated by our repeated customers and we believe will be attractive to new-comers.

• we have the only fully equipped boat on Koh Tao & it is one of the largest
  
• an early start helps to avoid crowds especially in high season!
  
• we provide an extended “customer service” by setting up equipment for our fun divers
  
• we maximize all dive groups to 4 divers/students
  
• 40lt oxygen unit & 1st aid kit onboard
  
• all staff are trained in diving emergencies
  
• breakfast is included with early morning dives
  
• refreshments & fruits are provided

Our extended services include rental of :

• kayaks
  
• digital camera
  
• professional videographer
  
• DPV
  
• snorkeling equipment
  
• room

Schedule for Fun Diving Trips
Snorkellers are also welcome. Equipment is included.

MORNING TRIP:	AFTERNOON TRIP:
6:45am start	12:00 noon start
2 dives (guide provided)	2 dives (guide provided)
breakfast included	tea, coffee, water & fruit included
tea, coffee, water & fruit included	all equipment included
all equipment included	5:00pm return
12:00 noon return
FULL DAY TRIP:	NIGHT DIVE:
6:45am start	6:00pm start
4 dives (guide provided)	tea, coffee, water provided
breakfast included	rental torch available
lunch available (100 THB)	all other equipment included
tea, coffee, water & fruits included	8:00pm return
all equipment included
5:00pm return

 Pricelist for Fun Dives
Prices include equipment. 15% discount is given to those
with their own equipment (incl. BCD & regulator).

1-2 Dives	1.000 THB* / Dive
3-5 Dives	900 THB* / Dive
6-9 Dives	800 THB* / Dive
10+ Dives	700 THB* / Dive
Refresh (incl. 2 dives)	2,500 THB*
DSD (1st dive)	2,000 THB*
DSD additional dive	1.000 THB*
Torch rent	150 THB*
Snorkeling	500 THB*
*Prices in Baht: 1 Euro approx. 50.- Baht (Jan. 06) 1 USD approx. 40.- Baht (Jan. 06)

Dive Boat - Dive Point Koh Tao

The “Dive Point" boat (27meters long) - is the actual dive base. It is the ONLY FULLY EQUIPPED boat on Koh Tao.
As safety is our primary factor, we have a 40ltr oxygen unit and a first aid kit on board. All of our staff members have first aid training & are familiar with dive emergency procedures. Dive equipment that is in “good working condition” is paramount to safety. Thus, our equipment is maintained on a continual basis throughout the season as well as a “complete overhaul” annually.

The LOWER DECK is equipped with two compressor units for tank filling – filters are changed every 12 hrs to ensure “clean air”. The equipment room is stocked with equipment for approx. 30 divers in a range of sizes. This eliminates the need for “Dive Point” customers to carry equipment back & forth to the boat as everything is already on board!
We also have a kitchen where our full-time cook makes breakfast for the early morning divers & lunch for those staying all day on the boat. Here our divers can help themselves to coffee, tea, water & fruits. Of course there is also a toilet on board.

On the MIDDLE DECK you will find the sleeping cabin (accommodates 12 people), and a spacious, shaded lounging area with triangle cushions where divers can relax between dives.

The UPPER DECK is for those who wish to work on their “sun-kissed look” or for those just wanting to get the best view as the boat moves from dive site to dive site. Some of the best pictures of the island & bays can be taken from here as it allows for a 360 degree view.

Providing the ultimate in CUSTOMER SERVICE is yet another factor that sets us apart from the rest. Our divers don’t need to worry about setting up equipment or changing tanks between the dives. We do it all for you, so you can relax on one of our decks & enjoy the beautiful scenery.
Our staff will brief newcomers on the boat, regarding facilities and safety procedures. Dive site briefings are also given prior to each dive. A private dive guide can be arranged if required.
We prefer small groups consisting of a maximum of 4 divers per instructor or dive-master. This allows us to offer a high level of supervision and comfort. After-all, diving is supposed to be “FUN”.
We offer morning, afternoon or full day trips. Night dives are also available.

Pricelist for Fun Dives
Prices include equipment. 15% discount is given to those
with own their equipment (incl. BCD & regulator).

Our cook, takes care of your culinary needs. She serves everything from breakfast (included with the "Early Morning Dives"), to lunch (100 THB for those staying on board all day) & naturally dinner (included for those staying overnight on board the boat). Lunch & dinner is based on authentic Thai cuisine, which has been slightly modified to ensure that she caters for those who like their Thai food “not too spicy”! Vegetarians are also catered for on request.
Customers can help themselves to coffee, tea, water and fresh fruits free of charge. In addition we also have chocolate bars & soft drinks for purchase.

Dive Sites - Dive Point Koh Tao

Here you find some selected dive sites around Koh Tao

Chumporn Pinnacle
Chumpon Pinnacle is located about 10 kilometers northwest from Koh Tao. The visibility is between 12 and 30 meters. The average diving depth is about 20 meters, the maximum depth is over 40 meters. It is probably Koh Tao`s best dive site and consists of four underwater rock formations, which begin in a depth of 16 meters. The rock are covered with innumerable anemones and between them you can see shrimps, crabs and clown fish. This dive site is ideal to big fish watching. At the northern end you can meet estuar groupers with up to two meters size, in addition barracuda schools are frequent visitors. At the southern part of the dive site silver tip sharks as well as grey reef sharks are to be seen. In Koh Tao is nearly the whole year over whale shark time, they can grow up to eight meters. The whale sharks are usually in company of cobias, which close to the rocks hunting small fish. If you are diving with much luck you can find mantas and big tuna in the deeper water. In addition you can see big schools of bat fish, banner fish and redbelly yellowtail fusilier as well as jenkins whipray.

Whaleshark

Manta

Aow Leuk
The dive site Aow Leuk is on the southeast side of Koh Tao. The visibility is on 8-10 meters. The average depth is approx. 8 meters, the maximum depth is approx. 18 meters. Aow Leuk is a well dive site for courses and intro dives. The north is characterized by large sand surfaces by a beach. Here you find conditions like in a swimming pool. The south offers a beautiful dive site for divers and snorkellers, which have much fun at coral and coral fish. Here you can watch fish like coral groupers, crocodile longtom, barracudas, six-banded angelfish, saddleback anemonefish, box fish, black blotched porcupinefish, napoleonfish, nudibranchs, ... If you dive at the reef edge along shark island you find beaked coralfish, blue spotted stingrays and trigger fish.

Hin Wong Pinnacle
Hin Wong Pinnacle is one of the deeper dive sites of Koh Tao. The rock formation is about 100 meters far away from Wong Bay, on the northeast side of Koh Tao. This dive site offers good possibilities for a current flow dive. The visibility vary depending upon the current between 8 and 30 meters. The average depth is about 15 meters, the maximum depth is about 30 meters. In addition, the rock plateau is covered with soft corals and colourful anemones also with hydrozas and fire corals. Here you find redbreasted maori wrasse, rabbit fish, cleaner fish, saddleback anemonefish and banner fish. On the east side changes the fauna over to sandy ground, which drops slowly to the maximum depth. Hin Wong is not only the home of coral groupers, fusiliers and snappers. You can see also buffalo head parrot fish and turtles. Outside of the rock sometimes you meet cowtail stingrays, white tip reef sharks and giant travellys.

Green Rock
Green Rock is a large underwater rock formation at the northern end of Koh Nang Yuan. The visibility is between 10 and 30 meters, sometimes even more. The average dive depth is about 16 meters, the maximum depth is on over 30 meters. In the north, about 50 meters far away from rock, is the "trigger fish city". This is one of the best places to know more about this species. In the breeding time here we have over 20 yellow-margin trigger fish and some titan trigger fish with their eggs. If you dive 330 degrees from rock away after a few minutes a rock formation is reached. Here you find jenkins whipray, honeycomb moray, cobias and great  barracudas. In addition white tip reef sharks and eagle rays can be seen often here. At the Green Rock you have the possibility to dive into very interesting caves. Here can be seen a lot of different nudibranchs, yellow edged morays, harlequin sweetlips, blue spotted stingrays and banner fish. Green Rock is a very interesting dive site for photo-inspired divers.

Reefshark

Japanese Garden
The Japanese Garden is located at the east coast of Koh Nang Yuan, below from the Big Rock. The bay is very protected and there are the same conditions as at Twin Peaks. The dive site is ideal for all dive courses and night dives. The average depth is about 6 meters, the maximum deep is 16 meters. Japanese Garden is characterized by large, sandy surfaces, which are interspersed with big coral formations. Here you meet bat fish, squirrelfish, parrot fish, white-eyed morays, anemonefish and even the shy buffalo head parrot fish. If you dive to south you come to the actual Japanese Garden, which is characterized by blue hydro corals. It drags on nearly into the next bay. Here one sees often schools of yellowtail barracudas, trevallys, yellow-margin trigger fish and even sea snakes, as well as jenkins whipray.

Laem Thian
Laem Thian is also at the east coast of Koh Tao. This dive site consists of two dive sites, at the northern you see very beautiful rock formations and numerous caves. The southern area consists of expanded soft corals and hard corals. The average depth is at the northern dive site 12 meters and at the southern one 10 meters. The visibility the whole year is on 8-12 meters. At the northern dive site there are four caves, which distributed among the whole bay. The caves will be found in a depth of 5 to 15 meters. This is a dive site where the rare bluebanded surgeonfish is to admire. In addition are here coral groupers, titan triggerfish, blue spotted stingrays, white-eyed morays and six-banded angelfish. Before sunrise and sunset you can observe white tip reef sharks while hunting.

Titan Triggerfish

Blue-Spotted Stingray

Lighthouse
This dive site is on northeast coast of Koh Tao. There stand the only lighthouse of the island, which the dive site gave its name. The average depth is 14 meters, the maximum depth amounts to 20 meters. The visibility is between 5 and 18 meters. The bay is characterized by sandy surfaces, with big coral formations. Here you find staghorn corals, tube sponges as well as soft corals and hard corals. Between them you see angelfish, singular bannerfish, butterflyfish and morays. If you dive at the reef edge along to the east you can see a cleft, which represents the entrance to an underwater valley. Here you find the most beautiful anemones and soft corals with all its colourful reef fish. In the deeper water you see barracudas, trevallys, estuar groupers and under the rock columns sometimes a lobster.

Twin Peaks
This dive site is about 100 meters far away from the west side of Koh Nang Yuan. The visibility is between 5 and 20 meters. This dive site is a very nice place and you should see this place one time minimum. The average depth amounts to 12 meters, the maximum depth is on 20 meters. Twin Peaks consists of 4 underwater rock formations, these are richly covered with soft corals and hard corals, anemones and tube sponges. Here you see fish such as dragonets, morays, and clown fish. Between the rock formations you can find estuar groupers, sweetlips, bannerfish, six-banded angelfish, blue spotted stingrays and puffer fish, as well as nudibranchs. The thing what makes this dive site so attractive, is the possibility to see big barracudas and dogtooth tuna while hunting. Twin Peaks is also extremely interesting for night dives.

Clown Trigger Fish

Black-spotted Puffer Fish