24/3 Moo 5 Bophut Ko Samui , Thailand. Mobile: +66(0)81-535-7768 Office +66(0)7723-0253 , Skype Name: Divesearobin   Searobin Samui PADI dive center offers a full range of PADI scuba diving courses and fun dive tours catering to divers who appreciate personal attention, diving in small groups on the most comfortable boats on Koh Samui. You come to Samui to relax and have a good time and may be up to start a PADI diving course at Koh Samui or fun diving trip around Samui. We ensure that your experience with us in and out of the water will be just that, a good time. Searobin Samui PADI diving center's professionals are leaders in providing a relaxed, stress-free scuba diving experience, and our staff will make sure the only thing you will have to do is to have a great time.

Searobin Samui PADI dive shop is located at the white and sandy Choeng Mon beach at Choeng mon beach hotel. Our Samui dive resort's location ensures that our divers are conveniently able to use the hotel facilities without lengthy transfers from the dive shop to the classrooms, swimming pool and the beach.

We provide a Samui dive package that includes accommodation in our dive resort. Choeng Mon is ideal for people who like to spend a quiet and relaxing holiday on a stunningly picturesque, intimate beach considered the most beautiful on Samui and still be only a 10 minute drive to the busy Chaweng beach.

Our multiple daily Samui diving tours to the best dive sites in the Gulf of Thailand ensure that you have a great variety of options in selecting the scuba diving sites which best suit your scuba diving experience and desires.

Searobin is now offering eLearning for our PADI Open Water Courses to maximize your time on holiday by completing your study of diving theory at home. Our PADI Open Water Diver course with the e-learning option takes less than three days out of your Samui holiday.

• Our Koh Samui diving boat captains never anchor on corals. Coral reefs are easily broken and damaged by anchors that may break off corals that are hundreds of years old. At dive sites around Koh Samui, we tie up to a mooring buoy or anchor carefully in sand. The buoy lines often assist our scuba divers with safe enjoyable and relaxing descents, ascents and safety stops.
• We help to make sure our scuba divers are properly weighted. Extra weights are always carried by Searobin Samui PADI diving course instructors and divemasters just in case you need an additional weight mid-dive.
  
• We don't touch corals, rest on them or kick them. Corals are living animals and are easily damaged even by gentle handling. Avoiding contact with the corals helps to keep Koh Samui diving sites healthy and enjoyable for the next generation.
• We avoid kicking up the sand as much as possible. Kicking up a lot of sand spoils the visibility for you and other scuba divers and can damage corals and other reef organisms when it settles.
• We leave all corals and reef animals where they are. Corals are the "building blocks" of the reef and grow slowly. We do not support killing sea urchins to feed the fishes.
  

PADI scuba diving courses in Samui - An adventure of a lifetime

We are dedicated to providing you with quality PADI scuba diving courses in a fun and comfortable atmosphere with individual attention paid to each student diver. Our diving courses in Ko Samui have a maximum ratio of four students per instructor as we want to ensure that you receive the personal attention that you deserve in a safe and stress-free setting.

Searobin is committed to provide you the ultimate conditions for your first diving experience by only going to the best beginner dive sites around Koh Samui for your very first scuba diving course dives. With us you will be scuba diving in Koh Samui with same level of divers as we do not mix beginners and experienced divers. We select dive sites that will work best for our students in accordance to the diving course dive objectives.

If you want to learn scuba diving, the first step is to take part in a PADI Open Water Diver course, and when you complete the course you will have earned the most widely recognized and respected scuba diving certification in the world. Within a few days, you will be able to enjoy the underwater world.

If you are not completely sure if a full-blown scuba diving course is for you, there is always the option of doing our Discover Scuba Diving program and finding out what you're missing. With the Discover Scuba Diving program, you can enjoy the coral reef scuba diving experience under the close supervision of a scuba instructor in just one day, after learning just a few basic scuba skills necessary to ensure your safety.

Many of our Open Water Diver students decided to become certified divers after trying the Discover Scuba Diving program, and if you try Discover Scuba Diving, it’s likely that you will want to continue diving as well. Kids are welcome too! There are variety of fun and exciting programs available for the little ones as well.

Searobin Dive Center Samui offers PADI scuba dive courses taught in English, German, Hebrew, Russian, Swedish, Italian, French and Japanese.
Courses start daily and all training material is available in almost any language. Learn to scuba dive with PADI today and discover the fun and adventurous freedom and serenity of a whole new world, underwater. Nothing comes closer to the weightless feeling feeling of being totally weightless and free from gravity than diving underwater. Only a diver and an astronaut know the feeling!

Searobin is now offering eLearning for our PADI Open Water Courses to maximize your time on holiday by completing your study of diving theory at home. The PADI Open Water Diver Course online via the PADI eLearning website, provides the knowledge development portion you need. You develop the remaining skills by actually diving with a PADI Instructor at Searobin Dive Center. Our PADI Open Water Diver course with the e-learning option takes less than three days out of your Samui holiday. To get started click on the PADI eLearning below. This will take you to the PADI E-Learning website.

Discover Scuba Divers

The PADI Discover Scuba Diving programs let you experience the thrill of diving under the supervision of a PADI Instructor at a prime beach location around Koh-Tao (an hour away from Koh Samui), during your adventure; you'll master some basic concepts and scuba skills.

What do I need to start?
To be at least 10 years old. If you are between 8 and 10 or have a child between these ages, there is a PADI Babble Maker program available just for you.
You will need to completed PADI Discover Scuba Diving statement, (medical information).

What will I do?
When you participate in a Discover Scuba Diving program in ko Samui, you will make 2 dives up to 12 meters deep under the supervision of our diving school PADI Instructor. You discover excitement and adventure - freedom and serenity. Nothing compares to the weightless exhilaration of breathing underwater. Only a diver knows the feeling.

How long will it take?
One Day
PADI Discover scuba diving program originating in Koh Samui and conducted at prime beach location around Koh-Tao. Searobin dive school maximum ratio of PADI instructors to divers is to 1 staff for every 2 divers.

What will I need?
A sense of adventure
Swimming wear

PADI Scuba Diver

Thinking of getting dive education for an upcoming vacation, but don't have the time to put into the standard Open Water Diver course? Now there's a quick and easy program designed especially for you! This is your chance to slap on some fins, strap on a mask and experience an intense adventure in a short amount of time.

Why PADI Scuba Diver?
The PADI Scuba Diver program is a pre-entry level certification that is perfect for vacationers or people who only plan to dive a couple times a year. As a subprogram of the PADI Open Water Diver program, the PADI Scuba Diver rating allows you to get certified quickly and easily by minimizing time constraints. With the PADI Scuba Diver certification you can dive under the direct supervision of a diving professional on your next vacation or dive trip.

What do I need to start?
Virtually anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit, and comfortable in the water can earn a Scuba Diver certification. If you are between 10 and 14 or have a child between these ages, there is a PADI Junior Scuba Diver program available.
Junior Scuba Diver students must be at least 10 years old.

What will I do?
Throughout the course, you'll learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques. You earn this certification by completing three pool dives and knowledge development sessions in Koh Samui followed by making two open water dives at prime locations around Ko Samui.

How long will it take?
2 Days - based in Koh Samui
Our dive school PADI Scuba Diver course last only two days for a group size of maximum of 4 people. In order to complete all the class room material and the confine water exercises less then one day we have to limit the group size to 4 divers.

PADI programs are performance based. You proceed as you demonstrate mastery of the scuba skills taught in the course. Small group size in Koh Samui assure you get personal attention from our dive school PADI professionals.

Small group size allows you to work at a pace that is comfortable for you, relaxed and stress-free. The open water dives are conducted at a prime beach location around Koh Tao. We use surface interval and boat journey time, from Ko Samui to the dive site and back, to review PADI Scuba Diver course material and prepare for the open water dives.

Where can I go from here?
After completing the Scuba Diver program, you'll want to continue your dive education and the PADI Open Water Diver certification to explore more dive opportunities. Searobin Dive Center in Ko Samui can complete your dive education by upgrading a PADI Scuba Diver to a PADI Open Water Diver in two days.

PADI Open Water Diver

Now is the time to dive into the PADI Open Water Diver course, the most popular dive program in the world! This is your ticket to a lifetime of intense adventure. At Searobin Dive Center, most of our divers begin their diving within PADI's education system with the open water course.

Why PADI Open Water?
As a certified PADI Open Water Diver, a graduate of the most widely recognized and respected diving course in the world, you have the freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional.
It's a permanent license, so you earn it for life. If you already tried a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience or are Scuba Diver certified, you may get credit from these courses to the open water programme. Your underwater adventures can begin as soon as you want with the PADI Open Water Diver video. You can view this at your own pace if you'd prefer and then meet with one of the instructors for further assistance

What do I need to start?
Virtually anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit, and comfortable in the water can earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification. If you are between 10 and 14 or have a child between these ages, there is a PADI Junior Open Water Diver program available.
Junior Open Water Diver students must be at least 10 years old.

What will I do?
Throughout the course, you'll learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques. You earn this certification by completing five pool dives and knowledge development sessions in Koh Samui followed by making four open water dives at prime location around Ko Samui.

How long will it take?
3 Days - all days based in Koh Samui
Our dive school's PADI Open Water Diver course lasts only three days for a group size of maximum of 4 people. In order to complete all the class room material and the confine water exercises in one day we have to limit the group size to 4 divers.
PADI programs are performance based. You proceed as you demonstrate mastery of the scuba skills taught in the course. Small group sizes in Koh Samui ensure that you get personal attention from our dive school's PADI professionals.
Small group size allows you to work at a pace that is comfortable for you, relaxed and stress-free. On the open water dives days, we use surface interval and boat journey time, from Koh Samui to the dive site and back, to review PADI Open Water course marital and prepare for the open water dives.

Where can I go from here?
Continue your dive education with PADI's Adventures in Diving program, your next step in exploring the underwater world or PADI Advance Open Water Diver course. Searobin Dive Center in Koh Samui and your PADI dive instructor will be have more information on the PADI Adventures in Diving program.

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

The Adventures in Diving program offers both the Adventure Diver and Advanced Open Water Diver certifications. If you complete any three adventure dives, you can earn your PADI Adventure Diver certification. If you complete your Deep Adventure Dive, Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive and three additional Adventure Dives for a total of five, you can earn your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

Why Advanced Open Water Diver?
After your five dives, you'll be more experienced, feel more comfortable in the water and simply enjoy diving more because you better understand the underwater environment.

What do I need to start?
PADI Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Minimum age: 15 (12 for PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver)

What will I do?
This certification includes five Adventure Dives, including the Deep Adventure Dive, Underwater Navigator and three of the following:
Boat Diver
Multilevel Diver
Night Diver
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Search and Recovery
Underwater Naturalist
Underwater Photographer
AWARE Fish Identification

How long will it take?
2 Days - all days based in Koh Samui
On the advanced open water dives days, we use surface interval and boat journey time, from Ko Samui to the dive site and back, to review PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course marital and prepare for the Adventure Dives.

Where can I go from here?
Searobin Dive Center in Koh Samui and your PADI Dive instructor will be have more information on the PADI Adventures in Diving program.
PADI Advanced Open Water Divers at least 15 years of age can continue on to the PADI Rescue Diver or Junior Rescue Diver course.

PADI EFR Medic / First Aid

Emergency First Response (EFR) is the fastest-growing international CPR, Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) and First Aid training organization. Dedicated to training the lay rescuer, EFR courses encompasses adult, child and infant CPR skills, provides AED and First Aid training, and feature an outstanding First Aid at Work component. The company’s award-winning programs and state-of-the-art training materials make it a favourite among divers around the world.

What will I do?
The course incorporates independent study to prepare you for a classroom and hands-on skill development session with your instructor. You will learn the same patient care techniques used by medical professionals, but at a lay person level.

How long will it take?
Depending on the amount of independent study and the class size, the Primary Care and Secondary Care courses may be completed in as little as four hours to six hours

What do I need to start?
No dive certification required
No minimum age limit

What will I need?
Participant Manual Participant Video (VHS or DVD).

PADI Rescue Diver

The PADI Rescue Diver will expand your knowledge and experience beyond a purely recreational level because you'll learn to look beyond yourself and consider the safety and well-being of other divers. Although this course's subject matter is serious, the course itself is fun and it is an enjoyable way to build your confidence as a diver.

What do I need to start?
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Minimum age: 15 years old (12 for PADI Junior Rescue Diver)
Successful completion of a sanctioned CPR program within the past 24 months

What will I do?
Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies. During the five open water sessions, you'll cover:
self-rescue and diver stress
dive first aid
emergency management and equipment
swimming and non-swimming assists
panicked diver response
underwater problems
missing diver procedures
surfacing the unconscious diver
in-water artificial respiration
egress (exits)
first aid procedures for pressure related accidents
dive accident scenarios

How long will it take?
3 Days
Minimum Open Water Training: five sessions over two days.

Where can I go from here?
The PADI Rescue Diver certification is a prerequisite for all professional level PADI courses, beginning with the PADI Divemaster certification.

PADI Master Scuba Diver

What is the PADI Master Scuba Diver Certification? This certification denotes that you've reached the highest recreational diver level in the PADI System of diver education. PADI Master Scuba Diver certification indicates you have a significant amount of training and experience in a variety of dive environments. What do I need to start? PADI Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization) PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization) PADI Rescue Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization) 50 logged dives Five PADI Specialty course certifications Minimum age: 15 years old (12 for Junior Master Scuba Diver) Where can I go from here? The PADI Master Scuba Diver certification is the highest recreational level in the PADI system of diver education. But, you don't have to stop there! You can continue on to become a PADI Professional. As a Master Scuba Diver you'll be well-qualified to begin your training as a PADI Divemaster.

PADI Divemaster

Take the step in your dive career and become a PADI Divemaster. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, you'll expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills as you become a dive professional. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities by training you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.

What can PADI Dive master do?
Work at local dive centres, on live-aboard dive boats, yachts and at exotic resort locations
Assist PADI Instructors with students
Lead PADI Scuba Divers on guided dive tours
Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers
Teach PADI Discover Snorkelling programs
Conduct PADI Scuba Review programs for certified divers
Lead certified divers on Discover Local Diving experiences
Teach Emergency First Response programs after successful completion of an Emergency First Response Instructor course.

What do I need to start?
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or qualifying certification from another training organization
PADI Rescue Diver certification or qualifying certification from another training organization.
Medical clearance signed by a physician
20 logged dives
18 years old

What will I do?
Learn dive leadership through classroom and independent study sessions
Complete water skills and stamina exercises in confined and open water
Training exercises to test organizational and problem solving abilities
An internship or series of practical training exercises

How long will it take?
Two weeks to three months
Ask us for more information on our Divemaster training options

What materials are needed?
Divemaster Training Package
Divemaster Video
Encyclopaedia of Recreational Diving
Diving Knowledge Workbook
PADI Instructor Manual
Log Book

Why A Specialty Diving Course?
How far will you take this passion you've developed for diving? It's up to you. With PADI Specialty Diver Programs you can chart your course for a colorful variety of awesome dives. Sure, your PADI certification opens up the oceans and lakes to you, but the PADI Specialty Dives take the underwater adventure to depths that will stir your soul by opening new opportunities for different underwater activities, under different conditions – for example, digitally photographing the fascinating nocturnal species you can only encounter during a night dive. Achieving PADI Specialty ratings can take anywhere from as little as one day to a full weekend -- but this is all hands-on, so you'll be diving right from the start.

What is the difference between PADI's Adventures in Diving and Specialty Diving Courses?
PADI’s Adventures in Diving Program is designed for those who might not yet be sure exactly what are their underwater interests and who want try different activities. Then, after some exposure to different diving activities through the Adventures in Diving program, once you have identified specific interests, you can further develop your skills in those activities. This is done through PADI’s Specialty Diving Program.

Once you have identified your main interests you can specialize yourself in these activities. This is done through the Specialty Diving Program.

Look at the list below and choose some of the specialties. After completing knowledge development and scuba skills with 5 Adventure Dives, including a Deep Dive and a Navigation Dive, you qualify as an Advanced Open Water Diver. If during the your Adventure Dives you find that you want to learn more about, for example, underwater photography or night diving, you can take PADI Specialty courses in those subjects and expand your scuba diving knowledge and skills.

PADI Enriched Air Diver

Why PADI Enriched Air Diver?
Welcome to one of PADI’s most popular specialties – the PADI Enriched Air Diver course. Diving with enriched air nitrox lets you safely extend your no stop time beyond the no decompression limits for air. Diving with enriched air means more time underwater – but you need to be certified as an Enriched Air Diver to get enriched air fills.

Whether you’re into underwater photography or wreck diving, on vacation in some tropical paradise or just out for a leisurely day of diving at your local dive site, the PADI Enriched Air Diver course helps you get more out of diving by giving you more time underwater.

What do I need to start?
PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Minimum age: 12 years old

What will I do?
Learn to analyze cylinder contents.
Plan enriched air dives using tables and dive computers.
Safely increase your no stop time.

What will I need?
The enriched air theory, oxygen analyzer, enriched air dive tables

How long will it take?
Recommended Course Hours: 12 Minimum
Open Water Training: one day, two dives

Where can I go from here?
Your Adventures In Diving Enriched Air Adventure Dive may count towards the Specialty certification at instructor discretion. And, the Specialty certification counts as one of five Specialty certifications necessary for your Master Scuba Diver certification.

PADI Multilevel Diver

Why PADI Multilevel Diver?
Since there's so much to see underwater you'll want to make the most of your stay. The PADI Multilevel Diver Specialty course tells you how by introducing you to the many varieties of multilevel diving.

What do I need to start?
PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Minimum age: 12 years old

What will I do?
You'll learn what multilevel diving is and why you want to plan for multilevel dives. You'll also get to see the various types of multilevel dive calculators (including the Recreational Dive Planner, Wheel version and dive computers), as well as learn about multilevel dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques, and potential problems.

What will I need?
The Decompression Theory, Dive Tables and Dive Computers Book Recreational Dive Planner, The Wheel

How long will it take?
Recommended Course Hours: 12 Minimum
Open Water Training: two dives over one day

Where can I go from here?
Your Adventures In Diving Multilevel Adventure Dive may count towards the Specialty certification at instructor discretion. And, the Specialty certification counts as one of five Specialty certifications necessary for your Master Scuba Diver certification.

PADI Night Diver

Why PADI Night Diver?
When you go night diving you'll see a whole new world. Even your local dive site takes on a new personality at night, as many underwater creatures and plant life (different from those you see during the day) are active at night.

What do I need to start?
PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Minimum age: 12 years old

What will I do?
You'll learn night dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential problems. You'll also learn how to control your buoyancy, navigate and communicate at night. Since many of the plants and animals you'll see are different, you'll also get an introduction to nocturnal aquatic life.

What will I need?
Night-Pak, which includes manual, video and log insert

How long will it take?
Recommended Course Hours: 12
Minimum Open Water Training: three dives over one day

Where can I go from here?
Your Adventures In Diving Night Adventure Dive may count towards the Night Diver Specialty course at instructor discretion. In addition, the Night Diver Specialty course counts as one of five Specialty courses required for your Master Scuba Diver certification.

PADI Deep Diver

Why PADI Deep Diver?
The Deep Diver Specialty course offers you the opportunity of a lifetime - going deep to see thing others can only dream about.

What do I need to start?
PADI Adventure Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization) Minimum age: 15 years old

What will I do?
You'll learn deep dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and hazards. You'll also put this knowledge to the test as you go on four open water dives that range from 18 - 40 metres / 60 - 130 feet.

What will I need?
Deep-Pak, which includes manual, video and log insert

How long will it take?
Recommended Course Hours: 24
Minimum Open Water Training: four dives over two days

Where can I go from here?
You can count the Deep Adventure Dive from your Adventures In Diving program as the first dive of the Specialty course at instructor discretion. This Specialty course certification also counts as one of five Specialty certifications required for Master Scuba Diver certification.

PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy

Why PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy?
If you want to fine-tune your buoyancy and soar over reefs, extend bottom time by reducing air consumption and prolong the life of your dive equipment, the Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course is for you.

What do I need to start?
PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Minimum age: 10 years old

What will I do?
During your Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course, you'll use PADI's Basic Weighting Guidelines to determine the correct amount of weight. Then you'll practice the fundamentals of peak performance buoyancy during two open water dives, including the buoyancy check, fine-tuning buoyancy underwater, weight positioning for trim, streamlining and visualization.

What will I need?
Peak Performance Buoyancy video

How long will it take?
Recommended Course Hours: five
Minimum Open Water Training: two dives over one day

Where can I go from here?
Your Adventures In Diving Peak Performance Buoyancy Adventure Dive may count towards your Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course at instructor discretion. This Specialty course also counts toward one of the five Specialties required for your Master Scuba Diver certification.

PADI Underwater Navigator

Why PADI Underwater Navigator?
When you're underwater, knowing where you are and where you're going comes in handy, especially if you're looking for that beautiful reef that you've heard all about. The PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course will help you become a pro at finding your way underwater.

What do I need to start?
PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certified (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Minimum age: 10 years old

What will I do?
During your PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course, you'll learn underwater navigation dive procedures, techniques, planning, organization and potential problems. You'll also be introduced to natural navigation, underwater patterns, distance estimation and further your compass navigation skills. You'll put these into practice during your three open water dives.

What will I need?
Nav-Pak, which includes Nav-Finder, manual, video and log insert

How long will it take?
Recommended Course Hours: 12
Minimum Open Water Training: three dives over one day

Where can I go from here?
Your Adventures In Diving Navigation Adventure Dive may count toward your Specialty course at instructor discretion. This Specialty also counts toward your Master Scuba Diver certification.

PADI Underwater Naturalist

Why PADI Underwater Naturalist?
If you're interested in aquatic life then the PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course is for you. This course is an introduction to the underwater aquatic environment and will help develop safe and responsible aquatic life interaction techniques.

What do I need to start?
PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Minimum age: 10 years old

What will I do?
During your PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course, you'll learn underwater naturalist dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential problems. You'll also get an overview of the major aquatic life groupings, interactions and factual information that dispels negative myths. You'll put this information into practice during your two open water dives.

How long will it take?
Recommended Course Hours: 12
Minimum Open Water Training: two open water dives over one day

Where can I go from here?
Your Adventures In Diving Underwater Naturalist Adventure Dive may count towards your Underwater Naturalist Specialty course at instructor discretion. This Specialty course also counts toward one of the five required Specialties for the Master Scuba Diver rating.

PADI Underwater Photographer

Why PADI Underwater Photographer?
The PADI Underwater Photographer Specialty course can help you learn how to take your fist underwater photographs or fine tune your existing skills to produce photographs that will stun your friends.

What do I need to start?
PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Minimum age: 10 years old

What will I do?
You'll learn the basics of underwater photography such as composition, film type and camera handling, with special emphasis on practical techniques. You'll learn underwater photography dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential problems. You'll also learn how to care for and maintain your camera equipment.

What will I need?
Photo-Pak, which includes manual, video and log insert

How long will it take?
Recommended Course Hours: 12
Minimum Open Water Training: two dives over one day

Where can I go from here?
Your Adventures In Diving Underwater Photographer Adventure Dive may count towards this Specialty course at instructor discretion. This Specialty also counts toward one of the five Specialties required for your Master Scuba Diver certification.

PADI Underwater Videographer

Why PADI Underwater Videographer?
Do you want to show the underwater world to your land-based friends? Take the PADI Underwater Videographer Specialty course and you'll learn the skills necessary to shoot your own underwater footage.

What do I need to start?
PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Minimum age: 10 years old

What will I do?
You'll learn about selecting, maintaining and caring for your underwater video equipment as well as safe diving practices while on a videography dives. Further, you'll learn videography fundamentals, such as exposure, focus, shot types, moves, story line and shot sequencing. Then you'll get to put your knowledge to actual use during your three open water dives.

How long will it take?
Recommended Course Hours: 24
Minimum Open Water Training: three dives over one day

Where can I go from here?
Your Adventures In Diving Underwater Videographer Adventure Dive may count towards your Underwater Videographer Specialty course at instructor discretion. This Specialty course also counts toward one of the five required dives for the Master Scuba Diver Certification.

Scuba Diving in Ko Samui: an excellent destination for all levels of divers

Diving in Ko Samui and taking scuba diving courses here are very comfortable, as the water temperature is between 28?c and 30?c the entire year, a few degrees warmer than the west coast of Thailand. Often a scuba diving wet suit is optional, making diving in Koh Samui as comfortable and as easy as skin diving.

Ko Samui is the largest island in the Samui archipelago and offers easy access to the best scuba diving available in the Gulf of Thailand. Searobin operates on a great selection of boats to ensure that you can select the itinerary that fits well with your Koh Samui vacation.

The Gulf of Thailand is surrounded by the shores of South East Asian countries and resembles a very large lake with calm waters, mild winds and tropical warm weather. This unique setting makes prime diving sites around Koh Samui accessible and suitable for all levels of diving, scuba diving courses and snorkeling trips without compromising safety.

Ko Samui diving sites are excellent destinations for those people who want to take a scuba diving course, with the combination of good visibility and shallower dive sites it's the perfect place to gain your confidence as a new diver. Searobin Dive Center offers all levels of PADI scuba diving courses from beginning to professional.

The dive sites near Ko Samui are filled with fascinating and beautiful creatures of all sizes, colors and shapes, ranging from the petite clown fish (Nemo) in its sea anemone host, to the gentle sea turtle that feeds on the sponges and underwater plants, to the enormous whale shark that occasionally passes by the deeper reefs.


Searobin's multiple daily diving and snorkeling trips around Koh samui to the best dive sites around Ko Samui ensure that you have a vast range of options in selecting the dive sites and diving boat which best suits your scuba diving experience, budget and desires.
We are always happy to recommend specific dive sites near Koh Samui based upon our staff’s recent reports of dive site conditions and upon the latest weather reports. Searobin Dive Center operates on a wide variety of boats to ensure that you are not limited to one boat, as is often the case with a dive center that operates only on a single boat.
Our PADI scuba diving courses start daily, with courses available for complete beginners, for those who want advanced or specialty training, or for those who want to become scuba diving professionals. Our scuba diving courses are performance-based, allowing you to progress at a pace you feel comfortable with. We put a lot of emphasis on making the experience enjoyable and fun to make you feel at ease.

Divers that dive with us in Koh Samui always come back and say: "I wish I had known about you before". Indeed, more than 35% of our Koh Samui clients are revisiting divers.

We look forward to having you join us!


We provide safe fun diving & professional PADI dive courses in Ko Samui

• We will honestly provide you with a realistic description of the conditions of the dive sites, based upon our latest knowledge. If we know that poor visibility or forecasted bad weather will prevent us from having an enjoyable day we will advise you to change or cancel your scheduled dive. With Searobin, having you as a happy diver who is satisfied with our service and who will return to dive with us in the future is much more important than just getting customers onto the boat regardless of dive site conditions.
  
• You will be diving with our trained PADI scuba diving instructors or divemasters who are experienced with Koh Samui dive sites.
  We dive in small groups for PADI scuba diving courses or fun diving, with a maximum of 4 divers per instructor/divemaster, to provide great service and personal attention. The only exception is our PADI Discover Scuba Diving course where the maximum is 2 divers per scuba diving instructor.
  Safety comes first with Searobin Dive Center. Our Koh Samui diving trips, PADI scuba diving courses and all equipment must adhere to the highest industry standards. With emergency oxygen available on board, and PADI scuba diving professionals trained in first aid, you can rest assured that should a problem arise we can take care of you.
  
• We are insured with the Koh Samui local SSS Recompression Chamber Network, and every diver or scuba diving course student is covered by our local chamber network membership. Your safety is our highest priority.
  
• Safe diving koh samui practices are also encouraged by providing at least one hour surface interval between dives in a warm comfortable cabin or in a great restaurant overlooking the Koh Samui diving sites.
  
• We are a licenced PADI dive center, authorized by the Tourism Authority of Thailand to run a diving shop and complying with the requirements associated with such memberships such as liability insurance, boats and equipment meeting safety standards, and recompression chamber insurance.
  
  

Next to Koh Tao is Koh Nangyuan Tao sister island with picture perfect opportunity above and below the water.

Koh Tao dive sites are great for novice divers, snorkelling and swimming.

We often break for lunch at one of Koh Tao's scenic bays to allow for relaxation and great swimming.