Image: Marisa, Greg and Emma during the Padi Open Water Ko Tao

Today at Simple Life Divers, we had the completion of Marisa, Greg and Emma's Padi Open Water Diver Course. Marisa and Greg are visiting Ko Tao on their honeymoon - what better way to celebrate than to learn to scuba dive and check out our awesome marine life with the open water Ko Tao dive course.

It's been bright and sunny with calm sea conditions, so making their third dive at Twins and final dive at White Rock everyone was 'best pleased' and showed a great aptitude for scuba diving. The guys performed for our resident underwater videographer who captured the afternoon open water dives on film, with Greg and Marisa making Emma feel sick with their "mushy" behavior! We'll enjoy watching the video this evening with a couple of cold Tigers! Well done guys!

The rumor is there's a whale shark hanging around the Ko Tao dive sites. Normally we get a greater frequency of whale sharks sightings a little later in the year (around September), but they can turn up on the dive sites at any time - especially around the Chumphon and Southwest Pinnacles. Greg and Marisa are going to stick around on Koh Tao for the PADI Advanced course, so fingers crossed we get a chance to dive with the big fish! I'll keep my camera handy!