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Dive Internships | 6 new DMs Snorkel Test Photos

Posted 2nd February 2012 at 2:40 pm
by Haydon.

We’ve currently got a great gang training through to PADI Divemaster and Instructor here on Koh Tao, and have been enjoying a couple of cracking weeks of weather and diving conditions across the Gulf of Thailand. Warm, sunny weather, calm ocean and decent viz, perfect for exploring the dive sites around Koh Tao and training the dive internships gang to become competent dive professionals.

Here are a few photos of the past few days out on the dive boat:

Koh Tao, Thailand diving internship

The dive internships gang out on the Simple Life dive boat in Koh Tao, Thailand

New PADI Divemasters Michelle and Olivier

Koh Tao PADI Divemaster trainees Michelle and Olivier

 

Thailand PADI Divemaster Gustav

Soon to be PADI Divemaster Gustav with Koh Tao in the background

 

The Simple Life Divers dive boat

The Simple Life dive boat motoring out to a distant dive site

 

And we’re pleased to announce that six of the group have completed their Divemaster internship, qualifying as new PADI Divemasters.

Following Koh Tao tradition, we convened at the Simple Life bar to celebrate the guy’s achievement with a bit of a party. The night was a lot of fun, with Debbie, Ollie, Katie, James, Sam and Kerrie marking their success by undertaking Koh Tao’s ritualistic Divemaster ‘Snorkel Test’. This involved donning a mask and snorkel and drinking a bucket of special tropical cocktail through the snorkel! Here are a few images of the antics.

The new Koh Tao Divemasters celebrating at Simple Life

The new Koh Tao Divemasters celebrating at Simple Life

And the main event….

Koh Tao's traditional Divemaster celebration - the snorkel test

Koh Tao's traditional Divemaster celebration - the snorkel test

Divemaster snorkel test

The Divemaster snorkel test

 

Congratulations to Debbie, Ollie, Katie, James, Sam and Kerrie!

Posted in: Diving Internships Thailand.


PADI Open Water and Advanced | Zoe and Anne

Posted 26th January 2012 at 12:02 pm
by Hannah.

A few days ago Anne and Zoe (from Canada) arrived on Koh Tao to do their open water course here at Simple Life Divers. We started in the classroom learning some scuba diving theory before heading off into shallow [...] Continue Reading…

Posted in: PADI Advanced Open Water Course, PADI Open Water Course.
Tagged: advanced course · Chumporn pinnacle · HTMS Sattakut · Koh Tao · open water · padi · PADI advanced · Simple Life


Diving Internships | Tom and Jeff’s Divemaster Internship

Posted 8th January 2012 at 2:21 pm
by admin.

Tom and Jeff arrived here on Koh Tao a couple of weeks back, with Tom planning to make his open water course (taught by myself), whilst already certified Jeff continued his training with Zac on the PADI Advanced.

They enjoy [...] Continue Reading…

Posted in: Diving Internships Thailand.
Tagged: advanced course · dive internship · Divemaster internship · Jeff · Koh Tao · open water · PADI Divemaster · simple life divers · Tom


PADI Koh Tao | Amy, Jason, Hattem and Sarah

Posted 6th January 2012 at 12:55 pm
by Steve.

Aussies Amy and Jason plus newly-wed couple Hattem and Sarah from England joined us here on Koh Tao for their PADI Open Water course, and we enjoyed a fun few days together exploring the Koh Tao dive sites.

After getting [...] Continue Reading…

Posted in: PADI Open Water Course.
Tagged: Hattem · Koh Tao · open water · padi koh tao · padi open water


Ansel and Elke’s PADI Diving Course

Posted 12th December 2011 at 12:37 pm
by Hannah.

I’ve just enjoyed running a PADI Open Water course for Elke (from Belgium) and Ansel (from USA).

During our four open water dives around Koh Tao we got to visit sites including Twins and White Rock, seeing a lovely Porcupine [...] Continue Reading…

Posted in: PADI Open Water Course.
Tagged: HTMS Sattakut · Koh Tao · open water · padi · PADI advanced · sairee beach · simple life divers


Feedback from Birgitte & Thomas

Posted 31st October 2011 at 11:08 am
by Luke.

Here is some feedback from Birgitte & Thomas from Denmark, who have recently been diving here at Simple Life:

“Just to says thanks for some great weeks at Koh Tao! This is a small rollup of how we experienced diving [...] Continue Reading…

Posted in: Reviews.
Tagged: diving · Koh Tao · review · simple life divers


Diving Koh Tao | Chumphon, Southwest, HTMS Sattakut & More

Posted 30th October 2011 at 4:19 pm
by Steve.

Ariane and Luc [France], Karl and Kelly [England/Austraila] and Hadas  and Oren [Israel] formed a United Nations dive posse here at Simple Life Divers to enjoy a few days of Koh Tao diving.

All the divers had lots of experience [...] Continue Reading…

Posted in: Diving Koh Tao.
Tagged: Chumphon Pinnacles · Diving Koh Tao · HTMS Sattakut · Koh Tao · Simple Life · southwest pinnacle


Scuba Diving Internships | Olly & Debbie Underway

Posted 25th October 2011 at 11:47 am
by Hannah.

Two new recruits to the Simple Life dive crew -  Olivier De Brouker [France] and Debbie Carvey [UK] have been getting stuck into their entry level dive training over the past week. And whilst other parts of Thailand having [...] Continue Reading…

Posted in: Diving Internships Thailand.
Tagged: dive boat captain · Divemaster internship · Koh Tao · open water · padi · PADI Divemaster · scuba diving · scuba diving internships · Thailand · White Rock


Poll | Best Dive Site in Koh Tao? | Vote Now

Posted 20th October 2011 at 4:13 pm
by Haydon.

Dived Koh Tao in the last couple of years? If so, contribute your vote. Results so far are surprising [contrasting artificial reef projects against the coral/pinnacle dive sites].

Historically, deep pinnacle sites such as the Chumphon Pinnacles, Southwest and Green [...] Continue Reading…

Posted in: Diving Internships Thailand, Diving Koh Tao.
Tagged: Chumphon Pinnacles · dive site · diving · HTMS Sattakut · Koh Tao · Poll · sail rock


PADI Advanced | Wreck Diving, Night Diving, Deep and More

Posted 18th October 2011 at 1:37 pm
by Steve.

Ariane from France,  Ethan & Angela from U.S.A and Chris from Canada have all been taking part in their PADI Advanced Course here on Koh Tao over the past few days.

The PADI Advanced course involves two compulsory dives [deep [...] Continue Reading…

Posted in: PADI Advanced Open Water Course.
Tagged: advanced course · Adventure dives · Chumphon Pinnacle · Gulf of Thailand · HTMS Sattakut · Koh Tao · night dive · padi · PADI advanced · Simple Life · wreck dive


Fish ‘Swarm’ | What Is it?

Posted 14th October 2011 at 5:20 pm
by Chris.

Whilst scuba diving along the western wall of Mango Bay with a group of certified divers a couple of days back, we made a strange discovery.  We found a school of what looked like tadpoles in the sand. [Obviously [...] Continue Reading…

Posted in: Diving Koh Tao.
Tagged: dive · divers · diving in Koh Tao · Juvenile striped eel catfish · Mango bay


Maddy & Eddie’s PADI Digital Underwater Photography | Vote Now

Posted 11th October 2011 at 2:34 pm
by Jon.

During the final weeks of their PADI Divemaster internship, Maddy [USA] and Eddie [Malaysia] opted to partake in the PADI Digital Underwater Photography (DUP) Specialty.

Sharpening their focus on how to capture great underwater shots, topics we covered during this [...] Continue Reading…

Posted in: Diving Internships Thailand.
Tagged: Digital underwater photography · DUP · Edward Chen · Koh Tao · padi · underwater photography


PADI Koh Tao: Hagay’s Open Water Course

Posted 10th October 2011 at 12:46 pm
by Hannah.

Hagay (from Israel) completed his PADI Open Water certification this morning here at Simple Life Divers. He was only on the island for 3 days so we condensed the Koh Tao PADI training into the time he had available, [...] Continue Reading…

Posted in: PADI Open Water Course.
Tagged: Hannah Sims · Koh Tao · open water · padi · padi koh tao · simple life divers


Koh Tao Diving Course: Team Denmark

Posted 9th October 2011 at 1:22 pm
by Steve.

In early October, Didde, Pernille, Christian and Sofie all from Denmark arrived here on Koh Tao via the Suratthani night boat to make their PADI Open Water Course. After getting through their PADI paperwork and settling into their rooms [...] Continue Reading…

Posted in: PADI Open Water Course.
Tagged: Buoyancy World · Denmark · dive site · diving course · Koh Tao · Koh Tao diving · maximum depth · open water · padi · scuba diving · Surratthani night boat


Janice’s Review of Diving Koh Tao @ Simple Life Divers

Posted 5th October 2011 at 11:40 am
by Haydon.

“I don’t usually provide any feedback to a company for neither their excellent nor horrible service but I must for this one.

It’s been a week since my boyfriend Brent and I had been back to Vancouver, Canada after our [...] Continue Reading…

Posted in: PADI Open Water Course, Reviews.
Tagged: Diving Koh Tao · Koh Tao · open water · padi · padi advnaced · review · simple life divers

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