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, [...] Continue Reading…
PADI Open Water and Advanced | Zoe and Anne
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…
Diving Internships | Tom and Jeff’s Divemaster Internship
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…
PADI Koh Tao | Amy, Jason, Hattem and Sarah
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…
Ansel and Elke’s PADI Diving Course
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…
Feedback from Birgitte & Thomas
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…
Diving Koh Tao | Chumphon, Southwest, HTMS Sattakut & More
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…
Scuba Diving Internships | Olly & Debbie Underway
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…
Poll | Best Dive Site in Koh Tao? | Vote Now
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…
PADI Advanced | Wreck Diving, Night Diving, Deep and More
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…
Fish ‘Swarm’ | What Is it?
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…
Maddy & Eddie’s PADI Digital Underwater Photography | Vote Now
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…
PADI Koh Tao: Hagay’s Open Water Course
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…
Koh Tao Diving Course: Team Denmark
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…
Janice’s Review of Diving Koh Tao @ Simple Life Divers
“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…
