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Diving Koh Tao - Daily Dive Tours for Certified Divers

With Simple Life Diving Koh Tao Thailand

Simple Life Diving Koh Tao runs daily dive tours for certified divers, scheduling two trips per day. We make a real effort to visit different dive sites each day, so if you're planning a few days successive diving in Koh Tao, you'll get to see all the best dive sites Koh Tao has to offer.

Morning 'fun diving' tours visit Koh Tao's closer dives sites, visiting coral reefs and shallow pinnacles, usually running from 07:30 till midday [2 dives]. Typical sites include Twins, White Rock, Nang Yuan Pinnacle and the Japanese Gardens.

Each afternoon our dive tours visit Koh Tao's premier sites, with the first dive of the afternoon alternating between Koh Tao's two best dive sites - the Chumphon Pinnacles [sharks, whale sharks, barracuda and giant grouper] and the Southwest Pinnacle. The second dive usually visiting a shallower second dive site on the way back to Koh Tao, such as Shark Island, Green Rock or Hin Pee Wee.

We also run special dive tours by high speed RIB to Sail Rock, midway between Koh Tao and Koh Phangan, where you can check out the awesome vertical chimney swim-through, vertical coral covered walls and masses of pelagic fish.

Prices for certified divers - Diving Koh Tao PADI Resort

Prices for 'Fun Diving' dive tour packages with Simple Life Diving Koh Tao, depend on how many dives you make.

We're happy to run a tab for you, and calculate the cost per dive at the end of your stay, so you receive the best possible price.

Our prices are all inclusive of equipment rental and boat costs - there are no hidden extras. If you have your own your own scuba diving equipment we can offer you a 10% discount.

As always at Simple Life, we stick to diving in small groups, so our experienced dive guides can show you a great time!

Our Koh Tao dive tour prices are as follows:

No. of dives		Cost per dive
1 dive		1000 baht
2 - 5 dives		900 baht
6 - 9 dives		800 baht
10 plus dives		700 baht

Book your Diving Koh Tao PADI tour and Accommodation

To make a booking with Simple Life Diving Koh Tao, please complete our form by clicking on the image to the right.

We're happy to help organise both diving and accommodation - details are given on the form, and make sure you check out details of our Sairee Beach accommodation on our website.

Our manager will reply within 24 hours to confirm your booking. If you do have any questions or need extra information, please add your query in the space provided.

Also, closer to your arrival date, once your know which ferry you'll be arriving on, let us know, and we'll send a taxi to meet you at the pier and bring you down to the dive resort - free of charge.

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Diving Koh Tao in July, August and September

Already the start of July, we're entering Koh Tao's summer season which is a great time for scuba diving here.

At Simple Life Divers we get a lot of emails asking what can be expected diving Koh Tao at this time of year. So here's a run down, giving you a better idea of what you're likely to see around the Koh Tao dive sites, and general aspects of visiting Koh Tao during July, August and September.

Excellent dive conditions at Mango Bay

Image: Excellent weather and Koh Tao diving conditions at Mango Bay

Myth No. 1: It's low / monsoon season in Koh Tao during Summer.

Koh Tao has great year round weather and diving conditions, except for November when we get some rain. July, August and September have warm, sunny weather with very little (if any) rain, and excellent diving conditions. Underwater visibility is generally good so you get to see masses of tropical marine life, and wave heights are usually low which means we can visit all of Koh Tao's best diving sites.

In fact, summertime is low season for dive operators on Thailand's Andaman coast. Why? The prevailing wind at this time of year blows from the South-West, so there's a very long fetch causing large waves for Thailand's Andaman coastline [Phuket, Koh Phi-Phi, Lanta, Koh Lipe etc]. Koh Tao is located in the sheltered Gulf of Thailand towards the western side of the gulf, hence we're much better protected and have great scuba diving conditions throughout during July, August and September.

So what can you expect to see around the Koh Tao dive sites at this time of year?

Whether you're taking a PADI Diving course [such as PADI open water] or just enjoying our daily Koh Tao dive tours if you're already a certified diver, you'll get to visit a mix of shallow coral reefs and deep pinnacle dive sites.

Our coral reef dive sites include Twins and the Japanese Gardens off Koh Nangyuan, White Rock and Mango Bay to the north of Koh Tao. On these sites you're guaranteed to see masses of tropical coral reef species. This includes colorful reef fish such as butterfly-fish, angel-fish and wrasses, plus more diverse marine species such as white eyed moray eels, blue spotted sting-rays and banded sea-snakes. We also regularly see hawks-bill turtles, and the famous territorial Koh Tao trigger-fish.

Koh Tao's deeper pinnacle dive sites such as the Chumphon Pinnacle and South-west pinnacle are home to our larger marine species, and visibility is usually excellent above the thermocline which sits at 25-30 meters. You can expect to see giant groupers, bat-fish, barracuda and jacks, with enormous fish populations congregating around the pinnacles.

Staghorn coral and reef fish Hawks-bill turtle diving Koh Tao

Images: [Left] Staghorn Coral [Right] Collecting video of diving with a turtle

Diving with Whale Sharks in Koh Tao?

Everyone that comes diving in Koh Tao wants to see a whale-shark, but how likely are you to see one? The truth is you've got to be very lucky. We see whale sharks every few weeks, but it's impossible to predict exactly when they're going to show up on the Koh Tao dive sites. Your best chance would be diving at the deep pinnacle sites during September, which has a high frequency of whale-shark sightings each year. 2009 has been a good year for whale-shark sightings, and we'll continue to keep you up to date on this news feed.

Dive with a whale shark in Koh Tao

Image: Dive Koh Tao with a whale shark - the biggest fish in the sea

A bonus for the coming season is that we have a new wreck dive on Koh Tao. A small wooden boat became damaged, and was dragged to Koh Nangyuan and sunk as an artificial reef. The wreck is located just off the reef at the Japanese Gardens dive site, and although small, makes an interesting addition to the dive site. The wooden hull resting in shallow water won't last long, as the high oxygen content will cause the wood to degrade rapidly, so the wreck will only be intact for a couple of seasons at most.

High Season or Low Season?

July and August are definitely one of the busier periods here on Koh Tao island. Along with late December and January it's Koh Tao's busiest times of year.

Diving Koh Tao is never a problem, as with more than 25 dives sites close to the island and great scuba diving conditions there's always something new and exciting to see.

But accommmodation is in high demand, especially on Sairee Beach which is the most popular area on Koh Tao. This demand is multiplied before and following the famous Full Moon Parties on Koh Phangan. If you plan to visit Koh Tao around any of those dates, it's wise to make accommodation bookings in advance. Otherwise you will end up facing a situation where all the quality and reasonably priced Sairee Beach accommodation is full, leaving only overpriced or sub-standard rooms available.

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