Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Monday, 12 November 2018
Wreck & Koh Tao 2 Dives
Description
HTMS Sattakut is located on the west side of Koh Tao is a purpose sinken wreck. It was donated by the Thai Royal Navy cleaned and stripped before a controlled sinking on June the 18th 2011. She lays just next to Hin Pee Wee dive site on a sandy area. The Stern is at 31 metres and the Bow at 26 metres pointing north to Hin Pee Wee. The shallowest part of the wreck is the wheel house at 18 metres.As you dive around the wreck there are many port holes, looking though you can see a abundance of fish, Giant Groupers, Snappers, Trevally to mention a few. The bottom of the hull you can find Jankins Rays hiding out there. You will need you wreck dive specialty ito penetrate the wreck.
Diver Prerequisites
If you’re at least 15 years old and have PADI Adventure Diver Certification
Penetration of the Wreck
Wreck Specialty
After Wreck we have lunch. After lunch we do the last dive of the day at one of many amazing dive sites Koh Tao has to offer.
Duration: 1 Day, 2 Dives
Schedule:
Pick up from your hotel 7am for transfer to the pier were a light breakfast is provide. The speed boat leaves 8am and arrives at the dive site 9.20am.
Lunch is served after the first dive, then after 1 hour surface interval we have the second dive.
We arrive back to the pier in Koh Samui 3pm
Include in the price
2 Scuba Dives
Hotel Transfers
Light Breakfast Tea/Coffee
Refreshments water/Soft Drinks
Lunch
Dive Equipment
Maximum 4 divers to per Dive Master
The cost of the tour is 5,000 Thai Baht per person
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We offer 10% Discount for early booking (10 days before the beginning of tour)
Sunday, 11 November 2018
Homeowner Builds $2 Million Scuba Diving Pool In His Garden
Wouldn’t it be nice if you were rich enough to build your very own private pool deep enough to scuba dive?
Well, one homeowner in the U.S. state of Utah has done just that.
In addition to having a water slide, wading area, grotto and other amenities, the pool in Springville, Utahis 140ft/43m long, 60ft/18m wide and at certain points 26ft/8m deep.
The US$2 million pool — which holds about 360,000 gallons/1.4 million liters of water — was built so the avid scuba-diving owner could practice his skills without having to travel.
Animal Planet featured the pool in its “Pool Master” show (granted, it was a year ago, but it’s still really cool). Check the link below.
Scuba Pool
Well, one homeowner in the U.S. state of Utah has done just that.
In addition to having a water slide, wading area, grotto and other amenities, the pool in Springville, Utahis 140ft/43m long, 60ft/18m wide and at certain points 26ft/8m deep.
The US$2 million pool — which holds about 360,000 gallons/1.4 million liters of water — was built so the avid scuba-diving owner could practice his skills without having to travel.
Animal Planet featured the pool in its “Pool Master” show (granted, it was a year ago, but it’s still really cool). Check the link below.
Scuba Pool
Saturday, 10 November 2018
A second-stage regulator free-flow happens when the downstream valve in the second stage sticks wide open. Most of us have experienced that at one time or other at the surface. You place your regulator in the water at the surface with its mouthpiece face-up, and the next thing you know, your reg is wildly free-flowing. Usually, all you have to do is put your thumb or hand over the mouthpiece or turn the reg face-down, submerged in the water. At the surface, a free-flowing regulator is annoying, but at depth, a regulator locked in free-flow can be dangerous.
Cold water is the No. 1 culprit behind a free-flowing regulator, but there are less-common reasons, too. For example, there have been instances of a diver using their octopus reg to inflate an SMB, only to have it free-flow. A second stage that is clogged with sand, jamming the valve open.
Suddenly, you’re immersed in more bubbles than those produced by a Jacuzzi. So what should you do if your regulator free flows at depth? You can continue to breathe from a free-flowing second stage as you surface, and during your open-water training, you practiced this skill. Follow our tips for dealing with it calmly and safely.
1) Remember your training. Invoke the mantra Stop, Think, Breathe, Act.
2) Remove the second stage from your mouth. Tilt the mouthpiece so that it’s partially in your mouth — grip it on the right side of your mouth as normal, but left the left side rest lightly on your lips, just outside of your mouth. (This allows excess air to escape through the sides of your mouth.)
3) Press the purge button and use your tongue as a splash guard against the roof of your mouth to prevent choking on water. Tilt your head to the right.
4) Keep your mouth slightly open and breathe carefully and calmly from the free-flowing air bubbling next to your mouth.
5) Ascend at a safe rate. A free-flow will deplete your air supply in a matter of minutes, so it's important that you surface as soon as possible.
6) Once you surface, close the cylinder valve to stop the free-flow.
7) Practice this skill in the pool. It’s not a great feeling to have your reg free-flow, but in the unlikely case it happens to you, it’s best to have practiced this skill. A pool is a safe environment for you to get comfortable with the skill.
Of course, there are other options:
1) If you carry a pony tank, switch to your bail-out gas, and then safely ascend.
2) Switch to your buddy’s alternate air source, and then surface together.
You know the old saying — an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure? That’s certainly the case with a free-flowing reg:
1) Make sure your reg is serviced regularly. Don't dive again with a reg that has experienced a problem until it’s been checked and repaired by a qualified technician.
2) When diving in cold water, get a cold-water regulator that’s designed to prevent free-flows.
3) Don't let your reg or alternate air source drag on the bottom or beach as it might get clogged with sand or mud.
Cold water is the No. 1 culprit behind a free-flowing regulator, but there are less-common reasons, too. For example, there have been instances of a diver using their octopus reg to inflate an SMB, only to have it free-flow. A second stage that is clogged with sand, jamming the valve open.
Suddenly, you’re immersed in more bubbles than those produced by a Jacuzzi. So what should you do if your regulator free flows at depth? You can continue to breathe from a free-flowing second stage as you surface, and during your open-water training, you practiced this skill. Follow our tips for dealing with it calmly and safely.
1) Remember your training. Invoke the mantra Stop, Think, Breathe, Act.
2) Remove the second stage from your mouth. Tilt the mouthpiece so that it’s partially in your mouth — grip it on the right side of your mouth as normal, but left the left side rest lightly on your lips, just outside of your mouth. (This allows excess air to escape through the sides of your mouth.)
3) Press the purge button and use your tongue as a splash guard against the roof of your mouth to prevent choking on water. Tilt your head to the right.
4) Keep your mouth slightly open and breathe carefully and calmly from the free-flowing air bubbling next to your mouth.
5) Ascend at a safe rate. A free-flow will deplete your air supply in a matter of minutes, so it's important that you surface as soon as possible.
6) Once you surface, close the cylinder valve to stop the free-flow.
7) Practice this skill in the pool. It’s not a great feeling to have your reg free-flow, but in the unlikely case it happens to you, it’s best to have practiced this skill. A pool is a safe environment for you to get comfortable with the skill.
Of course, there are other options:
1) If you carry a pony tank, switch to your bail-out gas, and then safely ascend.
2) Switch to your buddy’s alternate air source, and then surface together.
You know the old saying — an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure? That’s certainly the case with a free-flowing reg:
1) Make sure your reg is serviced regularly. Don't dive again with a reg that has experienced a problem until it’s been checked and repaired by a qualified technician.
2) When diving in cold water, get a cold-water regulator that’s designed to prevent free-flows.
3) Don't let your reg or alternate air source drag on the bottom or beach as it might get clogged with sand or mud.
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Saturday, 3 November 2018
Underwater Navigator Specialty Course
We will also teach you 
Have you ever wonder how your instructor or Dive Master always find there way back to the boat or finds points of interest underwater. The Underwater Navigator course teachers you the skill and techniques to give you confidence to find your way around.
Academic
The Navigation course will teach you how to use the compass underwater using the bezel and the lubber line. To start with we make things easy by learning you with the cardinal points of north, south, east and west. For example if the north is in the 2 index marks on the bezel and you turn round till the south is in the 2 index markers you are on a receptacle heading.- Methods to estimate distance underwater.
- Compass navigation while making at least five turns.
- Marking or relocating a submerged object or position from the surface.
- Underwater map making.
Equipment
Besides your basic scuba equipment, you’ll need a compass and underwater slate. Your PADI Instructor will show you how to use a reel and line for estimating distance underwater.
Diver Prerequisites
Maximum 2 to one Padi Instructor.
10% Discount for early booking (10 days before start of the course)
Diver Prerequisites
- Certified as PADI (junior) Open WaterDiver
- 4 Dives 3 Training dives and 1 fun dive
- This includes all your Padi materials required
- Transfer to and from hotel
- Light breakfast, , coffee or tea in the morning
- Refreshments
- Lunch
- Equipment
Maximum 2 to one Padi Instructor.
10% Discount for early booking (10 days before start of the course)
Saturday, 27 October 2018
ReActivate Program
A supervised open water dive is an optional addition to the program for certified divers. This dive offers an opportunity to obtain an environmental orientation to a local dive site from a PADI Member while gaining confidence and refreshing dive skills.
So what’s involved
- Practice open water skills
- Knowledge Reviews and a quick review
- Dive Planning using RDP and a Computer
Diver Prerequisites Minimum age is 10 years old, certified as PADI (Junior) Scuba Diver or above
Pool only 1,800baht
Trip to Koh Tao and two dives 6,000baht
Tao and two dives 6,000baht
ReActivate Program Include
Hotel Transfer
Morning coffee/tea
Light Breakfast
Lunch
Refreshments
Dive Equipment
Divemaster / Instructor
10% Discount for early booking only on the tour to Koh Tao (10 days before tour starts)
Friday, 26 October 2018
Sail Rock Scuba Diving Tour
Sail Rock is also considered a great dive site here in the Gulf of Thailand. It lies half way between Koh Phangan and Koh Tao. This is the place to see huge schools of fish like trevallies, bat fish, fusiliers, giant barracuda, bull sharks and the whale shark. There’s a swim though called the chimney which starts at 18mtr goes up to 5mtrs and a window at 12mtrs.
To the east side of Sail Rock there’s a pinnacle where you can see big shawls of Silver Trevallies, the pinnacle starts at 12mtrs and goes down to 34mtrs. The trip to Sail Rock takes about 50 minutes to get there and we return about 1.30pm.
We travel to Sail Rock everyday weather permitting
We travel to Sail Rock everyday weather permitting
Visibility: 10 – 30 Meters
Currents: Mild to Strong
Experience: Intermediate to Advanced
Depth: 5 – 35 Meters
Scuba Diving Tours Include
- Hotel Transfer
- Morning coffee/tea light snack
- Lunch
- Drinks (water, soft drinks)
- Full Equipment
- PADI Divemaster/Instructor
- Total Cost 4500b
- 10% Discount for early booking (10 Days before start of Tour)
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