Big Blue Diving Courses
Learning to Dive in Thailand’s Similan Islands
Diving in Thailand
Scuba Diving in Thailand is a fantastic experience, whether you are a veteran diver, or if its your first time in the water. The Andaman sea is home to all of Thailand’s best dive sites. Visit the colourful corals and Whale Sharks of Richelieu Rock, the Giant Manta Rays of Koh Bon and the crystal clear waters of the Similan Islands.
PADI & SSI
Our patient and experienced instructors can teach diving courses to people of all ages and in a variety of languages. We teach both SSI and PADI courses. Theory can be done in the classroom with an instructor or you can learn online. We organise all aspects of our diving courses around your holiday plans.
Similan Liveaboard & Day Trips
How you choose to dive is up to you, but we are on hand to offer advice. All diving courses can be completed on our day trips or our Similan Liveaboard. Below are the details & prices for courses on our Similan Islands diving speedboat. If you are interested in diving courses on the MV Hallelujah Similan Liveaboard Click Here.
Diving Courses
- Get Your PADI or SSI Certification
- Theory Online or in the Classroom
- 3 to 4 Day Course
- Dive Down to 30m/100ft
- Improve Your Buoyancy
- Customise Your Course Options
- Not Dived in over 6 months?
- Swimming Pool Refresher 1,500฿
- Similan Islands Refresher 6,500฿
Specalities
Is there a particular area of diving that interests you, or a set of skills you really want to excel in?
Then look no further, our instructors can teach a wide range of specialities both on board our Similan liveaboard the MV Hallelujah or our day trip speedboat the Blue Dolphin.
Whether it be improve skills such as buoyancy, photography, learning more about marine ecology or gaining certifications with new skills such as deep diver, Eanx nitrox, or wreck we can offer all these and more.
Open Water Diver
This is a 3 to 4 day course after which you will be a certified diver.
You will then be able to go to 18m with a buddy, diving in Thailand, or anywhere else in the world. The course is in 3 parts, theory; confined water and open water.
Theory
Either in a classroom with us, online or via an app, the theory section is broken down into sections, followed by a review or quiz. It finishes with a 50 question multiple choice exam, sounds scary but you will see how much you have learnt.
Confined water
In the pool, you are shown step by step the skills you need to become a diver. each skill builds to the next one, increasing your ability and comfort slowly but surely.
Open Water
Where we want to be, we will take you to some off Khao lak’s local dive sites, where you repeat some of the skills you learnt in the pool, in a real dive situation. Once all the skills are complete, that’s it, you will be an open water diver.
Please email us with any questions you have.
Available to adults and children of 10 years or over.
Advanced Open Water
This easy-going two/ three day course gives you the chance to improve your basic dive skills and combine other interests with diving.
You will make 5 dives over 2 days which include:
- Deep Dive (30m)
- Underwater Navigation
You and your instructor choose the remaining 3 dives from:
- Peak Performance Buoyancy
- Night Dive
- Underwater Naturalist
- Multilevel/Computer
- Search and Recovery
- Photography
- Wreck
- Fish Identification
The perfect way to study – The Advanced Open Water Course is available on our luxurious Similan liveaboard.
Available to adults and children of 10 years or over.
Rescue Diver
This course will expand your knowledge and experience beyond a purely recreational level and is, therefore, a pre-requisite for all PADI and SSI professional training.
During the course you will learn to look beyond yourself to consider the safety and well-being of other divers, preparing you to prevent problems and, if necessary, manage emergencies.
It is a demanding but fun course lasting 3 days.
You must hold a current First Aid & CPR certificate (such as Emergency First Response) to be able to complete this course.
Available to adults and children of 12 years or over.
