Phuket PADI Dive Courses

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Phuket PADI Dive Courses

Phuket diving: PADI dive courses are available year round. Anyone from age 12 years old, in good health with a spirit of adventure can learn to dive!

The Andaman sea offers great scuba diving, the water is warm, the visibility good, and the marine landscape superb. The perfect learning environment, whether you're a complete beginner, or an experienced diver upgrading your skills. Courses range from introductory sessions and basic certification, to more advanced courses. You can take a day course, one lasting several days, or expand your experience on a liveaboard diving cruise to Burma or the Similan Islands.

In this section you'll find a selection of PADI courses to suit you.

PADI stands for Professional Association of Diving Instructors. Founded more than 30 years ago in the USA, PADI has become the largest international diving certification agency in the world. Today more diving certificates are issued by PADI than by all of the other agencies collectively. This has the advantage of worldwide recognition of PADI certification and allows divers to continue and progress anywhere in the world.

Discover Scuba Diving

Discover Scuba Diving

Never tried diving before? Haven’t got enough time for a full course? Then this is the one for you. After some basic theory and a skill session in shallow water you are ready to take the plunge accompanied by a fully qualified Scuba Instructor.

Includes a full day trip with 2 dives. For many already this has proved to be a life changing experience!

Completion is rewarded with a card enabling you to continue diving (accompanied by an instructor) for a few weeks.

Included:

  • 2 Ocean dives
  • PADI Instructor and official cerificate
  • Full set of diving equipment
  • Recompression Chamber and Accident Insurance fee
  • Light breakfast, lunch, fruits and soft drinks
  • Transfers to and from Patong, Kata Karon Beach, another areas 400 Baht will be charged. 
Remarks: 1 day/2 dives - Racha Yai Island on Daily. To Phi Phi Island on Saturday
Price Range: From 4,600 Baht per person

Racha Yai Trip
Phi Phi Trip
Open Water Diver Course

Open Water Diver Course

The entry level course to diving that results in a lifelong license recognized throughout the world. Conducted over 3 or 4 days the course includes in depth academic studies, a comprehensive skill circuit in shallow water and 4 open water training dives in the ocean all under the careful supervision of a registered PADI instructor.

The course can be adapted to day trip diving and/or may be worked into a longer liveaboard schedule. A demanding yet highly rewarding course, this is an opportunity you should not miss.

Included:

  • 4 Ocean dives ( 2 boat trips )
  • Full set of equipment for the course duration
  • 1 log book
  • 1 West Coast Divers T-shirt
  • Recompression Chamber and Accident Insurance fee
  • Light breakfast, lunch, fruits and soft drinks on the boat trip
  • Transfers

Exclude:

  • Certification fee and Manual (Additional 2,500 Baht), payable direct to the tour operator upon arrival.
Remarks: 3-4 Days/4 dives - Operates all year round
Price Range: 12,500 Baht per person

Advanced Open Water Diver Course

Advanced Open Water Diver Course

Consisting of 5 dives over 2 days of training you will conduct 2 core dives learning deep diving and navigational techniques whereupon you will be able to choose to study 3 further specialized dives involving elements of diving that particularly interest you.

These can include boat diving, peak performance buoyancy, drift diving, naturalist (fish slates supplied in the price), multilevel/ computer diving (computer supplied in the price), wreck diving*, night diving**and U/W photography*** just to mention a few. The best way to improve dive skills and confidence beyond entry level…

Included:

  • 5 Ocean dives ( 2 boat trips ) 2 Core dives and 3 Specialty dives
  • Full set of equipment for the course duration
  • Certification fee and Manual(additional 2,500 Baht)
  • Recompression Chamber and Accident Insurance fee
  • Light breakfast, lunch, fruits and soft drinks on the boat trip
  • Transfer

Remarks: *only on Tuesday **only on liveaboard ***camera hire at extra cost
Price Range: 10,000 Baht per person

Scuba Review

Scuba Review

If it's been a while since your last dive, or you feel your skills and knowledge are a bit 'rusty', then take this PADI refresher course. Our instructor will review your diving theory and skills, making sure that you haven't forgotten anything! This half day course includes classroom and shallow, confined water training.

Included:

  • Full set of equipment for the course duration Light breakfast, lunch, fruits and soft drinks on the boat trip
  • Transfers to and from Patong, Kata Karon Beach, another areas 400 Baht will be charged. 
Remarks: 1 day - Racha Yai Island on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. To Phi Phi Island on Saturday
Price Range: From 5,000 Baht per person

Emergency First Response

Emergency First Response

A basic training course in divers emergency care.

Included:

  • Full set of equipment for the course duration
  • Certification fee
  • PADI Manual, Instructor fee.
  • Light breakfast, lunch, fruits and soft drinks on the boat trip
  • Transfer
Remarks: 1 Days (6 hours) - Operates all year round
Price Range: 6,000 Baht per person

Rescue Diver

Rescue Diver

This new 3 day PADI course, is for recreational divers wishing to utilize Nitrox Semi-Closed Circuit Rebreather systems. The training covers the benefits, hazards and proper procedures for using the Draeger Atlantis I / Dolphin I system. A pool orientation and 3 Draeger Dolphin open water dives are included. A first step on the professional diving ladder.

Included:

  • Full set of dive equipment.
  • Transfers to and from Patong, Kata Karon Beach, another areas 400 Baht will be charged.
  • 1 day on the boat with 5 Open Water Sessions under the supervision of a qualified PADI instructor
  • Light breakfast, lunch, fruits and soft drinks on the boat
  • Recompression Chamber and Accident Insurance fee

Excluded:

  • Course manual and certification incurs an additional 2,500 Baht 

Remarks: 3 Days - Operates all year round
Price Range: 12,000 Baht per person

Specialist Courses

Specialist Courses

Special interest courses to develop advanced skills in diving techniques such as Search and Recovery, Underwater Naturalist, Wreck Diver and Deep Diver and Night Diver are ideal for those wishing to gain a more detailed knowledge in particular aspects of scuba diving.

These special courses are available in conjunction with beach dives, day trips or liveaboard cruises.

Included:

  • Certification fee
  • Full set of diving equipment
  • Instructor fee and transfers
Remarks: Operate all year round
Price Range: Price on Request

Divemaster

Divemaster

To qualify as a Divemaster is the first step in the professional diving world. Once certified, you are qualified to be hired by any PADI Dive Centre around the world.

Included:

  • Transfers to and from Patong, Kata Karon Beach, another areas 400 Baht will be charged.
  • Light breakfast, lunch, fruits and soft drinks on the boat
  • Recompression Chamber and Accident Insurance fee

Excluded:

  • Certification fee and Manual
Remarks: Minimum 3 weeks - Operate all year round
Price Range: 30,000 Baht per person

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