[singlepic id=310 w=320 h=240 float=left]In my opinion, the greatest feeling in the world. Without getting rude… The Padi videos start with the phrase “flying underwater”…Never a more truthful word spoken. The feeling of Neutral Buoyancy whilst diving is second to none. The main thing that got me addicted to scuba diving. I always mention to my students that it wasn’t
Read more →There is no greater factor in the world of recreational SCUBA diving than safety. For example your instructor will encourage you to perform all the skills necessary to be a safe diver to the highest standard. The dive school will ensure that all of your equipment is serviced to a high level of working order. The diving agencies worldwide ensure
Read more →[singlepic id=305 w=320 h=240 float=left]Internationally acclaimed underwater photographer, Lawrence Alex Wu, will be in Koh Tao from Feb 10th to do some some diving, shooting & UW photo workshops with Sairee Cottage. With over two dozen photos awarded in various competitions world wide, all his underwater photos come from COMPACT CAMERAS! Surprisingly, many of his UW photos are shot with just
Read more →[singlepic id=301 w=320 h=240 float=left]On the morning of the 1st of February the Sairee Cottage dive boat sailed out to Chumpon Pinnacle with a number of students and fun divers, only to find huge areas of the dive site covered by a fishing net. There were a large number of Fusiliers and Groupers caught up in the net, and unfortunately
Read more →Let’s talk about two fun things. And I know for a fact that everyone LOVES at least one (if not both) of these two items. Are you ready? Diving Being naked It’s a little known fact that you have to be naked when you reach 100 dives. Who enforces said rule? The dive community – so basically EVERY DIVER, who
Read more →The festive period went off with a bang, literally! All the team saw in the New Year down on the beach with a big firework display bringing in 2013. So January has started with all our Divemaster Trainees continuing to progress through their courses. Instructor Sarah has spent a lot of fun time with the guys and girls.
Read more →Find tips on finding the right diving mask for your face! The piece of diving equipment than can make the difference between the greatest dive of your life, and the worst diving experience ever, is also one of the cheapest; the divers mask! Imagine yourself scuba diving in crystal clear water surrounded by beautiful coral and tropical fish species, including one the biggest, the majestic Whale shark…
Read more →Last week, weI conducted a Wreck Diver Specialty Course in Koh Tao, with two divers – Anders and Nic. We had an amazing time! We started the course by reviewing and discussing the first half of the knowledge reviews. Luckily for us, we started our course on a Wednesday. Wednesdays at Sairee Cottage are also known as Wreck Wednesdays, which means that we spent the afternoon diving the two wrecks located in Koh Tao – the MV Trident and the HMS Sattakut 742.
Read more →[singlepic id=271 w=320 h=240 float=left]This month the Dive Masters, DMTs, and a few customers from Sairee Cottage Diving completed clean-up dives at two dive sites in Koh Tao. The shop closed (like most of the island) for November as it was low season and monsoon season. The monsoon never really came, but the winds changed and blew a lot of
Read more →The Dive Shop of Sairee Cottage Diving in Koh Tao is back open and we have our divemaster training program up and running again. Becoming a divemaster in Koh Tao is most popular and it will cost you only a fraction of what you pay elsewhere! Over the next few days our Divemaster Trainees will be kept busy with their Deep Diving and Nitrox Specialty Courses.
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