The one question my students ask me a lot, is how to improve their air consumption while diving. Now, two factors are limiting our dive time, our no-decompression limits and our air consumption. Because the diving conditions are so fantastic on Koh Tao, we all want to be able to stay down longer. Find helpful tips how to improve your air consumption and how you stay longer underwater […]
Read more →April was amazing for Whale Shark encounters. Our lucky divers managed to have loads of dives with them. Neil saw his first one in two and a half years on his second day back in the water. The highlight of the month April, for all our staff and customers, was Songkran, the Thai New Year which is celebrated by the whole island with a huge water fight […]
Read more →Just finished school? Maybe you’ve graduated and just aren’t ready to start the dreaded 9 to 5 day in day out life yet? Or maybe you’re simply bored with your life as it is? Why not turn your life around then and add some pepper to the soup? Become a Divemaster on Koh Tao and enjoy the 101 benefits of living on a tropical island right under the sun, calling the warm sea water your office and the whale sharks your friends […]
Read more →Diving in Koh Tao this March was fantastic! The conditions continued to improve, and we were so grateful that the weather was cooperating! Paddy and his group of fun divers saw spotted a Whaleshark and a Cobia at Shark Island. We have been hearing rumors that one of our DMT graduates, Sam, might be coming back for a visit sometime in April. Fingers crossed! […]
Read more →The sun is blazing hot in Koh Tao during February, so we have definitely been using our air condition in the dive shop and in our new classrooms a lot this month! Scuba Diving around Koh Tao (or the Rock as we like to call it) is improving immensely. Rachel and her group of fun divers came across a GIGANTIC Great Barracuda in Buoyancy World at Twins […]
Read more →One thing is sure; Sairee Cottage Diving started the new year off with a bang! Over the last two months, we ‘graduated’ 2 divemasters; Sam and Paddy. Although Sam went back to England, Paddy has decided to stay in Koh Tao and gain some more diving experience. The Sairee Cottage Restaurant is open now, and the pizza oven is being used plenty of times! […]
Read more →Goodbye 2011! And hello 2012! The last year has been very kind to us over here at Sairee Cottage Diving in Koh Tao. Rest assured, the dive shop celebrated the holidays in style. The girls scoured the island for holiday decorations, and with Nanni’s help, they made the dive shop feel incredibly festive. Moreover, we had two more divemaster trainees join our team this year – Kirsten and Jon. Along with Sam and Paddy, we now have four DMTs […]
Read more →In Koh Tao, November is the start of the low season. Usually, it rains almost every day in November, so rain jackets are a must for this time of the year! Fortunately for us, this November was extremely enjoyable. Several of our diving instructors headed off for a holiday during the month. We have now fully moved into our new dive shop. There are some great pictures of the new digs on our Facebook page[…]
Read more →The end of the diving season has arrived and it truly was an amazing season! We really enjoyed all the divers we’ve had at Sairee Cottage Diving in Koh Tao. No matter whether we were going out for the first open water dives with our students, or we were continuing a diving education with Advanced, Rescue and Divemaster courses, we always enjoyed diving with our guests. […]
Read more →On the 5th of Sept Sairee Cottage Diving Koh Tao had a full day trip to Sail Rock on the program! For those of you who don’t know Sail Rock yet; it’s simply one the very best dive sites in the Gulf of Thailand! Whale Sharks, Leopard Sharks and Reef Sharks are regular visitors here. There were huge schools of Jacks, Chevron Barracuda, Spangled Emperor Fish and even some huge King Mackerel […]
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