Those new to Koh Tao have mostly heard of Chumphon Pinnacle. As a result, those that have dived Chumphon Pinnacle before continue to tell stories about it. Chumphon Pinnacle is often agreed to be the best dive site near Koh Tao. At a distance of about 10km north of Koh Tao, lies the submersed granite boulder pinnacle, casually referred to
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We have all seen plenty of them while diving and I’m sure many of you have had the misfortune of having to pick their spines out of your skin at some point. Be it from not looking where you’re walking in shallow water or from brushing up against one while diving, we know they hurt and that we don’t want
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Hello everyone and welcome back to yet another diving blog for Sairee Cottage Diving, Koh Tao. This time I will be talking about some of the many benefits of snorkeling that we often forget after learning to dive. Since becoming a Dive Master, with Sairee Cottage Diving over four years ago, I have not done a lot of snorkeling. It
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[singlepic id=353 w=320 h=240 float=left]Todays trip, 11th September, was planned to dive Chumphon Pinnacle first dive and then to the HMTS Sattukut for the second dive. [singlepic id=354 w=320 h=240 float=right]The highlight of this trip was a 5m Whale Shark that was swimming around the pinnacle around 12m and then coming regularly to the surface. [singlepic id=355 w=320 h=240 float=left]We
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 →Koh Tao offers beautiful snorkeling sites all around the island. We would like to introduce you to the top five snorkeling locations of Koh Tao. Please keep in mind not to stand on corals or pick up souvenirs when you’re exploring Koh Tao’s snorkeling sites. Help us to save the beautiful underwater world we still have on Koh Tao. 1.
Read more →Sea Turtles on Koh Tao – Being that we are on Koh Tao, which in Thai language means “Turtle Island”, what better marine conservation topic we could find, to talk about this month, than the sea turtle. There is a total of 7 different species of sea turtles, the Green Turtle, Hawksbill Turtle, Loggerhead, Olive Ridley Turtle, Kemps Ridley, Flat Back and the giant of the family of sea turtles, the Leather Back Turtle. If you have accommodation by the beach please turn your lights off at night when not in use, they can cause turtle hatchlings to crawl in the wrong direction.
Read more →One of the most enjoyable ways of scuba diving in Koh Tao or elsewhere, is to dive with an underwater camera! Any time Nic has a free afternoon, he takes his camera and goes out to the sea for some exciting dives with Sairee Cottage Diving. Since he is constantly working on his techniques, he has come up with a few tips for underwater photography enthusiasts who are trying to improve their own underwater photography skills too […]
Read more →What is Nitrox? Nitrox is the name commonly given to a breathing gas called Enriched Air Nitrox. By using Nitrox a diver can dive for longer without exceeding their no decompression limits, but what is it and how can you get to use it? [singlepic id=155 w=320 h=240 float=left]Any mixture of oxygen and nitrogen is actually Nitrox, air could be
Read more →Shark Bay is located in the South of Koh Tao. The bay offers you a fantastic opportunity to get up-close to Black Tip Reef Sharks. Black-tip reef sharks have extremely small home ranges and show strong site fidelity. They can remain for up to several years within the same local area if they find enough food. Blacktip reef shark are difficult to approach and seldom poses any danger to humans […]
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