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Instead of feeding into the media frenzy amidst the current world wide outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, let’s have a look at how to best protect yourself if you are scuba diving. While we can’t recommend how you should react to this outbreak, we can inform you of what we are doing to manage the situation. Diving is a buddy

It is already that time of the year! It is time to close the chapter on 2019! But, boy, what a year it has been! From whale sharks to liveaboards and zeros to heroes. Here are some of our favorite moments from 2019 and some hints of 2020 may have in store! 2019 started off a little bit windy for

We often get asked by our customers why we do not use an onboard compressor. This is a valid question. Our divers often watch us move all the used tanks across several other boats. So, logistically it would make sense to fill them onboard. It would also make life a lot easier for our boat boys and us instructors and

Whether you are looking to do just one day of diving or plan to learn how to dive, you want to be covered for diving. Dive insurance can be expensive however. DAN dive insurance is one of the best and most comprehensive covers out there. Do you need such comprehensive scuba diving insurance? In fact, do you need diving insurance

This week my blog is going to be a very simple one. Drink more water! It amazes me the amount of people that don’t drink anywhere near enough water, some people do not even reach their daily water requirement over the course of a week. Our bodies are made up of around 60% water and we are constantly loosing it.

The underwater world, as beautiful as it is, is a war zone. Every creature on the reef is in a constant fight for food and shelter and on the watch for larger predators. Many species main defence is camouflage so that potential predators won’t notice them. This makes it a fun and rewarding challenge to find them. However it makes

You will inevitably come across acronyms when you are around a diving school. You might have even heard some of them before. But what do they actually mean? In the list below you can find some of the most commonly used scuba diving acronyms: ADT – Actual Dive Time When we calculate our dive time using the RDP we refer

In Koh Tao we are lucky enough that we can dive all year round unlike a lot of other dive spots that have seasonal diving due to weather conditions. But what is the best time to dive in Koh Tao? Although we do get a monsoon season here on Koh Tao we can dive on the other side of the

In my last blog I mentioned that I had tried a new style of diving known as black water diving. It was a very unique style of diving that offered some photographic opportunities I had never thought of. Drifting in a gentle current at night time with a set up of bright lights brings in a range of juvenile fish