
No worries, there are rental diving gears. We select the provider of rental gear who service and maintain their equipment in excellent condition to ensure that you will have a safe and enjoyable experience.
If you are looking forward to take a course, diving equipment are included in the course.
If you are looking for fundive and trips, rental gear can be arranged. We just need your weight and height.
If you book a transfer, the transfer will pick you up according to your pick up time by the boat company's transfer from your hotel. The transfer will take you to Chalong pier where we'll meet at around 07.45
We will then board the boat at the end of the pier. Once everyone and their equipment is on the boat, the tour leader of the boat will start with a boat briefing to get you to know about the layout of the boat and the facilities. After the boat briefing, breakfast is be served.
The boat takes around 2 hours to travel to the first dive site for Racha Noi island, and around 2.30 hours for Phi Phi trip. During this time, after you have finished your breakfast, your divemaster/instructor will call you to the dive deck to assemble/check your equipment.
* Please be aware that the boat may change their schedule due to weather condition and safety reasons *
If you are on the trip to Phi Phi, please prepare your National Park Fee (CASH) with you. You can give to your Divemaster/Instructor to give to the tour leader. The ticket is valid for 3 days
We're sorry to tell you that double pricing still exists.
Thai National - National Park Entry Fee 40 THB, SCUBA Diving Fee 200 THB
Foreigner - National Park Entry Fee 400 THB, SCUBA Diving Fee 200 THB
Before we arrive at the first dive site, your divemaster/instructor will give you a dive briefing of what we are going to do and how the dive site is. The boat usually give signal 10 - 15 mins before arriving at the dive site so everyone could get ready.
Each dive maximum time is 50 mins follow by surface interval(break) around 50 mins - 1 hour.
As you can imagine, sometime the boat can be a bit crowded so there is a long line for food. By the time you finish your meal or even before you can finish it, we might arrive at the next dive site already, so be quick to leave time for yourself to digest, you don't want to feed the fish on your next dive !!!
Only after the last dive can you purchase some cold beer on the boat. On most boats there'll be a board to write your name and mark how many beer have you taken. PLEASE PAY FOR THE BEER BEFORE WE ARRIVE AT THE PIER.
Before we arrive at the pier, the boat will have a short debriefing to tell you how and when to get off the boat and also your transfer back if you book a transfer organized by the boat company. Please check your belongings around the boat, make sure you don't forget anything. The boat do not dock at the pier for long time so if you forget something, you will probably get them the next day. Also don't forget to tip the boat crew as a form of gratitude.
Once the boat arrive at the pier, the boat crew/divemaster/instructor will off-load the diving equipment first, please do not try to get off the boat until instructed to. We will then return to the meeting point and get your diving equipment.
Boat leaves the pier travelling to 1st dive site
Dive 1 - 50 mins
Lunch
Dive 2 - 50 mins
Snack Break
Dive 3 - 50 mins
Snack Break/Beer O'clock heading back to Chalong pier
Please note that all the dives are no deco dive
For what you need to prepare/bring on the boat with you, please visit What do I need to bring on a dive boat?
Yes you can ! But you must do Freediving first then SCUBA diving, and never the other way around.
While SCUBA diving, your body accumulate Nitrogen in your tissue, that is the reason why you do not ascend quickly or getting on an airplane. If you do, you'll risk getting Decompression Sickness(DCS) or the Bends. Think if yourself as a unopened bottle of soda, if you open the lid slowly, the bubbles will form and float to the surface slowly without overflowing, but if you open the lid quickly or shake the bottle, the gas inside will rush out of the liquid causing it to flow. Freediving ascend and descend quickly similar to you shaking the bottle of soda and accelerate the rate of gas releasing out of your tissue.
You can dive in/around Phuket all year round. Most of the dive sites are close to the islands such as Racha Islands and PhiPhi Islands which the island itself can block the wind and the waves, getting there is another story.
The best time(most calm) season is from November to April(summer). Monsoon season begins from May to October.
