Today`s dive site where all close by to Hat Sairee which are White Rock, Twins, & Hin Pee Wee.
All have their highlights and can`t be rated against each other. But the highlight of today was definitely the night dive.
I spend 60 min down in the dark with an instructor for myself, where we together tumbled over everything possible to see during such dive: Crabs, Morrays, Shells, Shrimps, Sleeping Trigger Fish, Rays, Porcupine Fish, Large Barracudas … name it.
Here some impression from all dives:
Barracudas
I read many bad feedback about Koh Tao diving, but the dive sites are still a great place to dive. As long you don`t expect large fish like sharks, manta`s or similar and rare macro shots this is a great place to dive. Lively, colorful, great visibility (15 – 30m) and unbelievable warm (30+)!
If you want to make your license, then I believe BAN is a good place to go. For FUN-divers I can`t recommend this place. Even you have your own dive master every 4 person, there can be up to 50 people on one ship. These leads to crowded ships, little space, no personal treatment, nearly no briefings and worst of all short dives. During the dive the instructor more dive their plans as they seems to be happy not to have a course after long time.
So I recommend every experienced diver, who just want to enjoy the dive sites, check out the smaller shops, which run up to 25 people; some of them even give Nitrox for free after 6 dives (BAN charges 400 each!) which is nice if you make 4 dives a day. And this is very likely and easy too.
I will change after my first 10dives to get an idea about different providers too!
I read many bad feedback about Koh Tao diving, but the dive sites are still a great place to dive. As long you don`t expect large fish like sharks, manta`s or similar and rare macro shots this is a great place to dive. Lively, colorful, great visibility (15 – 30m) and unbelievable warm (30+)!
If you want to make your license, then I believe BAN is a good place to go. For FUN-divers I can`t recommend this place. Even you have your own dive master every 4 person, there can be up to 50 people on one ship. These leads to crowded ships, little space, no personal treatment, nearly no briefings and worst of all short dives. During the dive the instructor more dive their plans as they seems to be happy not to have a course after long time.
So I recommend every experienced diver, who just want to enjoy the dive sites, check out the smaller shops, which run up to 25 people; some of them even give Nitrox for free after 6 dives (BAN charges 400 each!) which is nice if you make 4 dives a day. And this is very likely and easy too.
I will change after my first 10dives to get an idea about different providers too!
To Be Continoued
