Koh Samui is great to visit all year round.

The rainy season that usually starts in October, runs through November and sometimes into December. It makes the temperature a bit more bearable but temperature still stay’s above 25 degrees.

Koh Samui has two main high seasons, one that starts mid-December to end of March and the other mid-July to end of September.

Koh Samui itself has no dive sites due to poor visibility but all dive schools in koh samui run day trips to Sail Rock(The best dive site this side of thailand) and Koh Tao and occasionally to the Anthong Marine Park.

The months of May/June and July produce some of the clearest visibility for diving up to 40 metres.

The visibility usually drops off dramatically to sometime 1 metre during the rainy season and also bring about swarms of jellyfish (mostly harmless but a rare appearance of a box jellyfish have been seen) This does not stop diving, otherwise you can dive all year round.

NB: There has been no incidents related to diving in Koh Samui/Koh Tao/Sail Rock and box jellyfish.

Dive Trips are rarely cancelled but there are two factor that can cause a boat trip to cancel:

• High Winds leading to big waves
• Not enough interested which is rare occurrence and only in low season

There are two modes of transport to the diving sites:

Speedboat which is what we use:

– 50 minutes to Sail Rock one way
– 1 hour and 20 minutes to Koh Tao one way

Slow Wooden Boat:

– 2 hours and 30 minutes to Sail Rock one way
– 3 hours and 30 minutes up to 4 hours to Koh Tao one way

Yes you can, there is a simple medical questionnaire to read through along with three simple diving skills that you will learn on the day to allow you to participate in a Discover Scuba Diving Experience. Otherwise why not think about doing a course to get your PADI Open Water Licence.

The last few years, the whale shark spottings have been fewer but are generally more common to see at the middle of May up to the end of October.

It is possible but not recommended as it is a very deep dive site as well as been a very busy dive site there is a lot of boat movement on the surface which can be dangerous for those that are snorkelling.

Averages between 27-30 degrees Celsius

We limit a maximum of 4 divers to 1 divemaster but we also take into account the level of experience of each diver. We separate level of certification based on the dive site.

We limit a maximum of 2 students to 1 Instructor unless a group of friends wish to learn together. Padi Standards allow up to 8 to 1. We do recommend completing the course over 4 days if it is a group.

We limit a maximum of 2 beginners to 1 Instructor but if a group of up to four wish to dive together and are comfortable in the water they can dive together. Padi Standards allow up to 4 to 1.

The Instructor taking you on the Discover Scuba Diving Experience is not allowed to take pictures as they must be at all times focused on ensuring your safety. You can choose to take pictures yourself or for an additional 1500 baht you can have a separate dive professional accompany you just to take pictures.

We believe you are there to learn important skills that allow you to become a good, safe and responsible diver. The choice of using a camera solely comes down to the instructor providing the training as they are the best to determine your level of ability in the water and ensure you are not going to be damaging the marine environment due to buoyancy issues that usually arise from using an underwater camera.

You can learn to experience diving in a pool from the age of 8 years old. To be allowed to get your first diving licence/certification, the minimum age is 10 years old.

Yes, inquiry at time of booking as number of days diving and size of groups will determine available discount.

Yes, There is no swimming requirements to participate in the Discover Scuba Diving Experience, if you not interested in diving, we do have snorkelling trips.