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Your husband & wife dive team

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Dive Center is open :

- 22nd December to the 22nd May  

- 10th July to 22nd October

However this may vary so please contact us directly for accurate information 

 

ADI & MALA, SANTIBURI RESORT & BOPHUT SPA & RESORT  KOH SAMUI THAILAND

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Courses in Japanese & Russian can be arranged

 

      Adi & Mala

Santiburi Resort    Koh Samui

&

Bophut Resort and Spa

      Look at our fact sheet below for important information 

  • Adi & Mala provide the diving services at Santiburi Resort and Bophut Spa & Resort. Adi & Mala, who live on Koh Samui, Thailand and have been diving around South East Asia and Australia for the last 10 years. 

  • Based at the beautiful Santiburi Resort, The Dive centre can cater for your dive needs as you enjoy your stay at the resort's tranquil setting. Meet us at the Dive centre daily from 5.30p.m to 6.30 p.m.

  • Adi & Mala can be found at The Bophut Resort & Spa on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at the lobby from 6p.m.-6.30 p.m.

  •  If you need to contact us call us: mobile: +66 810848762 (Adi)            or         +66 872690263 (Mala)           from 4.30 pm onwards as during the day we are diving. The reception will also be happy to help you call us during this time.     

  • Adi evolved with the diving industry, from the hookah to the re-breather, in his 20 years of diving.

  • Mala has a Masters degree in Marine Biology, and together we aim to tailor your dive adventure to your needs.

  • Experienced, beginner or on your first bubble underwater, we have a package for you! 

  • Interested in the marine environment? Love snorkeling and want to do more? Let us guide you into the aquatic world!   

Magazine Articles

 

Eye of the crocodile fish

Learn more about the Crocodile fish

 Article here

 
  • Your husband and wife dive team are also underwater photojournalists who contribute regularly to various dive magazines. Read articles and learn more about the amazing ocean and the life it supports.  

 

Personal Instruction

 

Your Instructors

  • Learn with experienced multilingual dive instructors (Swiss-German, German, English, French, Malay,)

  • Personal instruction with Adi or Mala  at a ratio 0f 1:1 or 1:2 (instructor/ student) is available, guaranteeing individual attention.

  • As with other sports, like tennis or golf, private instruction builds skills and confidence in a secure and friendly environment.

 

Aquatic Awareness Program

 

    Learn as you dive

Underwater Photography

 

 

  • Dive with Mala, our marine biologist, and learn more about the marine environment and its residents. 

  • We offer you a diving experience which is fun as well as educational. Slide shows available on request 

  • Our slow diving style ensures you have a relaxing dive with lots of time to observe the underwater life.

  • Interested in Underwater photography? Want to learn how to snorkel? Don’t know where to start? Begin with us and enrich your dive adventures.

 

FACT SHEET:

Dive trips

- Diving from Samui are day trips starting from 7.30 am with pick up. It is a 2 dive day trip with lunch provided in between the dives. Guests return to the hotel between 3-5 pm depending boat, dive site and weather.

- Dive trips to Sail Rock & Marine Park are available depending weather and dive conditions. Dive trips to Koh Tao 5 times a week.

 - For Licensed Divers, day trips cost between 4,500 bhat to 4,800 bhat per person including equipment, transfers, boat trips, soft drinks, water , lunch and dive master service.

 

Diver Enjoying the abundant fish life

Schooling fusiliers at deep dive sites

 

Children & Diving

- Children can experience diving in the pool when aged 9 and above with parents presence. Cost is 1,000 bhat per child.

- Children can participate in dive coursers when aged 11 and above with parents.

 

Whale shark seen around Koh Tao

 

 

PADI Dive coursers

- Dive coursers are as follows:

ABC DIVERS are members of the Hyperbaric Chamber on Samui and Koh Tao and guests have dive insurance coverage. 

All coursers are done with a maximum of 2 students unless other options have been discussed or  there are bigger family groups or friends who want to do the course together. 

A) Discover Scuba Diving - Cost 6,000 Bhat

- A day course for guests who have never tried diving and do not want to get a dive license. The course aim is to give the participant the experience of diving. It is a good course for those unsure if they will enjoy diving and do not want to invest too much time.

B) Scuba Diver Course - Cost 14,000 bhat

- A 2 day license course up to a depth of 12 meters. The participant will watch a dive DVD, practice skills in the pool, do dive theory and 2 dives in the sea usually in Koh Tao to obtain their Scuba Diver license which is internationally recognized.

C) Open Water Diver - cost 18,500 bhat  

This is a 4 day license course up to a depth of 18 meters. The participant will watch a dive DVD, practice skills in the pool, do dive theory and final exams and 4 dives in the sea to obtain their Open Water  license which is internationally recognized.

D) Advance Diver - cost 16,000 bhat (only open water divers can do this course)

This is a 2 and a half day course with 5 dives in the sea. This course helps a diver increase their skill level so they can enjoy a larger variety of dive environments. Two of the dives are fixed/mandatory which are the deep dive and the navigation dive. The other three will be recommended by the instructor after discussions with the participant.

 

 

Impressive sceneries along Koh Tao's coast line

 

 Students ready to explore the underwater 

 

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