Phoenix Divers - Scuba Diving Koh Tao

Offering both SSI and PADI courses, Phoenix Divers
enables you to choose which course suits you. Below are listed the
details of each progressive course, with both SSI and PADI having
equivalent levels.

 

                          

 

 SSI Passport Diver / PADI Discover Scuba Diving.

 So you are thinking of having a try at scuba diving, but are not sure how you
feel about it all. Well, with both PADI and SSI, it is not a problem as
we offer a single day program which allows you to get out and go for a
scuba dive with no diving certification. There is a brief dry land
session to help you understand the essentials of what happens when you
go underwater, but the real aim is to get you under the surface to see
what an amazing world there is to explore. The program is not designed
to give you a full scuba diving certification at the end of it, but you
are able to complete more scuba dives once you have gone through one
with a qualified Instructor. What most people find is that the scuba
diving experience is so incredible that they move straight onto the
Open Water diving course, which then enables you to become a fully
certified scuba diver.

 

PADI Scuba Diver (PADI ONLY)

 It’s a common enough problem we see all the time;

holidays just never last long enough!

With the Open Water diving course lasting 4 days, it does sometimes put
people off – spending 4 days out of your time off from real life
learning something doesn’t always appeal. With the PADI Scuba Diver
course though, you are able to complete half of an Open Water diving
course and still get a scuba diving certification. It does limit you to
a maximum of 12 meters and you will have to dive with a Dive
Professional at all times, but now you are half way to achieving the
Open Water diving certification and the freedom it gives you as a Scuba
Diver.

 

SSI Open Water Diver / PADI Open Water Diver.

 The Daddy of all scuba diving courses. Take a giant
stride entry into the world of scuba diving with a four day course
designed to teach you the basics of scuba diving and certify each
student as an Open Water Diver. The course begins the first afternoon
with an introduction to scuba diving and some basic classroom
instruction. The following morning continues with some more academics
followed by an afternoon confined water session (shallow water) in one
of the many coral bays around Koh Tao or our resort swimming pool. The
confined session teaches the necessary skills required to scuba dive
and gets each student comfortable with performing those skills. The
following afternoon is two scuba dives that allow the students to
explore the undersea world and experiment with buoyancy and the skills
developed during the confined water session. On the final morning the
boat heads out to some of Koh Tao’s premier dive sites for the last two
scuba dives of the course. Students get the opportunity to explore down
deep, down to 18 meters, and truly enjoy their underwater
adventure. Upon completion of the dive course each student is certified
as an Open Water Diver to go scuba diving to a maximum of 18 meters.

 

If you enjoyed your Open Water Diver course, the Advanced Open Water/
Advanced Specialty Diver course is just a few more days and five more
scuba dives away.

PADI Adventure Diver (PADI ONLY).

 Just like the Scuba Diver course, the Adventure Diver course is designed for

those that don’t have enough time to complete a full Advanced Open Water

diving course. Consisting of 3 scuba dives, it allows you to take your Open
Water diving certification to a new and interesting level, where
different types of scuba diving become more accessible. Lasting for
only a day you are now well on your way to the Advanced Open Water /
Advanced Specialty Diver level.

 

SSI Advanced Specialty Diver / PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.

 Now that you have discovered the amazing world of diving, it’s time to take

it a bit deeper and start to explore some of the different forms of scuba
diving available.

 

The Advanced Open Water / Advanced Specialty course
is two days in duration and a total of five dives. The course is not
all about skills, but experience. The aim is to expose you to different
forms of scuba diving, whether it maybe deeper, at night or taking
photographs.

 

The course starts students out working with some navigation exercises

to help them become more able to discover underwater sites and still

have an idea where they are. It also includes a deep dive, bringing

students to new depths (30metres) and the chance to view new marine life.

See some reef sharks, don’t worry they’re just friendly ones, or some

large schooling barracudas and groupers, all from the sea bed.

 

Students then have the choice from a variety of different scuba dives.

The multi-level/computer dive allows them to extend the depth and

length of their scuba dive safely, while the peak performance buoyancy dive

continues to work with buoyancy skills.

The naturalist dive allows the student to learn more about marine life

and the relationships that exist under the sea; while underwater photography

lets you bring home the memories from you undersea adventures.

By far the most popular option is the night dive, bringing you deeper into a

dark and seldom discovered world.

 

 

There are several other options that can be incorporated into the

Advanced Open Water/Advanced Specialty course, so just email us

to find out more.

One thing to remember is that all the scuba dives you complete on
the Advanced Open water / Advanced Specialty course count towards the
individual Specialty diving courses as well. Once you finished your 2
day course you are ready to do some fun dives and really start
exploring the world you have uncovered. If you are ready to gain a bit
more confidence in scuba diving, consider looking at our Rescue
Diver/Stress & Rescue Diver courses.

SSI Stress and Rescue Diver / PADI Rescue Diver.

 Now you have a few scuba dives under your weight belt,
you are ready to start taking your scuba diving to the next level. It’s
time to take on some responsibility for not only you and your buddy,
but also for other scuba divers. If you already have CPR and first aid
training you are ready to jump straight in and start to learn some of
the in-water skills, if not, don’t worry we provide a CPR/First Aid
course that is incorporated into your Rescue/Stress & Rescue
course. In three and a half days you learn some basic and advanced life
saving skills, both in the water and also on land. The course is
designed to be a fun, yet challenging experience to build your
confidence as a scuba diver. Of any scuba diving course, the
Rescue/Stress & Rescue course is by far the most fun, getting
everyone on the boat involved (no matter what their level) and having a
great time. There is never a shortage of volunteers willing to help out
with the rescue scenarios. After a few mornings and afternoons of
skills, you put everything together, with adrenaline pumping, to
complete the final diver rescue scenario. If you are like the rest of
us and addicted to scuba diving, the next big step is doing some
serious scuba diving and a look at the first professional level of
scuba diving: Dive Master/Dive Control Specialist course.

 

SSI Specialty Courses / PADI Specialty Courses.
 
 Having completed your Advanced Open
Water / Advanced Specialty diving course, you can now start to look at
the individual scuba dives you have completed in more detail. For
example, a lot of people find that underwater photography is great fun
and a way to hold on to some beautiful memories, but the pictures just
don’t come out quite right. By looking at Individual specialty diving
courses, you go into more detail about the specifics that are required
to get a lot more out of your scuba diving. Specialty diving courses are
designed to run for a maximum of 2 days with different specialties
requiring different amounts of scuba dives. Specialties available
include: Night, Deep, Navigation, Photography, DPV (underwater dive
scooters), Enriched Air Nitrox and many more. Please email us to find
out more details. SSI Advanced Open Water / PADI Master Scuba Diver. Now
you have reached the highest level of non professional scuba diving.
Rather than a course in itself, it is more a recognition of you and
your diving experience and knowledge. Requiring a number of completed
specialty diving courses and logged scuba dives, the prestigious level
of Master Scuba Diver / Advanced Open water is a mile stone in the
educational scuba diving ladder. Please email us to find out more
details.

 

SSI Dive Control Specialist / PADI Dive Master.

 As you progress through the scuba diving courses, it is very
natural for people to consider getting more serious about their scuba
diving or to just take some time out from their normal lives to relax
and start scuba diving full time. Our Dive Control
Specialist / Dive Master diving course is designed to bring you to a new level of
scuba diving, whether employment is your plan or just gaining more in
depth experience. Take a few weeks or spend a few months in our dive
shop learning more on the technical side of scuba diving, exploring
different sites and building an experience you will never forget. You
will be a part of our staff from working in the dive shop, to helping
customers, to scuba diving, to the nights out together on the island.
Your Dive Master/ Dive Control Specialist diving course is about
personal discovery and developing lifetime scuba diving skills.