Scuba Diving in Thailand
 

I am an experience snorkler, but wanted to start scuba diving in thailand. I saw an add online (below), was wondering if that is considered a good price?

Discover scuba diving - ( 1 day 2 dives ) Great introductory course, no matter what your age, from a 10 year old, up and till, your never too old. 2 dives with an instructor .

Combined with our Liveaboard trip to the Similan Islands. 3,000 Baht.

Day trip with local dive sites. 3,500 Baht.



Open water Diver- ( 3 - 4 days ) Geared to making you a confident self reliant diver with an internationally recognized license.

Combined with our Liveaboard trip to the Similan Islands. 7,000 Baht.

Day trips to local dive sites. 10,000 Baht.
Open Water Diver Referral - 7,000 Baht

Where you dive is dependent mainly on time of year. October is a bad month almost everywhere, November to April Similans + trips out from Phuket area. May to September the main place is Koh Tao in the Gulf. I am no diver but it's accepted that those are the times to go to the particular areas. You can find a host of Dive sites for Similans ( most are based Phuket and Khao Lak ) from checking the listings on Phuket Gazette, most if not all have websites so you can look and compare

http://www.phuketgazette.net
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Thanks James....I would like to vote you in as MVP....most valuable poster :)

To research dive training, you should look at 1) www.scubaboard.com and 2) the PADI website www.padi.com. It's very important to choose a reputable dive operator (especially for your first dive experiences). On PADI's website, you might want to look for dive operators that are licensed to offer higher level training (e.g. to train divemasters and dive instructors) - this is one indicator of quality instruction. But you should also look at the specific comments offered by the people on scubaboard.com, but remember that, as a novice, you want recommendations suitable for beginning divers. There is also a Lonely Planet "Diving and Snorkelling Thailand" guide that you can buy in some bookstores. It will give you very detailed descriptions of dive sites (with an indication of whether the site is suitable for a novice diver).

Thanks Kate :)