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Peak Performance Buoyancy - 2 Dives

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Observe aquatic life without disturbing their surroundings. Improve the buoyancy skills you learned as a new diver and elevate them to the next level. Excellent buoyancy control is what defines skilled scuba divers. You’ve seen them underwater. They glide effortlessly, use less air and ascend, descend or hover almost as if by thought. They more easily observe aquatic life without disturbing their surroundings. You can achieve this, too. The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course improves the buoyancy skills you learned as a new diver and elevates them to the next level. PADI (Junior) Open Water Divers or higher, who are at least 10 years old, are eligible to take the Peak Performance Buoyancy course. Academic During two scuba dives, you’ll learn how to: Determine the exact weight you need, so you’re not too light or too heavy. Trim your weight system and scuba gear so you’re perfectly balanced in the water. Streamline to save energy, use air more efficiently and...

Underwater Navigator-3 Dives + 1 Fun Dive

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Have you ever wonder how your instructor or Dive Master always find there way back to the boat or finds points of interest underwater. The Underwater Navigator course teachers you the skill and techniques to give you confidence to find your way around. Academic The Navigation course will teach you how to use the compass underwater using the bezel and the lubber line. To start with we make things easy by learning you with the cardinal points of north, south, east and west. For example if the north is in the 2 index marks on the bezel and you turn round till the south is in the 2 index markers you are on a receptacle heading. We will also teach you Methods to estimate distance underwater. Compass navigation while making at least five turns. Marking or relocating a submerged object or position from the surface. Underwater map making. Equipment Besides your basic scuba equipment, you’ll need a compass and underwater slate. Your PADI Instructor will show you how...

Diving Tours to Koh Tao

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We at  Samui Island Divers  offer a wide range of scuba diving tours for all level of divers to Koh Tao. Our Divemasters and PADI Instructors have many years of diving experience of diving in the Gulf of Thailand so you can be rest assured you will see the best the Gulf has to offer. We use two types of boat Catamaran a purpose built dive boat and a speed boat to get you too the dive site in comfort. The prices of the dive tours vary includes hotel transfers, light breakfast, fruit between dives, lunch, refreshments, full equipment and your Divemaster. The Diving trip starts at 7 in the morning with pick from your hotel (depending on location) for transfer to the pier. The boat arrives at the first dive site approximately 9.30am for your first dive. Lunch is then serve at 11.30am, we then do your second dive at another dive around Koh Tao. Maximum 4 to 1 Divemaster. We arrive back at the pier in Koh Samui approximately 3pm. For booking please follow the link ...