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Thailand PADI Scuba Diver Course
offered by supplier M05291 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 2
- 6
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 6
people
Destination:
Thailand
Category: Scuba diving operators
Specialty:
Dive boat, Live-aboard, Scuba diving center
Season: May - October
Min Price: 99 Euro (EUR) per person
Max Price: 165 Euro (EUR) per person
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The Thailand PADI Scuba Diver course is 50% of a full diving courses Thailand Phuket PADI Open Water Diver course for those short on time in Phuket. If you only have 2 days to spare before leaving Phuket then the Thailand PADI Scuba Diver course is for you. We'll take you through a swimming pool and classroom session, followed by 2 open water dives.
Typically these dives will be a boat ride south of Phuket aboard our company's "Dive Phuket Day Trips" destination of the Phuket scuba dive Racha Yai island which combines perfect shallow and sheltered conditions with breathtaking corals and reef fish typical of Thailand.
Koh Racha Yai Island (literally "Big King Island") lies 10 km south of Phuket and provides a wealth of dive sites out of the scuba diving Thailand Phuket scuba day trip Phuket diving destinations list. You may see this island also referred to as Raja Yai Island or Raya Yai Island. The island's pristine beaches continue underwater as a white, sandy seabed, interspersed with hard-coral gardens and boulders. With your first descent into the clear turquoise water you'll know you made a good choice coming here for your scuba diving Thailand Phuket scuba dive adventure day trip.
Two of the islands prettiest sites, Lucy's Reef and Staghorn Reef, are home to some of the best staghorn coral you will see anywhere. Trumpetfish swim above this, their favorite habitat, sometimes hitching a ride above a grouper or porcupinefish. Giant moray eels, triggerfish, pufferfish, lionfish and scorpionfish are just a few of the other species on display.
Down at 21m off Racha's Lucy's Reef is a small but special coral outcrop which always has a surprise in store. Besides the resident giant moray eel and shrimps living there, this is one of the few places around where you are likely to see a lively school of striped eel catfish, although on one recent dive we found an enormous stonefish there instead.
Besides providing excellent Phuket scuba diving for experienced divers, Racha Yai island is a fantastic location to make your first open-water course training scuba dives aboard our day trip Phuket diving or just to snorkel. In the sheltered bays of Racha Yai the seabed is generally sandy, shallow and gently shelving and visibility is always good.
Racha Yai's scuba dive sites are spread all around her coast, so even on a rough day one of her top-class scuba dive Racha sites is sheltered. Bungalow Bay, home of the Racha Island’s small populated resort, is invariably sheltered and has some interesting scuba diving. Schools of barracuda live here and more unusual species such as and rockmover wrasse.
Last dive of the Phuket scuba diving daytrip is often at Barracuda Bay in the north of the Racha island, or at Home Run, where a small ship wreck has become home to many species of reef fish. Our company visits the dive Racha Yai sites 3 or 4 times per week aboard our daytrip Phuket diving adventure boat, all year round.
Alternatively you can complete your dives at Kata Reef on Phuket Island itself. The limitation of the Thailand PADI Scuba Diver qualification is that you will be able to dive to a maximum depth of 12m, and only with a qualified PADI Dive master or Instructor, not independently.
Of course all your work towards your Thailand PADI Scuba Diver certification can be used as credit towards the next level. With just 1 or 2 more days' training you could become a full Thailand PADI Open Water Diver on your next vacation here in Phuket, Thailand or elsewhere.
Notes:
Prices include:
- equipment rental
- our scuba diving logbook
- online PADI (PIC) certification
- use of the Thailand PADI.
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