Dive Internships
PADI/BSAC Scuba Diving Internships - dive adventures in Koh Tao Thailand!

2 day / 1 night trip accross to beautiful Ang Tong Marine Park.

More than twenty small islands form the marine reserve.

Short 2 day / 1 night trip to stunning Ang Tong Marine Park.

We take the 3 hour ride from Koh Tao across to Mu Koh Ang Tong, enjoying some beautiful shallow coral dive sites at the northern periphery. Expect to see turtles, sea snakes, cuttle fish and cracking swimthroughs.

We'll spend one night on one of the islands - you'll get a chance to explore and we'll have a bbq in the eveing!

We'll fit in some more dives on the second day and check out a mark for a shwllow wreck . . .

Tec diving the wrecks is the best way to go!

To take part in this expedition you need to be an Open Water Diver or above.

This isn't a hard core tec mission, but the diving and scenery is still amazing - the marine park is one of the most beautiful parts of Thailand!

The 'Queen of the Sea'

For this trip we'll use the normal DJL Dive boat - 18 metres with toilet, onboard compressor and sundeck.

We'll load the 'Queen of the Sea' up with plenty to eat and drink and have a great trip!

For sleeping arrangements we'll disembark onto Koh Wua Talap in the marine reserve. The park rangers put up comfortable tents for us (mosquito nets, matresses, blankets, freshwater showers and pleasant WC). Plus they prepare great food!

A section of the Repulse interior.

A Photo of HMS Prince of Wales.

The islands throughout the marine park exhibit a uniform structure.

They are vertically walled hard rock islands, which drop past the water line to around 3 - 5 meters. Here you'll find a gradual slope, covered in a massive mix of healthy, colourful hard and soft corals. There are lots of scattered large boulders. At around 20M the slope hits the sand, here you can find more of the softer coral species.

In terms of marine life, look out for sea snakes, hawksbill turtles and wierd slugs and snails! Lots of reef fish and pelagic species. We often see pilot and brydes whales from the boat!

In the shallows there are lots of small caves and swimthroughs. Of particular note is Koh Nippon Noi, which has a swimthrough travelling straight through the corner of the island - you can literally swim through the island!

We'll also have a look at a couple of shallow wreck marks. We believe these are for several large fishing vessels and a night ferry which got caught in bad weather en route to Koh Tao. They fled to the marine park for shelter, but too late. If we locate a new wreck it is likely to be relatively recent and wooden - we'll see what turns up.

Hawksbill Turtle

This trip departs on the morning of the 20th May 2007.

We head straight down to dive the islands at the northern periphery of the marine park (Koh Nippon, Koh Wao, Koh Nead).

After diving we make a boat ride through the marine park, enjoying the amazing scenery. Diembarking onto Koh Wua Talap around 16:00 you have time to explore the island and climb up to the viewpoint. In the evening a buffet BBQ.

Day 2 - breakfast on the island around 09:00 then back on the dive boat. We'll check out a shallow wreck, then head back towards Koh Tao making another coral dive en route. Expect to reach Koh Tao mid evening on the 21st May.

How to get to Koh Tao:
Most people enter Thailand by flying into Bangkok . From Bangkok there are three main options for getting down to Koh Tao.

•  The fastest but most expensive route: Fly to Samui.

You can pickup flights from Bangkok direct down to Koh Samui for just a few thousand baht. From Samui take one of the high speed ferries across to Koh Tao (Lomprayah Catamaran or Seatran) - these cost about 550 baht per person and take about an hour and a half.

If you shop around you may even be able to get a flight direct from your country of origin to Samui, cutting out the Bangkok bit.

•  The compromise : Train to Chumphon

Thailand actually has a great rail service. From the airport you need to get a meter taxi to the main Hualamphong train station in town (costing about 200 baht). From there you can catch a very comfortable overnight train down to Chumphon. You can get a bed in an air conditioned cabin for under 1000 baht, waking up fresh at your destination in the morning! From Chumphon you take a high speed ferry to Koh Tao the same mornining. This will take about an hour and a half and costing about 500 baht.

This is my preferred way to travel.

•  The budget route : Bus from Bangkok

Even this isn't too bad. From the airport get a meter taxi to Khao San Road (about 200 baht). At Khao San Road you can book a combined bus and boat ticket dirct to Koh Tao. This will be an overnight bus ride to Chumphon, then boat the rest of the way and should cost less than 1000 baht all in.

Look out - there are a few 'sharks' around the Khao San area, out for the naïve tourist. My advice would be to go into one of the official looking travel agents and book with your ticket with them. Go for the Lomprayah or Seatran services, you should be able to book on of these in most agents. These are fast, comfortable services and usually show DVDs on the way down. You don't want to end up getting crammed on a mini bus or 'local' service.

Pink Anemone Fish

The cost of this expedition is 6000 baht.

This includes all food, drinks, dives and accommodation.

There are 20 places available on this trip.

Booking procedure:

Firstly if you have any queries drop us an e-mail, and we can answer your questions.

Once you're satisfied, send us a deposit using our secure online payment system. You'll immediatly recieve a confirmation from ThaiEPay (part of E Bay).

Within 24 hours our manager will contact you to confirm your booking, and check your transfers and any accommodation requirements. The remaining balance is due on arrival.

Easy!