Thailand Guide
Southern Thailand: the Gulf coast
Dive companies on Ko Tao
1 Coral Grand Divers www.coralgranddivers.com Luxury live-aboard dives around Ko Tao.
2 Crystal Mae Hat and Hat Sai Ree 077 456106–7 www.crystaldive.com PADI 5-Star Career Development Centre. A large, lively, sociable dive centre with a swimming pool, two big boats and a speedboat, offering courses in ten languages and the chance to buy videos of your dives. Organizes reef conservation programmes for qualified divers and courses in underwater photography and videography. Provides a wide choice of good accommodation in two resorts. Price: Prices from B1000 per dive or B7000 for a ten-dive package, with discounts if you bring your own gear. Openwater beginners' courses B9800.
3 New Heaven Chaloke Ban Kao 077 457045 www.newheavendiveschool.com Small, personal, laid-back dive centre which boasts of later starts and a maximum of four people on each course, and will take snorkellers along on their dive trips. Price: Prices from B1000 per dive or B7000 for a ten-dive package, with discounts if you bring your own gear. Openwater beginners' courses B9800.