Day One: Once you arrive at Koh Samui airport, you will find our free transfer service ready to bring you to Choeng Mon Beach Hotel. Our dive resort is located on Choeng Mon beach at the resort, which allows you to walk conveniently to our PADI dive center. Take time to relax after a long journey, and please drop by the dive center to say hello.

If you like, you can collect the Open Water Diver DVD and manual to review before the course begins.  If you do that, we will only need ½ a day for the first day of the course and you can select morning or afternoon, whichever will work best with your schedule.

Day 2: We will meet you at our classroom at 9:00 a.m. were we will view the Open Water Diver DVD and review the theory. Our air conditioned classroom is both comfortable and clean with a 42’’ Plasma flat screen TV, where we provide presentations and work through any required course materials. Around 12:00 a.m. we will break for lunch and then move on to the swimming pool to practice the confined water skills. You will practice confine water skill at the dive resort 36 meter salt water chlorine free pool which is among the cleanest and clearest on the island.
We are normally done by 15:30 and free to explore Koh Samui above water...

Day 3: We will pick you up from the dive resort at 7:15 a.m. and drive to the pier where we will board a VIP speedboat that will take us to Koh Tao.  The journey takes about 60 minutes and during this time you will prepare yourself for the dives with your instructor.

After arriving at Koh Tao we will go for your first open water dive. After this dive we will have a delicious lunch on board. After lunch we will go for your second open water dive around Koh Nangyuan / koh Tao. At About 13:30 we will start the way back to Samui, arriving there around 15.00.

Koh Tao is also known as the “turtle island” as its shape resembles a turtle. Koh Tao's little sister island, Koh Nangyuan, is a private island that consists of three smaller islands connected together by a beautiful sandbank. Together, these islands form four bays with crystal-clear water, white sandy beaches with no strong current, a variety of colorful reef fishes and fascinating coral reefs that offer optimal conditions for diving. Koh Tao area dive sites are famous for clear water, lack of strong current and a wide variety of fishes and corals.

Day 4: We will pick you up from the dive resort 7:15 am and drive to the pier where we board the VIP speedboat or the dive yacht start the journey to Sail Rock one of the most interesting dive sites around Koh Samui. The trip to Sail Rock on this boat takes about 40 minutes and we use the time to review your dive gear and prepare for the dives.
You will make your third and fourth open water dives at Sail Rock and between the dives we will have lunch and relax for about an hour.  If forecast weather conditions are unfavorable at Sail Rock or you and the instructors are not sure about your ability to have a safe and enjoyable dive at the site, we will change the schedule to go to two different dive sites around Koh Tao.

A short description of this dive site follows:

Sail Rock is undoubtedly the most famous dive site in the Koh Samui archipelago. This rock pinnacle, shaped like an iceberg, emerges from a sandy bottom at 40m to tower 15m above the oceans surface. Located 45 kilometers North of Koh Samui, it is mid-way between Koh Phangan and Koh Tao and provides large schools of pelage’s, steep walls, rugged rock formations and an awesome “vertical chimney” swim through. The swim through, located on the northwest side, starts from 18m down and exits at 6m where the natural light penetrating the top makes it fantastically picturesque.

At 18m, two divers can enter the cavern abreast where it bends vertically upwards. At 12m you'll spot a hole that opens up and it is possible to swim back into open water from here. At the exit, just 6m from the surface, you'll find yourself surrounded by a magnificent carpet of pink anemones full of vibrant anemone fish. Other known visitors include barracudas, king mackerels, and the occasional whale shark, as well as a wide variety of colorful reef fishes.

After successfully completing the course, you will be certified as an Open Water Diver and therefore be able to dive to a depth of 18 meters without a dive professional. You will have the freedom to choose whether to dive with a certified friend or under the supervision of a divemaster or scuba instructor. However, for safety reasons we do recommend to dive under the guidance of a professional or with a buddy who knows the dive sites well, especially in the beginning of your dive career.