Your first time? Dive in to Scuba Diving in Koh Tao with our beginner courses. Our Open Water course in Koh Tao will allow you to get certified to dive anywhere in the world in just 2.5 days. Not enough time or unsure? Then why not try our Basic Diver course where you will get a taste Scuba Diving in our half day experience.
Want to take your Scuba Diving to the next level? Then why not add some specialities to your belt. Specialities allow you to discover new skills underwater to enhance your scuba diving experiences. With SSI once you complete 4 specialties along with 24 dives you automatically become an Advanced Specialty Diver! Explore our Advanced Scuba Diver courses in Koh Tao!
Already a certified diver? Join us for our daily fun dives and explore some of Koh Tao´s best dive sites. We offer morning and afternoon boats every day!
Start your scuba diving career with our Divemaster and Instructor courses on Koh Tao, designed for those looking to lead and teach in the dive industry. Gain the skills and certification needed to guide divers and teach scuba courses around the globe.
Ready to get Scuba Diving in Koh Tao? Enjoy exclusive discounts when you book with Goodtime! Save on accommodation and food at our beachfront restaurant when you choose one of our diving courses or climbing packages. Planning to dive and climb? Book multiple activities with us and unlock even greater savings, making your Koh Tao adventure both unforgettable and budget-friendly. From beginner scuba diving courses to advanced SSI programs, and rock climbing packages to sunset dining, we’ve got everything you need for the ultimate experience—all while keeping costs down.
Scuba Diving in Koh Tao has been very popular for years, we have some of Thailand’s best dive sites and great diving conditions all year round. Our most popular course is the Open Water Diver course which takes 2.5 days to complete and allows to to dive all over the world once you are certified. This course is ideal for beginners who want to get Scuba certified on Koh Tao.
If you are short on time the SSI Basic Diver is for you! This is a half-day experience where you can dip your toes in and explore the underwater world.
Any of the dive organisations in the world can give you the Open Water license, and with it you can dive in every dive centre in the world for the rest of your life – an SSI diver can of course dive in a PADI centre or the other way round, for example.
However, with SSI you do get benefits:
Online Learning
While most organisations offer online learning, not all of them offer it free of charge and can end up racking up quite the bill. SSI offers your learning materials for free as part of your course registration and is easy to navigate using the MySSI app. The app is regularly updated and also offers additional free courses like the ‘Try Diving’ and the ‘Blue Oceans’ for you to enhance your scuba diving knowledge.
Recognition Ratings
SSI do things a little differently to other diving agencies, they continue to recognise your advancement in diving whether you are enrolled in a course or not. When you reach certain milestones you will be awarded recognition status. This is why we encourage specialities over the Advanced Adventurer or Advanced Open Water courses. With SSI once you complete 4 speciality courses and 24 dives you will automatically be rewarded with Advanced Open Water recognition status. Taking this route allows you to explore your passions underwater without being restricted to one exploration dive per specialty! Don’t forget we offer discounts on bundles too!
Flexibility
SSI allows its professionals to teach with an 80/20 approach meaning that the instructor can adapt 20% of the course to fit the pace of learning, ensuring a student focused training programme worked around the needs of the students – after all everyone learns at different paces.
The minimum age to learn to scuba dive and become certified is ten years old. If the diver is between 10-14 they will be awarded with a Junior Open Water Certification that will automatically upgrade to Open Water Diver once they turn 15.
However, the SSI Explorers program provides options for children aged six and up to experience diving and snorkeling in very shallow water.
Diving in Koh Tao is popular for its year-round diving conditions, boasting clear waters, vibrant marine life, and stunning dive sites available 365 days a year. Whether you’re a beginner starting with an SSI Open Water Diver course or an experienced diver, Koh Tao offers it all—excellent training sites, famous dive spots, shipwrecks, and pinnacles like Sail Rock. With some of the world’s most affordable and accessible diving packages, Koh Tao remains a must-visit destination for underwater enthusiasts across Southeast Asia.
At Goodtime, we make your Koh Tao experience even more affordable with our exclusive discounts. Enjoy discounts at our beachfront restaurant, perfect for refueling after your adventures. Plus, save 10% when you book any scuba diving or rock climbing bundle—making it easier than ever to dive, climb, and relax on Koh Tao!
SSI do things a little differently to other diving agencies, they continue to recognise your advancement in diving whether you are enrolled in a course or not. When you reach certain milestones you will be awarded recognition status. This is why we encourage specialities over the Advanced Adventurer or Advanced Open Water courses. With SSI once you complete 4 speciality courses and 24 dives you will automatically be rewarded with Advanced Open Water recognition status. Taking this route allows you to explore your passions underwater without being restricted to one exploration dive per specialty! Don’t forget we offer discounts on bundles too!
Yes, a basic level of in-water ability is required to scuba dive. For certain courses, you’ll need to complete a water fitness evaluation before heading into the open water. This includes either a 200-meter unaided swim or a 300-meter swim using a mask, snorkel, and fins. These requirements ensure your safety and confidence during your underwater adventures.
RatingFirst time diving, i wasn't worried a minutes with such a good presentation and training. Two great divings, feeling like realising a child's dream. Big thanks to Erine, Eduardo and Michael for the fun time, enjoy the beers 🤙
Spoon, Anna and Micheal were AMAZING! We saw green turtles during our snorkel dives. Can’t wait to go for scuba dive with them. Highly recommend them, their fun games and jump competitions 🥳 Update: just done two of their scuba dives. Had an amazing dive. T2 is an amazing diving instructor.
Thank you goodtime for those very nice dives this morning… a special thank to anna to marketing me, Lukas and Mika to supervise and help me, thank to my wandering buddy Lydia and to the French enigmatic and nice the tall Sha … enjoy the season guy and I will be back in a week
@Lukas Thanks for the great first dive in the sea! @Lydia Thank you for the calm, slow dive at the reef! It was great to see so much! @ Ana Thank you for the great dive at the wreck, it was beautiful! @restaurant team Very friendly and fun staff, thank you for the hospitality! @Zach Thanks for the great photos! @T2 Tanks for the Great dive! Thanks Michi for being my buddy, great dives!
The best dive centre on Koh Tao! Lydia is an incredible instructor and made me feel so safe, comfortable and confident doing my Open Water course. They were amazing with my 10m depth limit due to my medical condition. Lukas was amazing speaking to two specialist diving physicians to make sure everything was safe and that they understood my situation. Everything was adapted and they even offered for me to do more advanced courses adapted to my depth limit. Ana was so good with teaching the theory especially in an ADHD friendly way and they have an amazing team speaking several languages! Really good price, the best people, an amazing environment, really knowledgeable instructors, everything was amazing, I couldn't recommend it more!
Diving was great and crew truly awesome and fun. Special thanks to Ana, Lidia, Ryan, T2, Micha, Che!!!!
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