Level
Beginner
Course
Duration
2.5
Days
Max Depth
18
Meters
Cost
฿11,000
Thai Baht
Embark on an unforgettable adventure with the SSI Open Water Diver Program to start your experience diving in Koh Tao! This comprehensive course blends classroom learning, hands-on pool training, and amazing open water diving in Koh Tao, providing the skills and confidence you need to explore the ocean. With expert instructors guiding you, diving in Koh Tao you’ll experience the beauty of vibrant marine life and coral reefs. In just 2.5 days, you’ll achieve your SSI Open Water Diver certification to dive anywhere in the world up to a depth of 18m.
08:30-09:00 Orientation
09:00-11:00 Academic session 1-3
11:00-12:00 Water fitness evaluation and snorkeling skills
12:00-13:00 Break
13:00-17:00 Confined pool session
17:00-17:30 Debrief
09:00-10:30 Academic session 4-6
10:30-11:00 Dive planning
11:00-11:30 Exam and mask fitting workshop
11:30-12:15 Break
12:30-17:00 Open water dives 1+2
17:00-17:30 Debrief
07:30-12:00 Open water dives 3+4
12:00-12:30 Certification and celebration :)
The SSI Advanced Adventurer Course is the perfect follow-up to your Open Water certification. Designed to enhance your confidence and abilities, this course introduces you to five different types of dives, including deep diving and underwater navigation.
In just two days, you’ll gain the skills to dive deeper (up to 30 meters) and explore more advanced dive sites around Koh Tao and beyond. Whether you’re interested in night dives, wreck exploration, or perfecting your buoyancy, this course is your gateway to becoming a more skilled and adventurous diver.
Your first step in scuba diving, combining theory and practical training to earn certification and dive anywhere in the world for life.
Oliver was a great diving instructor and really helped me feel safe and confident in our 2 dives.
We had an excellent diving instructor, Oliver. It was a lot of fun and very professional. The photographer Mike was also very professional and friendly
Very personable and flexible! After worrying about whether we would even be able to dive on Koh Tao before taking the 4:30am ferry, we luckily found this diving club. The team was very flexible and accommodating and rescheduled the dive trip for us the next day so that we could make it to the ferry in time after the dive. The team with Charlie, Leah, Sita, Lukas, Angie and Max are as professional and friendly as they are international. Thank you for making it happen! 🤿😊 Cheers!
Perfect diving school! We went diving as a group of four in the japanese gardens. Our instructors Leah, Sita and Charlie and also the rest of the team as Lukas, Angie and Max were super nice. They gave us a good overview about all the things we should know when diving and one did feel safe around them. I can only recommend doing it as the price is also super fair.
Me and my friends went diving with Max, Sita, Charlie, Lukas, Angie, Leah. Sita was supervising two of us while learning the basics, enjoying the corals and observing the wildlife. Would recommend everybody to experience it with this professional team Also heard Felix is a great guy for supervising dives.
Best first scuba diving experience, shout out to drew, oliver, and angie
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 SSI 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 SSI 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 SSI 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, diving in 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. Get 25% off accommodation, with rates starting at just 1,150 Baht for private double or twin rooms and 500 Baht per night in our 4-bed dorms. Enjoy 20% off delicious meals 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 SSI 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.
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