Competent Crew Course / Ocean Hiker Course in Thailand

Competent Crew Course / Ocean Hiker Course
Here we have a quite interesting approach of ex-cruising sailors who started a Yacht Charter Company on Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand. Based on the Competent Crew Course outline of the RYA this experienced cruising sailors added quite a few aspects of blue-water sailing and named it [...]

Save Koh Tao – Marine Conservation

Save Koh Tao – Marine Conservation
Receiving now for quite a while the news letters of the Save Koh Tao Marine Conservation I have to admit that I am impressed by the continues action brought up mainly by volunteers to help in regards to environmental issues on the small Island Koh Tao in the Gulf Of [...]

SY Sampai Jumpa sunk

SY Sampai Jumpa collides with Ferry

The Diving Liveaboard Vessel sunk on its journey from Koh Phuket to Koh Tao. It was colliding on Sunday morning the 24th of May 2009 with a Ferry, broke up and sunk on the east coast of Malaysia.
The Crew, three Thais and an Irish Dive guide were rescued by an [...]

Island Hopping in the souther Gulf of Thailand

Island Hopping in the southern Gulf of Thailand
Island Hopping in the souther Gulf of Thailand
Not only Angthong marine park safaris are possible within the southern Gulf of Thailand. A lot of Sailing Yachts taking the Opportunity the just hop from Island to Island, exploring the beautiful bays and combine even some scuba diving once they [...]

Sailing Thailand INFO Koh Tao

Sailing Thailand INFO Koh Tao

Sailing Thailand INFO Koh Tao
is an island in Thailand located near the eastern shore of the Gulf of Thailand. It covers an area of about 21 km². Administratively it forms a tambon within the district Ko Pha Ngan of Surat Thani Province. As of 2006 it’s official population number in 1382. [...]

Sailing and Diving around Koh Tao

Koh Tao is certainly one of the top world diving destinations. Not really because of the underwater world but because of the high turnover in students. One diving operation became PADI Dive Center Number One world wide by hitting the absolute yearly certification highscore in 2007.  So, where is the downside then? Perhaps overcrowded diveboats [...]

The 10 best destinations for 2009 by Lonely Planet

Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand is ranking on place 4 out of 10 World Wide

Lonely Planet’s annual list of emerging destinations and hip classics will be released this week – but we’ve got a sneak preview. This review about Lonley Planets ranking was published at timesonline last week. It is said that: “First [...]

Koh Tao – Underwater Wedding

What a nice idea. Certainly not new but still just a few Scub divers taking it to this level and marry under water. The Big Bubble Diving Operation on Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand took care of this event. Click here for more underwater pictures of this marriage.
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