Even in the tropics sailing students have a chance to get the real feeling of sailing when the weather turns a bit rough or foul. This video is obviously targeted at people who dare to have some action instead of pottering around the bay. Please let us know what you think about it. Does it [...]
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Adopting a reef on Koh Tao Thailand This year, the Save Koh Tao Group and The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) is implementing an ‘Adopt a Reef’ program to make local businesses or landowners responsible for the protection and maintenance of reef areas around the island. This program is aimed to combat threats [...]
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THE KOH TAO ARTIFICIAL WRECK Wreck 2010 will be an alternative dive site and coral/fish nursery to reduce diving pressures on natural reef areas. This project is part of a larger program being enacted by the Save Koh Tao Marine Branch. The Wreck will be constructed from prefabricated concrete components to mimic a cargo ship [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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: [...]
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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 [...]
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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. Join the forum discussion on [...]
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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 [...]
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