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 [...]

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 [...]

Save Koh Tao – Underwater Clean-up

Save Koh Tao – Underwater Clean-up Local Dive schools and “SAVE KOH TAO” of the Marine Coversation Koh Tao / Thailand are performing each month an underwater clean-up to help protect reefs, beaches and any kind of marine life. If you want to help or get involved with these clean ups you could join up [...]

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: [...]

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. Join the forum discussion on [...]