Official DAN Asia-Pacific Supporter

A couple of days ago our diving center "DivingScool" became an official DAN Asia-Pacific Supporter. Being a DAN member offers you a wide range of benefits. This goes from the best diver insurance money can buy to all kind of advantages that you get if you go diving with DAN affiliated diving schools. We will launch our BONUS+ program in a couple of days, this means that if you're a DAN member you will receive free nitrox fills for your fundiving( you do need to be EANx certified) or when you want to obtain your Enriched Air certification you can do this at cost price!

Diving has offered us some new encounters here on Koh Chang and I'm sure that more will follow.
On one of the local sites, Hin Luk Bat, we recently found a school of Bigmouth Mackerels going round the reef. More towards the south,in the National Marine Park, a blue ringed octopus has been spotted (nice work Tia) !! And last but not least a whaleshark was seen yesterday on Hin Rap, a mere 5 minutes away from our departe point in Bang Bao. Hopefully it sticks around for a couple more days, so we can all enjoy an encounter with this gracious animal.

Happy Bubbles

PADI Member Forum 2010 on Koh Chang

Last night the annual PADI Member Forum was held in the Amari Hotel here on Koh Chang. It was Thailand's regional manager Hans Ullrich who made a presentation about the changes in PADI Standards and some new products being launched pretty soon.



Quite a bit of the presentation notes were about eLearning and the new courses that will be online pretty soon.
Another interesting development is the (optinonal)use of a dive computer during the PADI Open Water Course and the Enriched Air Diver Course. Definitely a must for everyone who learns diving these days!!!

Last but not least, DivingScool is being mentioned in the PADI member forum for the excellent use of the marketing toolkit. Thanks for the reference and we assure you that this is only the beginning of more and better to come.






As for now.. Happy Bubbles!!!

Be cautious when you go swimming!

A couple of days ago a 9 year old girl has been stung by a Box Jelly fish on Koh Mak, situated in the Gulf of Thailand. Two years ago a young Australian boy was stung there also and barely survived.

Fortunately, thanks to the quick thinking and acting of a bystander, the girl is alive.

The parents reacted in a Swedish newspaper;

But she is skeptical that the hotels did not warn tourists of the dangerous jellyfish, although several people have died in the past. "No signs, no information. The day after that Ida was burnt I was told that people were down there the water at the same place and swam again. This should not be allowed to go on."



You will find the article in Swedish here as well as the pictures.

Tonight we have a PADI member forum were we can discuss this topic and see which measures we can take in prevention, first aid and especially informing tourist about possible jelly fish stings.


We advise everyone to be aware and take simple pre cautions like wearing stinger suits and have vinegar available but there's no immediate reason to worry too much about box jellyfish!

Feeling hot hot hot !

The last couple of days the temperature has gone trough the roof. It's not possible to set a step or two without being soaked in sweat.
Only one solution then...head into the water!
But even here it is hard to get any refreshment...the water is 30ºc! Which means, no more wetsuits, just diving in shorts and a rash-guard. Gosh, I love this feeling.
The diving conditions (visibility) haven't been ideal but there have been some interesting encounters. During one of our dives at the local sites around Koh Chang we've found a nice white mantis shrimp playing hide and seek with us for a while. Most of the time they have bright colors but this one certainly stood out. Some more lovely creatures were found so we can offer some great muck diving in low-viz situations as well.
Another month means a another Specialty of the Month, only this time we offer a different one then the one on the PADI calendar, simple reason being that there is no drift diving around Koh Chang.
Instead we will bring back the PADI Enriched Air Diver Specialty as special. Guaranteed more fun!
For now as always...Happy Bubbles!