Scuba Diving In Koh Tao

There are a number of excellent dive sites around Koh Tao, and as such the island has become something of a divers mecca in recent years. Today, there are a large number of people scuba diving on Koh Tao every day, scattered around the numerous dive sites such as Mango Bay, Nang Yuan and the famous Chumphon Pinnacles.

Koh Tao is located in the Samui Archipelago, and is in fact a small island of just over 13 square miles. Around the coast of Koh Tao are numerous small coves and bays, with clear sheltered waters leading up to pristine white sandy bays, many of which provide superb diving conditions, particularly for the novice diver.

The conditions for scuba diving in Koh Tao, with their sheltered bays, and clear waters offer ideal conditions for people looking to learn to scuba dive, and today there are a large number of dive centres in Koh Tao who offer a wide range of diving courses. If you are interested in diving in Koh Tao, and would like to find a dive centre to talk to, why not go through to our dive centres in Koh Tao page, where we list a number of the leading dive operators based on the island. Below are just a few of the Koh Tao dive centres we have listed:

• Budda View


• Master Divers


• Pheonix Divers

There are predominantly two types of dive sites in Koh Tao. The first one is the gentle sandy slopes such as Mango Bay, which are so conducive to the requirements for scuba diving courses. The second type of dive site on Koh Tao are the submerged granite pinnacles such as those at the Chumphon site, which rise majestically from the sea floor and are so often visited by the large pelagics such as the Whale Sharks.

Through the blog, we will be looking at the various dive sites of Koh Tao in greater detail, and covering some of the wonderful opportunities that exist for scuba diving in Koh Tao.

Scubaworld.tv provides information on a wide range of scuba diving holidays, and works with a large number of specialist scuba diving resorts from around the world.

Crystal Dive Resort Joins Resort Program On Scubaworld

Following our announcement of the new Dive Resorts program, which is due to be launched in the next few weeks, we can now announce that the latest dive resort to join the service is Crystal Dive Resort in Koh Tao.

Crystal Dive Resort are based on the dive island of Koh Tao, on a small hill overlooking Mae Head Beach. Accommodation at the resort is offered through a range of Thai style bungalows, and includes an excellent restaurant and bar with large screen satellite TV.

Crystal Dive Resort offer a wide range of scuba diving courses for all levels of experience including Open Water, Adanced Open Water and PADI Divemaster Internships. Diving is on offer at all of the major dive sites in Koh Tao including Southwest Pinnacle, Shark Rock, Koh Nang Yuan and the renowned Chumphon Pinnacle.

For more information on Crystal Dive Resort, or to contact them regarding the opportunities for scuba diving in Koh Tao, simply click through to the Crystal Dive Resort page on the main page Scubaworld.tv web site.

Sangat Island Reserve Joins Scubaworld.tv!

As we have mentioned in recent times in the blog, here at Scubaworld we are in the process of launching our new scuba diving holidays database, in which we will work with both specialist dive resorts as well as hotels, guest houses and hostels in places where the scuba diving is considered to be good. Subsequently, we would like to welcome the Sangat Island Reserve to our diving holiday database, which will be going live in the next couple of weeks.

Sangat Island Reserve offers access to some of the best scuba diving in the Philippines, and they are located on an eco-resort in Coron Bay off Busuanga Island. The resort offers accomodation in ten exclusive bungalows which face onto one of the most beautiful beaches in the area.

So, if you are looking to go scuba diving in the Philippines, why not take a look at the Sangat Island Resort on our diving holiday database?

Maldives Scuba Diving

The Maldives offer some of the worlds finest scuba diving, and divers from all over the world are drawn here every year by the superb levels of marine life, and exceptional coral that exists under the water in around the hundreds of atolls in the Maldives.

The majority of the dive sites in the Maldives tend to be located in the shallow coral reefs which surround the low lying atolls, however the channels (or Thila's) which exist in the narrow gaps between atolls also provide some of the Maldives most notable scuba diving experiences. These thilas, formed by a an unusual geological phenomena millions years ago see strong tidal currents drive in the narrow gaps between the atolls, bringing with them the large amounts of food brought in from the open ocean. Subsequently, a good amount of marine life including a variety of sharks and rays can be found here on a regular basis, waiting for the food that comes through with the tidal currents.

There is a thriving industry for liveaboards in the Maldives, and a large number of boats regularly take scuba divers to some of the more inaccessible dive sites to be found here. If you are looking to go scuba diving in the Maldives, our site Scubaworld.tv offers a wide range of diving holidays in the Maldives for you to choose from.

For those not looking for a liveaboard holiday, there are a large number of dive operators in the Maldives who offer day trips and excursion to the various dive sites and reefs surrounding the local atolls. These dive centres tend to be located or affiliated with the holiday resorts on the various islands in the Maldives.

Overall, the scuba diving in the Maldives is of the highest standards, whilst slightly more expensive than other destinations such as South East Asia, is undoubtedly worth it. Throughout the Maldives, large amounts of marine life including Manta Rays, sharks and a variety of reef life can be found.

For more information on the opportunities for scuba diving in the Maldives, why not take a look at Scubaworld.tv, to find out more!

Specialist Scuba Diving Resorts

Without exception, every day we recieve emails from our users asking us where would we recommend to go on a diving holiday, and do we know of any specialist scuba diving resorts in the area? As a result of this, we will very shortly be launching our new Scuba diving holidays centre on the main web site. This will provide users with details of specialist scuba diving resorts in specific locations.

The past few years have seen huge changes throughout the travel industry as a whole, and this has undoubtedly had a large knock-on effect on the way in which people plan their scuba diving holidays, essentially dividing the market into two major groups.

The first group are those divers who are looking for a complete package to be provided for them, including the accomodation, the flights to the destination as well as the diving. This market is catered for exceptionally well by a small number of specialist tour operators who provide good value for money across the package as a whole. This option makes particular sense for larger groups, or for those who are looking at more specialist diving holidays such as a liveaboard holiday, where local market knowledge can prove instrumental in the making of a good holiday.

The second group of divers are those who are looking to package the holiday themselves. These individuals tend to use the internet to identify specific diving resorts at which they would like to stay, whilst making their own travel and transport arrangements. They prefer to deal directly with the diving resorts themselves, and arranging their diving either directly with the resorts themselves, or when they arrive at the destination.

Through our new scuba diving holidays channel, we aim to offer solutions across both. We will be working with some of the largest names in the scuba diving travel industry, as well as working with some of the smaller, and more unique scuba diving resorts throughout the world.

Our process is simple. Once you have found the destination or resort that you are interested in visiting, all you have to do is to fill in the simple information form, identifying where you would like to stay and for how long. This information is then passed onto the relevant tour operator or resort who will contact you at a time of your convenience to discuss things in greater detail.

We feel that booking a diving holiday is very different from a normal holiday and we hope that the scuba diving holiday centre will help you find the best diving holidays for you and your friends!

Dominica - A Scuba divers paradise.

Located at the Northern end of the Lesser Antilles chain of islands lies the beautiful island of Dominica. A landscape and geography sculpted by the islands volcanic past, have now created a stunning and picturesque landscape both above and below the water. The beautiful, rugged landscape above the water is mirrored by Dominica’s underwater paradise of stunning corals and rich levels of marine, which have thrived due to the extensive conservation efforts in the region.

The scuba diving in Dominica is split into two main regions at the northern and southern tips of the island, both of which hold protected marine reserve status. At the northern tip of Dominica lies the Cabrits Marine Reserve, 1053 acres of coral, sponges and stunning marine life. The diving in Cabrits Marine Reserve is characterised by the wealth of swim throughs, caves and volcanic vents which can be found throughout the area. There are over 20 dive sites to be explored in Cabrits Marine Reserve, including Sharks Mouth, Sunshine Reef and Pole to Pole. However, the most popular dive site in the area is widely acknowledged to be the stunning Toucari Caves, and beautiful reef and cave dive site, and one definitely worth visiting on any diving holiday in Dominica.

The majority of the scuba diving in Dominica takes place on the south of the island, and is focused around the Soufriere Scotts Head Marine Reserve. This large bay, which is centred on the expanse of water around the villages of Anse Bateau, Scotts Head and Soufriere, offers excellent diving and visibility, and has attracted large numbers of scuba divers to Dominica for many years. Inside Soufriere Scotts Head Marine Reserve, the bay offers diving around large pinnacles which raise up from the depths below, surrounded by the rising columns of air bubbles, a legacy of the regions volcanic past.

The climate in Dominica is tropical, and the extreme heat is controlled by the trade winds that breeze through the Caribbean region. As such, there are only slight variations in the temperatures in Dominica, although it is best to avoid the rainy season which is here from late June through to October.

Dominica holds many opportunities for activity and adventure both above and below the water, and many divers have ranked the waters off the coast of Dominica as some of the best scuba diving in the Caribbean.

Bloody Bay Wall In Little Cayman, Cayman Islands.

For fans of wall diving, there can be no better dive site than Bloody Bay Wall in Little Cayman in the Cayman Islands, which offers one of the worlds best wall diving experiences. Depths ranging from as little as 6 metres, ranging down to abyssal depths of around 350 metres ensure that Bloody Bay Wall is one of the worlds best wall diving locations.

Bloody Bay Wall is in fact not one site, but several excellent dive sites along the one major wall, each with its own unique characteristics and marine life. Dive sites such as Marylins Cut and Randy's Gazebo have become popular dive sites over the years with divers looking for the ultimate wall diving experience.

What makes Bloody Bay Wall so unique however is the scale of the walls, and given the extremely good levels of visibility in the reigon (upto 60 metres), immediately the scale is very apparent to those individuals diving on Bloody Bay Wall. Huge expanses of rock are visible in every direction, something seldom found on wall dive locations anywhere else in the world.

Marine life is good on Bloody Bay Wall, and divers are likely to encounter some of the large Nassau Groupers which inhabit the walls, as well the resident populations of Queen Triggerfish and large schools of Jacks.

If you are interested in finding out more about the opportunities for scuba diving in the Cayman Islands, why not visit the Scubaworld web site.