PADI Open Water Diver Course in Koh Phangan

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Ratings come from 31 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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• 5Incredible Experience

  After years of talking myself out of learning how to scuba dive, I finally signed up for the open water course here and I’m SO glad I did. First, the eLearning was so convenient and extremely well structured. I did bits and pieces of the training for 2 weeks leading up to the dive. The course definitely made me feel more prepared. Next, as a solo diver, I ended up getting 1:1 training with William. While the groups can get to be 4 people, I saw mostly pairs and one group or 3. Because I was a little nervous 1:1 was incredible. It took me a while to get the hang of a couple of things and William was extremely patient and gave me pointers that were very helpful. When we began the ocean dives, I had some nerves since I hadn’t been PERFECT in the pool practice but I never felt unsafe. It was more “will I be good at this?” rather than “am I going to be okay?” Extremely quickly I caught on and improved my skills. William along with the other instructors onboard were SO kind and encouraging. The operations team even let me postpone my final dives so I could dive with better water visibility a couple days later. I am already planning on doing more diving with Asia Blue while in Koh Phangan. Useful tips: - Do the course! It genuinely made the rest of training so much easier - Eat/bring breakfast on dive days. They provide cereal/toast, but I wanted a little more sustente before diving. (Lunch is great, though!) - Bring a ton of sunscreen!

  MonfloydApril 2025via Tripadvisor

• 5Amazing experience

  My family and I are just back from an amazing trip to Sail Rock as newly qualified Open Water Divers! Our instructor, Jannes was amazing and made the open water course a wonderful experience for us all. We all came to the course with different levels of confidence but with Jannes, we felt really calm and looked after. He is clearly so passionate about what he does and took extra care in engaging with the kids so that they felt enthusiastic and confident about everything! The whole team and crew were great to be around on the boat and couldn’t have wished for a better experience. Bucket list ✅

  R8201MAnathalielAugust 2023via Tripadvisor

• 5Sail Rock with Asia Blue is amazing!!

  We had some incredible days with Yannes and the whole Asia Blue team. We did the open water course without any experience and felt that we were in very good hands. Yannes had a lot of patience, always reassuring and praising us. We felt really safe and welcome! We even ended up adding a fun dive on the fly and would probably do more if we had more time. We would definitely recommend this dive school and would love to dive with them again sometime! Also, Sail Rock is amazing. We saw a lot of underwater life 🐠🐟🐡

  MandaMinJuly 2023via Tripadvisor

• 5Perfect Place

  There is nothing that was not on point. Best place with best prices in koh phangan. The staff is nice and friendly but also professional. The boat tour and food on the boat was very good. Everything on point.

  Trip37427071772June 2023via Tripadvisor

• 5Amazing experience doing the open water

  I did the Open Water Certification with Jannes from Asia Blue and was very satisfied about the guidance. Jannes was always very calm and easy to talk to. He took enough time to explain everything in detail. I always felt safe and well taught. I had a lot of fun at Sail Rock and enjoyed the deep water dives a lot. Would recommend it to every person.

  770nikitadApril 2023via Tripadvisor

• 5GREAT COACH

  We’ve just passed our course, and we feel great. Most of the success is due to Chocko our coach, passionate, dedicated, patient, prepared over than an amazing person! Focused on big and small Details which can make the difference up and underwater mashed up with some tips and tricks Chocko’s style is unique, efficient and extremely helpful: you learn and you get dedicated since the beginning . Thanks to him and to whole the team that has been amazing, absolutely reliable and recommended.

  nicoloc641August 2022via Tripadvisor

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How it compares in Ko Pha Ngan

• Its from-price is 578% above the median of the 48 experiences we list in Ko Pha Ngan.
• It is longer than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 8 of 48.

About Ko Pha Ngan

Ko Pha Ngan is an island in the Gulf of Thailand, north of Ko Samui, known for its Full Moon Party, quiet bays, waterfalls and yoga retreats.

Ko Pha Ngan lies in the Gulf of Thailand between Ko Samui and Ko Tao, in Surat Thani province. Hills covered in coconut palms and forest rise in the island's interior, around the summit of Khao Ra, and a ring of beaches and coves circles the coast. Thong Sala, the main town, has the ferry pier, a market and shops.

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