Sports and leisure activities Koh Tao

Have you always wanted to learn to dive? Do you already have an advanced level and want to enjoy the Koh Tao coastline? Coral Grand Divers, with its beachfront location, offers a range of diving courses for all levels and durations, as well as daily advice. The staff are passionate and attentive, and courses are available in several languages (including French). Coral Grand Divers also offers underwater photography courses, night dives and wreck discoveries.

Dive club installed since 2012, French Kiss Divers is known for its good atmosphere and its quality training. With an experienced 100% French speaking teaching team and a small group training policy, focused on safety while having fun, FKD has become the reference for French speaking divers on Koh Tao, beginners and advanced divers alike. The only club on the island to teach CMAS and FFESSM (French federation), FKD trains its divers with SSI, which provides international certifications recognized worldwide!

How can you not to talk about this diving centre which is surely one of the largest in the world and who had every year nearly 17,000 participants. It offers baptisms, Open Water, Advanced Open Water, until vocational training such instructors. Like many centres on the island, security is required. Diving is an activity that must be done without taking of risk. Finally cruises are also organised to The philippines, Indonesia or the Andaman or Similan islands. French speaking instructor.

The reception at Mae Haad is open every day. One accommodation is located in the village of Sairee, the Asia Divers Resort, which has 80 rooms and suites as well as a swimming pool and spa. The atmosphere is very festive! The club uses two specially equipped base boats. The school center provides PADI training, but equivalences of levels with other federations are of course accepted for diving excursions. The team, professional and pedagogical, is very nice, and even includes French-speaking instructors.

One of the best diving clubs on the island. All classes are with a maximum of 4 students. The equipment is reliable; the equipment is renewed and revised regularly to European safety standards. Education is of high quality and housing is included in the training. In this human-sized 5-star Padi centre, the atmosphere is very friendly. Classes are given in French, among other languages. It's the friendly Jeff, who with his 20 years of experience, manages his experienced instructors. The center is on the beach. Warmly recommended.

BBD offers dives in Koh Tao, Ang Thong Marine Park, Chumphon and Khao Sok. The website is very well provided for any further information you may require. The instructors are of all nationalities and some are French-speaking. This centre is also largely concerned with maritime conservation and actions are carried out throughout the year. Their Facebook page is also well stocked with pictures which will give you an idea of the dives and the diversity of the divers. A good center, seriously.

This school is directed by Florian, a young Frenchman who is among the best in the world and holds the best performance in Koh Tao: 7'41'' in static apnea. The courses are conducted in small groups. 3 classrooms for theory and freediving exercises, 2 catamarans specially designed for freediving, 2 booking offices in Sairee, a terrace for yoga and meditation and a restaurant. The courses take place over several days, depending on your level. Level 1: between 10 and 20 m. Level 2: between 20 and 30 m, and level 3: beyond 30 m.

Finally something other than diving on Koh Tao! Opened in 2017, this establishment offers divewing, H2O scooter, kitesurfing, kneeboarding, wakeboarding, rock climbing, hiking and also rents bicycles. Visit the website to find out about the myriad of original sports on offer! For example, they are the only resort on Koh Tao to offer subflying, a new discipline in which the diver is towed underwater by a boat holding a wing board. It's fun and spectacular. Give it a try!

For divers, Black Tip Dive Resort offers, in addition to the facilities and diving course, a quiet accommodation in bungalows with a roof of palm (from 600 B) offers.

For those who already have experience with a PADI or CMAS certification, you will have to make use of experienced people and modern equipment. For the others, open water dives and snorkeling. Also night dives. This centre is on a human scale, far from mass tourism, and this is also its strength. Nearly 80% of divers who come to dive for the first time eventually return. Ask for Dennis, he's the person in charge of the centre, he will know how to welcome you in a warm and friendly way!