SSI Courses

Introduction

You've always wanted to try it, but never had the time or didn't want to do any study! Why not try an Introduction to Diving ?

The experience will give you a taste of what wonders lie beneath the blue tropical waters that surround Koh Tao.
After running through some diving safety information with your instructor both on land and in the water you'll be ready to take the plunge for an easy and fun experience.

Price: 2,000 Baht - Book Here or Contact us for more information
(includes use of educational material and all diving equipment, boat dives, refreshments and transfers)

Scuba Diver

For those who wish to do more than the Intro but not the full course, or those who are short on time but still would like to have something to take away with them, the Scuba Diver is for you.

Over a two day period your Instructor will educate you on the basics of diving safety, equipment and underwater skills. You will also make two exciting underwater dives that will be logged in your logbook.

After completion of the course you will receive your certification card and you are a qualified diver up to a maximum depth of 12 meter. Any time you can or want, you can upgrade this license to the full OW certificate.

So what are you waiting for?

Price: 7,000 Baht - Book Here or Contact us for more information
(includes use of educational material and all diving equipment, boat dives, refreshments and transfers)

Open Water Diver

Designed for the beginner, this course will introduce you to the wonders of the aquatic realm. Our Open Water Courses are designed to be fun, educational and enjoyable.

The schedule is normally* carried out over 3 ½ days , starting with a course orientation at 16.00 pm.
Here you get to meet your instructor and fellow class mates (remember, only 4 divers per instructor !!) you complete some paperwork and watch the first DVD.
This will normally only take an hour.

Day 1
At 9 am your instructor explains the basic scuba diving principles and diving equipment in a fun relaxed manner. In the afternoon you will get to take your first breaths underwater and start building up your confidence with easy skills.
Your course instructor will help you confidently master these skills in very shallow water first.

Day 2
In the morning you continue with more theory and in the afternoon, if all went well*, you get to do your first 2 dives, very shallow and easy, but plenty of fish to be seen already.

*We adapt the pace of the class to individual needs, sometimes people need more time to get comfortable, in that case your course might be 1 day longer with more shallow practice before you get to do your first 2 dives.

Day 3

After finishing your final theory session, you will complete your course with 2 more beautiful dives in the afternoon. Back on land you can crack open the champagne, you are a diver for the rest of your live…

If it sounds easy, that's because it is.

* Please note that this schedule can be adapted to the pace of the group and environmental and weather conditions.

Price: 9,000 Baht - Book Here or Contact us for more information

Advanced Diver

New for 2009 !

We are offering now the Discover EAnX dive as part of your Advanced course at no extra charge !

For those divers who want to expand their underwater experience but do not want to be tied to doing a specific specialty, the Advanced Course is for you.

The Advanced Course consists of 5 dives scheduled over 2 to 3 days and are designed to help you explore new aspects of diving, in a fun and relaxed manner.

The deep dive helps you to understand some of the advantages and disadvantages of deeper diving, such as seeing different forms of marine life, or experiencing nitrogen narcosis for the first time.

The navigation dive helps you master compass use, and introduces you to the techniques of distance estimation and natural navigation. Allowing you to gain a mental picture of the site and return to the boat every time.

There are three other dives you can choose to complete the course.

Maybe you want to see the barracudas feeding around White Rock during the night dive. Perhaps you would like to learn to identify more of the many different species of marine life, on the naturalist dive and capture the aquatic world on film in the photography dive.

For those who would like to have a more modern approach to dive planning try the Computer Dive or why not learn what Enriched Air is all about ?

Another exciting option is the Perfect Buoyancy dive where your instructor helps you fine tune your buoyancy with fun underwater practice. You won't only learn different hoovering positions so you can get closer to the marine life without damaging the corals, but you get to swim through hoops to help you perfect your streamlining.

Whichever options you choose Scuba Junction has the flexibility to meet your needs. At the end of the course you will receive your SSI Advanced Course card.

Price: 8,000 Baht - Book Here your Advanced course or Contact us for more information

Stress and Rescue

The Stress & Rescue course is designed to develop your knowledge and skills so you can effectively perform diver assists and rescues, manage diving accident situations and render first aid. This certification is an important step in expanding your knowledge, experience, and confidence as a diver. Rescue Breathing

To enroll in the course all you need to do is complete an Open Water course.

There is also a requirement that, prior to Stress & Rescue Diver certification, you need to have a C.P.R. certification from a recognized agency within the last two years.

The EFR First Aid course may be used to meet this requirement, and is offered as a package with the Stress & Rescue Course.

The Stress & Rescue Course runs over three days and covers various topics relating to the analysis and prevention of diving related accidents. If combined with the EFR First Aid course the time required is three to four days.

At the end of the course you will receive your SSI Stress & Rescue Certification card.

Price: 8,800 Baht - Book Here or Contact us for more information
(includes use of educational material and all diving equipment, boat dives, refreshments and transfers)

Specialty Courses

For those divers who are interested in specific fields, including non-diving areas, or who may be interested in the Master Scuba Diver Rating, Scuba Junction offers a variety of Specialty courses.

Below are the most popular specialties, if you have any special request please contact us, we are able to teach more than the below listed possibilities.

ENRICHED AIR NITROX SPECIALTY

EanX has rapidly increased in popularity with divers over the past few years due to the fact that diving with Nitrox has only benefits ! It is SAFER than diving on air as you will absorb less nitrogen, you are LESS TIRED after a dive and you can stay LONGER at certain depths and have MORE BOTTOM time.

The Enriched Air/Nitrox Specialty teaches all the benefits and safety procedures (including EanX tables and EanX dive computers) necessary to dive with Nitrox tanks.

This Specialty is a NON diving course, meaning you can get certified without doing any dives. We offer both alternatives so you can choose whether you would like to the dives or not.

The course will only take 1 day if you opt to include the 2 boat dives, or only 1/2 day if you decide to do the course without the 2 dives.

PRICE 5,900 ThB (includes all theory, certification, 2 EanX boat dives with all equipment and use of EanX compatible dive computer)

3,900 ThB (includes alll theory and certification)

Book your EanX Specialty or contact us for more information.

SPECIAL ! Combine Deep and EanX Specialty for only 8,900 ThB !

(includes all theory for both specialties, certification, 4 dives of which 2 EanX dives, all equipment and use of EanX compatible dive computer)

DEEP DIVING SPECIALTY

Here you will learn how to safely plan and conduct deeper dives, how to deal with increase of nitrogen narcosis and all extra equipment considerations inherent to deeper dives. After completing this course you will be qualified to dive to a depth of 40 meters !

This Specialty will take 2 days and includes 4 boat dives.

PRICE 7,500 ThB (includes all theory, certification, 4 boat dives with all equipment and use dive computer)

Book your Specialty Package or contact us for more information.

SPECIAL ! Combine Deep and EanX Specialty for only 8,900 ThB !

(includes all theory for both specialties, certification, 4 dives of which 2 EanX dives, all equipment and use of EanX compatible dive computer)

COMPUTER/MULTI LEVEL DIVING SPECIALTY

Scuba Junction has been offering divers free us of dive computers since 1998, dive tables are still widely in use but were developed in the 50s. Nowadays dive computers are not seen as 'gadgets' any more but as a very important instrument to add more safety and flexibility to dive planning.

The Computer Specialty can be tailor made to the type of computer you are using, covering air and EanX computers. This Specialty can be combined with Deep, EanX or other Specialties.