Specialties give you a chance to pursue areas of interest in more detail, giving you greater
knowledge and more diving experience. For some specialties you will need Advanced Open
Water or Adventure diver certification, others you can begin straight after an Open Water course.
Specialites can be packaged together for great savings, or a package of five specialties together with the Rescue Diver certification results in Master Scuba Diver certification, the highest non-professional ranking in PADI. You will receive discounted accommodation during your training and are entitled to the Buddha View Diver Privilege Card that gives you discounts on dive equipment and dive courses and tours around the world.
Some specialties to dive into: Enriched Air: extend your bottom time with nitrox (increased percentages of oxygen). Gives you the chance to get the most out of 20-30 meter dives. This is also your stepping stone to technical diving. 4,000bht , materials are an additional 2,000bht (includes manual and tables). Book Now!
Equipment Technician
The Equipment Technician course runs over 2 days and is designed to give the students all the knowledge and skills required to service the Aqualung range of equipment. This includes the calypso unbalanced regulator, Titan balanced regulator, Legend over balanced regulator, inflator units and BCD repair. The students will be shown the simplest and most practical methods of servicing the equipment exactly as
they would come across the regulators in a busy dive shop environment.
6,000 thb
Compressor Operator
The Compressor Operator course runs over 1 day and teaches the students the correct start up, filling and shut down procedures when operating a compressor. The students will also be taught simple compressor maintenance like oil and filter
changes. By the end of the course the students will be comfortable operating a compressor and if continuing onto the blending course will be able to use a membrane system.
6,000 thb
Nitrox Blender
The Nitrox Blender runs over 1 day and teaches the students to accurately and safely blend nitrox to the required blend. The main section of the course covers partial pressure blending which is the most common form of blending found around the world. For students who have already completed the compressor operator course, they will also be taught how to fill a tank using a membrane system.
8,000 thb
Wreck Diver: 4 dives. 2 dives on shallow wrecks looking at wreck diving techniques plus two exciting deep wreck dives off dedicated tech diving boat. Includes introduction to technical diving procedures. 9,900bht plus 600bht manual Book Now! Equipment specialty: Half day introduction to dive equipment maintenance with resident equipment technician. 3,500bht. Book Now! Oxygen Provider: Full day thorough overview of oxygen systems and diving emergency scenarios. 4,000bht plus 600bht manual. Book Now!
Digital Photography: 2 dives including camera rental, instruction on photographic techniques and photo-shop editing skills. 5,500 plus 600bht manual . Special Promotion Feb 15th to June 30th 2009. Course offers a 15% discount from Intova digital camera purchase.Book Now! Naturalist/Marine Resource Management: Two dives focusing on reef life identification and functions. Includes half day seminar on reef ecology and marine resource management. 4,500bht Book Now!
Deep Diver: 4 dives with a dive to 40 meters. Overview of deep diving techniques, planning, physiological concerns and safety procedures. Includes tech diving orientation. 5,900 plus 600bht manual Book Now! Videography: 4 dives including video camera hire and training in video techniques and editing. 16000bht. Special Promotion - One month internship 33,000bht. Book Now! Triggerhappy Videography Internship: 2- 4 weeks / UNLIMITED DIVES
This internship provides you a professional environment and on the job training to master videography skills. With unlimited dives and guidance from the trigger happy team you will soon be able to produce videos to a professional standard, working with the team on a daily basis as they film and produce movies to DVD for Buddha View divers. The internship covers diving/ filming techniques, editing and DVD production as well as film theory to a very technical standard. It will train you to professional level enabling you to travel anywhere in the world with a fabulous job skill to offer.Book Now! BUDDHA VIEW offers DSAT technical dive courses.
Buddha View IDC Diving Koh Tao have just opened a dive booking office in Haadrin, Koh Phangan, in cooperation with Sail Rock Divers 5 Star IDC, Koh Phangan. It will offer a great service for those full moon party revellers booking their diving for both Koh Tao and Koh Phangan.
Whalesharks sighted diving Twins, eagle rays at Japanese Garden and turtles coming ashore on the beach ofKoh Nangyuan. It will be a wonderful summer diving Koh Tao this year.
Koh Tao has also been recognised by PADI as the worlds leading diving education destination with Buddha View IDC Diving Resort, Koh Tao being awarded the 'Outstanding Contribution to the Dive Industry'. It looks like a great year ahead diving Koh Tao.
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