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Our qualifications:
Since 1997 Buddha View Dive has been a 5 Star Gold Palm IDC Resort. This is recognition from PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) of excellence in education and facilities for the traveling diver. A Gold Palm Resort, as opposed to a 5 Star Dive Center, must have facilities, dive boats, and accommodation/diving packages attractive to people on holidays. It is also a recognition of Buddha View IDC Resort's quality instructor training, the PADI IDC (Instructor Development Course). Buddha View IDC Resort employs three full time instructor trainers, Course Directors Mark Soworka, Guy Corsellis and Satoru Kikuchi who oversee instructor development and training standards. A Gold Palm IDC Resort is your guarantee of facilities and educational quality to suit the travelling diver.

Resources at Buddha View:
For courses, Buddha View must be one of the best-equipped centers in South East Asia. On-site classrooms and swimming pool provide excellent teaching facilities. Professional courses are conducted at Buddha View's dedicated IDC center. Combine this with the ease of restaurant, beach BBQ and bar, e-mail, equipment retail outlet and accommodation all within the resort and you have facilities that will ensure a relaxed, enjoyable holiday experience.
To get you out diving Buddha View has opted for several smaller boats to offer you convenience and flexibility with scheduling and dive destinations. Buddha View operates a 3 x 250hp engine speed boat and a 2x 250hp engine speed boat, both fully equipped with tank ranks and dive platform, taking 20-25 divers comfortably. These boats allow access to further dive sites and are also available to groups for charter. For more information check out Dive Tours. We also operate three larger in-board engine boats that have been converted for diving. Complete with sun deck and shade covered areas the Sangthong comfortably seats 25-30 divers and the Buddha View 1 and 2 up to 45 divers. All boats are equipped with GPS navigation, oxygen and safety equipment.

The dive rental equipment is US Divers and Aqualung regulators and Seaquest BCDs. All equipment is thoroughly maintained regularly by our Technician John and completely replaced every two to three years.
The resources of Buddha View Dive Resort will ensure your dive experience is relaxed and enjoyable.

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