2 Middle aged adults looking to do Open Water Certification in BKK

[Buadhai]

Well, you'd think he'd at least come back to see if he received any advice. He hasn't even logged on since the day he joined.

 

[Quero]

Oh well, as IDTS sort of alluded to in one of his posts today, an insight may not reach the OP but still help others who stumble upon the thread doing a search of some sort! Welcome back, IDTS. Looking forward to your continued contributions.

 

[lord khram]

Pattaya diving is awful. And the quality of instruction that I was witness to was equally as bad. This could be true anywhere but my gut feeling is that it is more prevalent in the Pattaya area.

Everything you do in Phuket is more expensive in comparison to anywhere else in Thailand, lodging, transportation, food etc. Although your timing is in the off season, so Phuket would be an option as well, also the diving is among the best.

Kho Lanta is far and away my favorite choice, fly in to Krabi, it's just an hour flight.

There's no diving in the immediate Bangkok area.

Totally agree on all points.

 

[Pro Scuba Courses]

If you don't want to go far from Bangkok, Koh Chang is your best bet. The diving is not amazing, but pretty good for the Gulf. I would recommend White Sand Dive Centre in WhiteSands or BB Divers in Bang Bao. I would agree with the others about Pattaya - the diving isn't as bad as people say, but I wouldn't take your wife there unless you are both into other types of 'diving'. If you are willing to go further afield, head down to the Andaman for sure, but it will only just be heading out of low season (but so will Koh Chang).

Happy diving!