Hello everyone,
I have recently finished my Open Water coursework and confined dives and plan on finishing the certification dives through a referral in Thailand next month. First off, does anyone have any recommendations for dive centers? Originally, I was thinking of going to Koh Tao, but am leaning against it now due to the additional travel time that would result in. Now I am leaning more towards somewhere in Phuket.
Second, I've latched on to the idea of taking a Liveaboard trip (4 or 5 day) to the the Similian and Surin Islands. Is this over ambitious? The site I was using had an option to search only trips with no minimum logged dives. Here are some potential concerns I've identified: dive pace, finding a dive buddy that doesn't mind an inexperienced partner, dive depth limitations, and general comfort with the dives. However, if having people along that aren't at least AOW certified is an issue, I would think there would be a very obvious notice or disclaimer? Any thoughts/advice?
I have recently finished my Open Water coursework and confined dives and plan on finishing the certification dives through a referral in Thailand next month. First off, does anyone have any recommendations for dive centers? Originally, I was thinking of going to Koh Tao, but am leaning against it now due to the additional travel time that would result in. Now I am leaning more towards somewhere in Phuket.
Second, I've latched on to the idea of taking a Liveaboard trip (4 or 5 day) to the the Similian and Surin Islands. Is this over ambitious? The site I was using had an option to search only trips with no minimum logged dives. Here are some potential concerns I've identified: dive pace, finding a dive buddy that doesn't mind an inexperienced partner, dive depth limitations, and general comfort with the dives. However, if having people along that aren't at least AOW certified is an issue, I would think there would be a very obvious notice or disclaimer? Any thoughts/advice?