idivethesea
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If you rate the diving in Koh Tao marginal after just two dives, how would you rate the diving in the province you work at, being Chonburi?
Chonburi! Terrible, one might just as well dive in a quarry. I do dive this area from time to time more to get wet and spend time with my local Thai friends/employees that love diving but not necessarily with the means to go to the better destinations, so we make the best of it.
To be fair I should put my comments regarding Kho Tao in perspective: The resort we choose was at the time overwhelmed with student divers, the boat we were on was packed to the gills and the dive sites were poor for everyone but students in training. When we returned from the first day we asked if we could be paired with experienced divers and possibly go to more interesting locations. The staff basically brushed us off and we hit the road. From talking to others since, I gather that this is more the norm rather than the exception.
Also keep in mind were a bit spoiled, we dive 90% from live aboard boats and in the most remote regions possible. I think had we done our homework a bit better we would not have went there in the first place but we were diverted from our main trip and had to make some fast choices.
Diving is often what you make of it, I can have fun in a swimming pool so long as that was my expectation from the beginning, I expected much more of Kho Tao.