Koh Tao Diving

I am torn between two Diving companies on Koh Tao, 1) Buddha View 2) Big
Blue Diving

Both sound good.

Anyone any experience of either of these????

Any replies appreciated.

Fanks.

"PrOnG" <chrismcgurgan(nospam)@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:<76974c2a7e92c8d4a418d4c90d0ae9ef@news.terane ws.com>...
> I am torn between two Diving companies on Koh Tao, 1) Buddha View 2) Big
> Blue Diving
>
> Both sound good.
>
> Anyone any experience of either of these????
>
> Any replies appreciated.
>
> Fanks.

Buddha View is excellent. I know their course directors, Guy
Corsellis and Mark Soworka, and a friend of mine just did his
divemaster internship/OW Instructor training there. Based on what he
describes, their teaching standards are top notch.

Big Blue also has a good reputation, although I dont have too much
first-hand info about them.

As for the diving, I was less than impressed with the diving in Koh
Tao. Good place to get certified for cheap, but the sites arent that
good, and I dont particularly like cattleboat diving. YMMV.

"Vinnie" <vtb666@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "PrOnG" <chrismcgurgan(nospam)@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> As for the diving, I was less than impressed with the diving in Koh
> Tao. Good place to get certified for cheap, but the sites arent that
> good, and I dont particularly like cattleboat diving. YMMV.

I agree with this. However, Vinnie, where would you recommend this person
go for better sites, smaller boats and still achieve his objective?

I would avoid both these schools. Too big, horribly crowded boats, we
used to make sheep noises at their divers when we overtook their boat!
go for a smaller, friendlier school like Master Divers

Kit

In article <7359b21c.0311180828.12d43704@posting.google.com >,
scubakit@yahoo.co.uk says...
> we
> used to make sheep noises at their divers when we overtook their boat!

What are sheep noises ?
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:02:30 GMT, Alfred Molon
<alfred_molon@yahooDELETE.com> wrote:

>In article <7359b21c.0311180828.12d43704@posting.google.com >,
>scubakit@yahoo.co.uk says...
>> we
>> used to make sheep noises at their divers when we overtook their boat!
>
>What are sheep noises ?

They're really baaaaaaad. Personally, I just moo.

--
dillon

Life is always short, but only you can make it sweet

scubakit@yahoo.co.uk (Kit) writes:

> I would avoid both these schools. Too big, horribly crowded boats,

I never used them, but just saw the crowds going to and coming from
their dive shop - enough reason to choose another.

Doesn't it depend on the period you are going? This year I arrived on
Koh Tao and saw crowded ships. Two days after many people left and we
were just a handful on the boat. Personally I always use Easydivers at
Mae Haad.

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:30:43 GMT, "PrOnG"
<chrismcgurgan(nospam)@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>I am torn between two Diving companies on Koh Tao, 1) Buddha View 2) Big
>Blue Diving
>
>Both sound good.
>
>Anyone any experience of either of these????
>
>Any replies appreciated.
>
>Fanks.
>

PrOnG <chrismcgurgan(nospam)@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Anyone any experience of either of these????

Cris

I have certified with both. What are you going to do? as my advice will
change with the case.

http://meekings.net/diving/index.html

Has some Koh Tao photo's

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chilly (slarson@shaw.canada) wrote:
: I agree with this. However, Vinnie, where would you recommend this person
: go for better sites, smaller boats and still achieve his objective?

Hey hey hey, Ms L! How goes? I didnt notice that this was x-posted on
rec.scuba. Have we figured out who won the battle between the forces of
God III and Team Stroke?

Anyhoo, I could *ahem* recommend a certain idyllic location not too far
away, but that'd violate Usenet charters about blatant commercial
self-promotion.

So instead, I'll suggest he try a day in Phuket and visit the King Cruiser
wreck, and then see if he can latch on to some boats visiting Rachna Leiu
(sp?) or Similans or even A******s. Or he could avoid that whole sordid
mess and go dive in Indonesia and Philippines.



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