1. The Island Life
Koh Tao – meaning "turtle island” is truly a premier destination for it’s beauty both above and below the sea. This tropical paradise consists of beautiful peaks with breathtaking views surrounded by pristine white sand beaches. Since being “discovered” as a travel destination in the 80s the island has attracted those seeking the tropical life from all over the world. Our community here has brought their food, passions and cultures with them. There is always something new to try with restaurants from every continent, new beaches to discover and adventures from rock-climbing to kitesurfing available year-round.
2. Incredible Diving
Our island is, of course, best known for diving. With dive sites for every level of experience, there is constant opportunity to advance your diving experience. Situated in a marine protected area and with a concerted movement of conservation across the island’s dive community our beautiful dive sites are flourishing. The highlight of Koh Tao diving is the stunning whale sharks, along with other species of shark, turtles and huge schools of fish. With crystal clear water and great diving conditions year-round it is always a great time to come join us.
3. The Best Training
With the quality and breadth of diving available, top divers from around the world have congregated here and are ready to share their knowledge with you. Whatever your interests maybe we can put you in touch with programs to help you grow as a professional diver. Tec diving or freediving courses are available to help take you deeper and longer underwater. World-class photographers can teach you all you need to know to record amazing moments. Almost every major equipment supplier is present on the island to help you service or learn to service and repair equipment (they’re even happy to give you a discount on any new gear you may wish to purchase!). For the conservationists, there are many programs involved in cleaning, monitoring and rehabilitating our underwater world. Whatever your interest may be, Koh Tao is waiting for you.
4. The Dive Careers Difference
Headed by the world’s most experienced Course Director Mark Soworka, there is no better place to jump-start your diving career. Dive Careers are the largest professional training network in diving, organizing professionally in diving hubs across four continents. Koh Tao is the home of our network where you will get quality personal instruction as well as access to our entire organization of dive professionals. No matter where diving takes you, the Dive Careers family will be there for you with advice and employment assistance.
5. A Life-Changing Experience
If you’re ready to get away from the 9-5 grind and pursue your dreams there is no time like the present. The opportunities within diving are nearly endless. Spend your days in a tropical paradise surrounded by like-minded people with a shared passion and commitment to diving excellence. Along the way, you will gain lifelong friends and mentors. We can’t wait to have you join us.
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The year started for me already the first week of January in:
El Nido, Palawan
We yearly run 5 IDC’s per year with Deep Blue Safari and I am lucky to travel there and enjoy the stunning sceneries, sunsets and of course great diving
After the IDC it’s time to say goodbye to Palawan and on my way home to:
Panglao, Bohol
This is where my whole adventure in the Philippines started. We are working with Sierra Madre divers and having great facilities to make the IDC even more relaxed.
Having the Dive centre on the beach is a fantastic and easy way to organize the open water presentations and the speciality dives.
And having the IDC centre 5 minutes away in a nice and quiet environment makes it great to do lectures and focus on the practice exams and of course a massive pool for training as well!!
After some programs in the Philippines, it’s time to go and see some SHARKS!!!!
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
In peaceful Port Elizabeth, we are teaching at Pro Dive.
In Port Elizabeth, the IDC is not only to become an instructor but also for most of the candidates the last step of a long internship from scratch to OWSI but also experience in compressors, service gear and becoming a skipper.
Diving with Seals, penguins and of course sharks is part of a daily job when diving there.
I am about to leave home to go to PE again this month and can't wait to finally see what summer is like hahaha.
When we are diving we all wanna see fish, plants and corals, but there is more to see like WRECKS and than we have to go to.
Coron, Palawan
Coron is the Mekka of wrecks in the Philippines where we conduct the IDC’S at
REGGAE DIVE CENTER.
Not only the relaxed atmosphere in the centre but Coron itself is a great place to visit and of course dive one of the many wrecks they have there. Its all WWII wrecks and all the guides and instructors will tell you everything about the history of the wrecks.
Maybe you even luck to do the mock IE on a private Island as we did on the last IDC!!
But also one of the weirdest dive I did in my life was in
Barracuda Lake
You go out with the boat for about 10 min and then jump in with just scuba and swimwear. And yes I think its cold but in about 5 minutes I would find out why…
After a 2 minutes swim at the surface we had to climb up the shore and take some steps up over a little cliff and then you will see the lake. Looks normal at the start but far from that when we jumped in and yes still cold for me 27 degrees, till we dropped down to 14 meters and there the temperature was 36 degrees WWWHHHAAATT??
Yes, it was a crazy experience!!!
Overall 2018 was a great year with lots of new friends, instructors and adventures.
If you would like to have some more information about one of these locations or anywhere else where Dive Careers is conducting IDC’S please don’t hesitate to contact me on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
So…… What happened in the Philippines so far this year???
To start with there is SO MUCH is going on in DIVE CAREERS…WHOOP!!
First I would like to congratulate Marie and Arnaud with an upcoming event hahaha. Marie is going to have a little break because she is about to run her private MCDTC that is new but means Mini Course Director Development Training Course back in Canada but she will be missed.
