Oceanic Dive Center, 8/6 Patak Soi 5, Kata beach

This is the most popular option between November and April. Starting the course with shore dives allows us several advantages: we have more time during the dives, and in between the dives, to practice skills, explore the reef, give you briefings, debriefings, and make sure you're ready for the more challenging dives from the boat on the final day.Our beach reef in Kata is the perfect place to hone your skills without time pressures, so you can build your confidence, in a safe environment, and see a multitude of fish species that inhabit our local reef.

This program is a perfect introduction to scuba diving, whatever your previous experience or comfort in the water.If you can't swim, this is the safest way to try out scuba while diving on one of the most popular dive sites in Phuket.

If you can't yet decide which specialty courses are right for you, take an SSI Advanced Open Water Diver course! This course allows you to learn about different diving topics before deciding on a full specialty course. It's a great way to learn what your Advanced training is all about and how valuable it can be for your diving adventures. The Advanced Open Water Diver course gives you the opportunity to try out five specialties. After a detailed briefing with your SSI instructor, you will complete one open water training dive for each specialty. This introductory diving course gives you the opportunity to discover all specialty courses. You can complete all specialty courses at a later date at any time and have your Advanced Open Water Diver training dive credited towards this.

Increase your no decompression limits with the SSI Enriched Air Nitrox 40% CourseDive differently, more safely, for longer, and reduce your surface interval times. If those claims sound too good to be true, you need to enroll in the SSI Enriched Air Nitrox course! Of all the advances in recreational diving, perhaps none is as far-reaching and game-changing as the introduction of Enriched Air Nitrox.What is Enriched Air Nitrox?Enriched Air Nitrox, EANx, Nitrox, Enriched Air, generally these terms are all used interchangeably by divers. Nitrox is a special blend of air where the oxygen content is higher than the 21% we find in regular compressed air. This reduces the amount of nitrogen in the mix, and therefore extends our no decompression limits. But it's vitally important to understand the restrictions placed on a diver, because once we start to use a higher percentage of oxygen we are put at greater risk.The SSI Enriched Air Nitrox specialty will teach you about those risks and considerations when using nitrox.