Recent Posts Tagged With 'koh tao'

• a Nice day in “the office”.

  Posted on Thursday December 24th, 2009 at 00:21 in diving, internship, Other, koh tao, davey jones' locker

  With Christmas time approaching itis very important to spend time with the people you love.  Well maybe in this case “love” a little bit of a strong word. No offence guys. “The office” is a place where your motorbike goes ...

• Three more New PADI Instructors

  Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 02:08 in training, Other, idc, koh tao, padi instructor, msdt, djl diving

  Watch out ladies, Dan's qualified as an OWSI today and so he's sure to be out celebrating tonight OWSI completed next up for Paul the MSDT Stefan receives his Instructor certificate Congratulations to December’s IDC candidates, Stef...

• New blue ribbon challenge for Koh Tao

  Posted on Monday December 14th, 2009 at 00:03 in diving, Other, koh tao, rhib

  Since Davy Jones Locker introduced its high speed rhib to Koh Tao more and more dive schools have followed our example and made an addition to their fleets, giving the more experienced divers the opportunity to enjoy all the benefits of small groups ...

• New villa accommodation for our diving customers

  Posted on Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 23:55 in accommodation, diving, Other, koh tao

  View of Sairee Bay from villa balcony We are pleased to announce the completion of our villas on Koa Tao. This accommodation is intended to give our customers the chance to enjoy all the benefits of luxury in paradise. The two bedroom villas have ai...

• Introducing DJL’s superhero Neil ‘dangerous’ Draycott

  Posted on Friday December 11th, 2009 at 04:55 in diving, special, internship, Other, koh tao, diving thailand, divemaster internship, davey jones' locker

  So.. I was sat in a pub havin a pint and reading the paper. It was Sunday afternoon, it was raining and I was in my home town, Derby. My mind was wandering, I’d been working a lot of hours saving up for a trip to South America, when my attention w...

• Congratulations Scotland!

  Posted on Friday December 11th, 2009 at 04:45 in internship, internships, koh tao, diving thailand, divemaster internship, diving koh tao gap year

  Hi my name’s Steven I’m from Scotland and I have just completed my open water to dive master course, or zero to hero as it’s known at DJL, I was working in Singapore before I came here and fancied going somewhere for a holiday before I went ho...

• Johan qualifies as a Divemaster

  Posted on Friday December 11th, 2009 at 04:39 in internship, internships, koh tao, divemaster, diving thailand, diving koh tao gap year

  I work as a magician. I love my job and I have no plans on working as a divemaster as a profession. So why did I take the certification then? Well, first of all it gave me so much more experience as a diver. I left Davy Jones Locker with over 100 div...

• Frankie joins the DJL diving team

  Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 23:35 in diving, Other, bsac, koh tao, diving koh tao gap year

  So began my new lease of life at Davy Jones Locker on the 1st of November and what a month it has been. Well at least there are blessings of having worked on Koh Tao for a while and having done my technical diving with the company.  I didnt have to ...

• new gapyear internship options

  Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 23:27 in diving, internship, Other, koh tao, ecolgy

  After the overwelming success of our internship program this year DJL are proud to announce a new catagory option that will involve learning about the ecology of the reefs around Koh Tao and basic surveying techniques. It will help us to accurately ...

• New Look For DJL bar

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 02:07 in diving, Other, shipwrecks, koh tao

  The Monsoon has been very light this year so theres been a lot of great diving being done which has left less time for getting the bar ready for another high season, but with time moving on we have been thinking of themes for the bar and have decided...

• Building a brighter future

  Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 14:48 in Other, koh tao, underwater life, diving thailand

  As part of DJL’s continued commitment to eco diving, I was one of a large number of volunteers to help in Koh Tao’s latest project, ‘Buoyancy World’. This project has seen a number of Koh Tao’s dive schools unite for one purpose, to help pr...

• Pirates in the Gulf of Thailand!

  Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 14:43 in Other, koh tao, diving thailand

  This morning saw the DJL dive boat taken hostage by a gang of Dive Master trainees dressed as pirates. Our terrified captain and two real life customers narrowly escaped walking the plank by agreeing to take them diving in Japanese Garden and White...

• Beware! Sea Goblins!

  Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 20:27 in koh tao, stonefish, sea goblin, diver injuriy

  Diving at the various sites around Koh Tao, occasionally I come face to face with my favorite if a bit bizarre fish: the Sea Goblin (Inimicus didactylus). Known by several other names (Spiny Devilfish, Demon Stinger), this fish is a member of the sc...

• The silent witness: Sea Cucumbers

  Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 20:27 in koh tao, underwater life, sea food, sea cucumber, sea slug, holothurian

  Holothurians, informally known as “sea cucumbers”, are the seemingly immobile “sausages” littering the sandy bottoms of our divesites. There are some 1,250 known species of sea cucumbers, which are closely related to sea stars, brittle stars,...

• Monsoon Diving

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 00:00 in Other, koh tao, diving thailand, monsoon diving

  As we enter the Monsoon season, DJL continues to train divers from Open Water level through to Instructor and beyond. Don’t let the rain put you off, come to Koh Tao and learn to Dive with DJL Diving!...

• Paid Gap Year Scuba Diving Internships: Marine Videographer Work

  Posted on Friday November 9th, 2007 at 22:07 in scuba diving, thailand, internship, koh tao, scuba diving internship

  Get paid gap year work in Thailand as part of our underwater videographer scuba diving internship. Underwater videographers make a living in Koh Tao, Thailand by catching people’s first underwater experiences on film, showcasing their interacti...

• Swimming Pool Plans unveiled (for PADI Open Water & Divemaster Internship training)

  Posted on Thursday November 8th, 2007 at 05:32 in scuba diving, internship, koh tao, open water diver, padi open water, scuba diving courses

  We’ve decided to make use of the land behind DJL Diving creating a pool, bar & restaurant in the Silver Sands resort garden. The swimming pool will be great for shallow water training, both on the PADI Open Water Course and for Divemaster I...

• Gap Year Scuba Diving Internship Mini-site relaunched

  Posted on Tuesday October 30th, 2007 at 22:51 in scuba diving, thailand, internship, expedition, koh tao, techdivethailand.com, boat driving, boat handling, scuba diving internship, scuba diving courses, dive expedition

  We’re now offering beginner to PADI Divemaster Gap Year Internships [3 months], including everything you need - PADI Diving courses, accommodation, your own set of professional scuba diving equipment and all materials and certification fees. I...

• Plongee sous-marine Koh Tao Thailande: DJL Diving homepage & PADI Open Water Pages Now Available en francais!

  Posted on Friday October 12th, 2007 at 07:05 in scuba diving, thailand, bsac, koh tao, bsac thailand, open water diver, padi open water, scuba diving internship, koh tao dive sites, scuba diving courses

  With 3 French speaking instructors on the DJL Diving team, we have the capacity to teach all PADI & BSAC scuba diving courses en francais. We’ve decided it’s time to start translating our website into French. We’ve already trans...

• Open throughout November 07 for PADI Open Water Diving

  Posted on Monday October 8th, 2007 at 03:08 in scuba diving, thailand, bsac, koh tao, bsac thailand, techdivethailand.com, open water diver, padi open water, koh tao dive sites, scuba diving courses

  DJL Diving [Koh Tao Thailand] will remain open throughout November 2007, continuing to provide PADI / BSAC / SSI Scuba Diving Courses & Fun Dives for certified divers. Many Koh Tao Thailand Dive Shops close during November, to allow for boat mai...

• BSAC TEC Diving; Leona (Go Pro Internship) & William qualify as Extended Range Divers

  Posted on Wednesday October 3rd, 2007 at 01:32 in scuba diving, thailand, expedition, bsac, tech diving, koh tao, bsac thailand, diving liveaboard, techdivethailand.com, scuba diving internship, scuba diving courses, technical diving

  After a combined technical scuba diving course & dive liveaboard expedition,  we’re happy to announce that we have two new BSAC Extended Range Divers here at DJL Diving. Image; The first female Extended Range Diver trained by Tim, Leona o...

• TEC Expedition Report; South China Sea Liveaboard - HMS Repulse & Submarine K17

  Posted on Tuesday September 25th, 2007 at 08:11 in scuba diving, thailand, wreck diving, expedition, bsac, tech diving, koh tao, bsac thailand, diving liveaboard, techdivethailand.com, scuba diving internship, technical diving

  We’ve just returned to Koh Tao from a spectacular TEC liveaboard, visiting WW2 wrecks in the South China Sea. We laid commemorative wreaths on the HMS Repulse and Dutch Submarine KXVII, plus dived two shallow wrecks off Tioman Island, Malaysia....

• ‘Grey Reef Sharks at the Chumphon Pinnacle are a load of Bull!’

  Posted on Wednesday September 12th, 2007 at 00:08 in scuba diving, thailand, koh tao, koh tao dive sites

  Experienced divers Robin & Richard, recently dived with DJL Diving off our high speed RIB.Diving with Todd Applegate, the guys were using underwater photography equipment to capture images of the sharks diving at the Chumhon Pinnacles Dive Site,...

• BSAC Boat Handling, Instructor Training & Extended Range Diver with Ginger

  Posted on Tuesday September 11th, 2007 at 02:01 in scuba diving, thailand, bsac, tech diving, koh tao, bsac thailand, bsac seamanship, scuba diving courses, technical diving

  Ginger Ayres (BSAC Advanced Instructor, Marine Divers, Hong Kong) has visited Koh Tao, Thailand, hooking up with DJL Diving for BSAC Instructor & Extended Range Diver Training. Image: Les prepares Matt, Arne & Tom for their BSAC Instructor E...

• Whale Shark Sighting on PADI Scuba Open Water Course

  Posted on Monday September 10th, 2007 at 04:27 in scuba diving, thailand, internship, koh tao, open water diver, padi open water, scuba diving internship, koh tao dive sites, scuba diving courses

  For the last few days we’ve had fantastic visibility around Koh Tao, Thailand. Even better, this morning during the last two dives of their PADI Open Water Course, Joost & Marjolien [Netherlands] got to enjoy 2 dives with a whale shark.\n\n...

• Learn to Dive Forum; Your questions answered!

  Posted on Monday September 10th, 2007 at 03:05 in scuba diving, koh tao, open water diver, padi open water, scuba diving courses

  We’ve put this forum up to allow you to ask questions about scuba diving & PADI scuba open water courses with DJL. If you have any queries you need answered, just post your question and the DJL instructors will respond. You can also view ot...

• Mitch Lawson completes his Divemaster internship; Snorkel Test Photos!

  Posted on Saturday September 8th, 2007 at 21:53 in scuba diving, thailand, internship, koh tao, scuba diving internship, scuba diving courses

  Yesterday Mitch Lawson graduated as a PADI Divemaster, following his scuba diving internship here on Koh Tao.\n\nImage: A group of us head down to Lotus Bar to celebrate the new Divemasters; from left Gary, James, Matt, Mitch, Alex, Mr Ali, Leona ...

• Unicorn Deep Wreck Dives - Koh Tao

  Posted on Sunday September 2nd, 2007 at 01:41 in scuba diving, thailand, wreck diving, expedition, bsac, tech diving, koh tao, techdivethailand.com

  Off our new RIB, we’re running frequent wreck diving trips to the Unicorn Ship Wreck north of Koh Tao. The Unicorn is a large cargo vessel, lying upright on the seabed close to Koh Tao. The wreck lists slightly to one side - the deeper side at...

• Expedition Report: BSAC Training for Army Squadron

  Posted on Tuesday August 28th, 2007 at 02:32 in scuba diving, thailand, expedition, bsac, koh tao, bsac thailand, diving liveaboard, techdivethailand.com, koh phangan

  DJL Diving, Koh Tao have been visited by the British Ministry of Defence’s ‘Typhoon Squadron‘. As part of the Defense Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS), a group travelled to Koh Tao to complete diver training through to BSAC Spo...

• DJL Team Discovers WW2 Schooner close to Koh Tao

  Posted on Monday August 27th, 2007 at 08:45 in scuba diving, thailand, internship, expedition, tech diving, koh tao, techdivethailand.com

  Background Here at DJL Diving Thailand, we’ve just returned from a day of wreck hunting - looking for a deep target north of Koh Tao. Our objective was to locate a WW2 schooner, sunk during July 1945 by Baleo class submarine USS Bugara. Estimat...