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• Paid Gap Year Scuba Diving Internships: Marine Videographer Work

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

  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 underwat...

• Gap Year Scuba Diving Internship Mini-site relaunched

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

  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 equi...

• 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 bsac, bsac thailand, koh tao, koh tao dive sites, open water diver, padi open water, scuba diving, scuba diving courses, scuba diving internship, thailand

  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 ...

• Open throughout November 07 for PADI Open Water Diving

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

  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 ...

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

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

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

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

  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 div...

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

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

  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 ...

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

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

  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 prepare...

• Whale Shark Sighting on PADI Scuba Open Water Course

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

  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 [Netherl...

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

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

  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...

• Fantastic Macro Images from Diving Koh Tao, Thailand

  Posted on Tuesday September 4th, 2007 at 04:19 in open water diver, scuba diving, thailand

  Image: Whip corals at Laem Thian, Koh Tao, Thailand. These great underwater images were recently taken around the Koh Tao dive sites by Marc & Beate (Germany). Diving with DJL Divemaster Tom Alde...

• Unicorn Deep Wreck Dives - Koh Tao

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

  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 wrec...

• Expedition Report: BSAC Training for Army Squadron

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

  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 ...

• DJL Team Discovers WW2 Schooner close to Koh Tao

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

  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...

• Tec Diver Training Resumed at DJL Koh Tao

  Posted on Monday August 20th, 2007 at 00:35 in bsac, bsac thailand, diving liveaboard, internship, koh tao, scuba diving, tech diving, thailand, wreck diving

  After an extended ‘break’ Tim is back to teaching tec here on Koh Tao, Thailand. DJL  Diving Intern Leona Goh (Singapore) and William Hudson (USA) are taking BSAC technical diving courses...

• Higher Res Version of Promo now available for download

  Posted on Tuesday August 7th, 2007 at 22:55 in boat driving, boat handling, bsac, bsac seamanship, bsac thailand, internship, koh phangan, koh tao, open water diver, scuba diving, tech diving, techdivethailand.com

  At last we’ve managed to upload a better quality version of our DJL Diving promo movie. The image quality is much better on this version - file size is 22 Mb so shouldn’t take too long to ...

• PADI e-Learning introduced on Koh Tao, Thailand

  Posted on Monday August 6th, 2007 at 03:46 in koh phangan, koh tao, open water diver, scuba diving, thailand

  Here at DJL Diving Koh Tao Thailand we’re now offering PADI e-Learning on our Open Water Diving Courses. PADI e-Learning allows you to complete diving theory tutorials online, to satisfy the ac...

• Massive Phangan Full Moon Party spills onto Koh Tao

  Posted on Wednesday August 1st, 2007 at 08:08 in bsac, full moon party, koh phangan, koh tao, open water diver, scuba diving, techdivethailand.com, thailand

  Last night’s Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan is rumoured to have been the busiest ever! DJL Diving’s Mr. Ali,  James (Go Pro scuba diving Intern), Mitch (PADI Rescue Diver student sooon to...

• 4 PADI Rescue Divers & Great Dive Conditions @ Koh Tao

  Posted on Monday July 30th, 2007 at 01:42 in internship, koh tao, scuba diving, techdivethailand.com, thailand

  Today at DJL Diving Koh Tao we’ve certified four new PADI Rescue Divers. Go Pro Diving Intern James (UK), Wendy (Holland), Penny (UK) & Louis (UK) all passed under the instruction of Alex (a...

• Sail Rock Scuba Dive Trips from Koh Tao

  Posted on Sunday July 22nd, 2007 at 01:13 in koh tao, open water diver, scuba diving, thailand

  Around Koh Tao, we’re now experiencing great sea conditions - flat sea, very sunny and visibility increasing every day. This should continue throughout Summer. At DJL Diving Koh Tao, we’re...

• Business as usual & lots of Sharks

  Posted on Monday July 16th, 2007 at 22:21 in koh tao, open water diver, scuba diving, techdivethailand.com, thailand

  At last the strong winds have at last subsided, and sea conditions have returned to normal - around 0.5 - 1 metre wave heights. Yesterday Alex was able to take his Open Water Diving class out to the C...

• Tropical storm reaches Koh Tao Dive Sites!!

  Posted on Thursday July 12th, 2007 at 06:36 in koh tao, scuba diving, techdivethailand.com, thailand

  For the next few days we’ve got a south-easterly tropical monsoon storm hitting Koh Tao!! Off the unprotected west coast of Koh Tao, Thailand wave heights are reaching 1.5 - 2 metres -not great ...

• New Dive Boat for Koh Tao Diver Training

  Posted on Friday July 6th, 2007 at 22:37 in koh tao, open water diver, scuba diving, techdivethailand.com, thailand

  We’ve recently purchased a new dive boat for DJL Diving Koh Tao. 18.5 metres long, she is a Hino powered converted Thai fishing boat. We’ve installed an air compressor - capable of handli...

• PADI Open Water Diver Package for Summer 07

  Posted on Friday June 29th, 2007 at 20:55 in koh tao, open water diver, scuba diving, thailand

  If you are travelling to Koh Tao, Thailand to learn to dive this summer, check out our PADI / SSI Open Water Diver Package. We’re offering a big saving for online reservations. This inclu...

• Whale Shark Photographed @ Southwest Pinnacles

  Posted on Friday June 29th, 2007 at 06:00 in koh tao, open water diver, scuba diving, techdivethailand.com, thailand

      Following our previous posting of a whale shark sighting (Tor, Jeab & Tony), Note (who referred them to DJL Diving) kindly forwarded us these shots of the previous weeks encounter. On this ...

• HMS Repulse TEC Liveaboard - September 07

  Posted on Friday June 29th, 2007 at 05:39 in diving liveaboard, koh tao, scuba diving, tech diving, thailand, wreck diving

  During the first week of September we’re running a tec liveaboard to the HMS Repulse & Prince of Wales, Malaysia. Sunk in 1941, these enourmous wreck lie at around 60 metres - visibility is...

• Extraordinary Dive Experience with a Whale Shark

  Posted on Monday June 18th, 2007 at 07:38 in koh tao, open water diver, scuba diving, techdivethailand.com, thailand

  Referred by their buddies who got to see a whale shark (diving with DJL Diving two weeks ago), Thai divers Toni, Tor & Jeab left Bangkok to get their own dose of Koh Tao whale shark action....

• Wreck Exploration Dive Trip - Monday 11th

  Posted on Friday June 8th, 2007 at 23:36 in bsac, scuba diving, tech diving, techdivethailand.com, thailand, wreck diving

  We're out checking the first few gps coordinates of our new list - we'll be leaving early on Monday morning and investigating several marks throughout Chumphon province. If you want to come along vis...

• June 18th Wreck / Coral Expo just got hotter!

  Posted on Wednesday June 6th, 2007 at 05:33 in bsac, bsac thailand, diving liveaboard, koh tao, scuba diving, tech diving, thailand, wreck diving

  Together with 'Worldwide Dive & Sail' we're running a 4.5 day / 4 night liveaboard throughout the Chumphon marine reserve. The diving is great - great mixed coral formations, many fish and lots o...

• Warm, wet and . . . . . Whale Sharks!

  Posted on Wednesday June 6th, 2007 at 04:51 in koh tao, open water diver, scuba diving, techdivethailand.com, thailand

  This time we got to double dive with a Whale Shark during two dives at the Southwest Pinnacles. Alex was diving with certified divers Brad, Note, Kelsey & Michelle (down from Bangkok) - the guys m...