Scuba Refresher on Koh Lanta

If you have a diving certification and have not dived for a while then we can help you get back into the water with a Scuba Skills Refresher while diving on Koh Lanta.

Keeping your diving knowledge and skills up to date is a very important part of diving safely. Over time however, skills and knowledge are forgotten, resulting in problems remembering how to check equipment properly, taking a long time to descend, equalising ears, properly adjusting buoyancy and so on.

You may be surprised by what you have forgotten, and our team of professional and friendly staff will be more than happy to bring you back to the underwater world.

We aim to create a safe environment for diving and to do this, we recommend taking a refresher if you have not dived for some time:

• Did not dive for 6 months or more? you have less than 10 dives? you should consider a refresher.
• Did not dive for 1 year or more? you have less than 25 dives? you should consider a refresher.
• Did not dive for 2 years or more? you have less than 100 dives? you should consider a refresher.
• Did not dive for 3 years or more? you should consider a refresher.

Why refreshers are essential after a break from diving.

If your dive skills are looking good and our staff agree then you can also book a dive to the further away and more challenging dive sites of Hin Daeng & Hin Muang (depends on previous dive experience).

Scuba Skills Refresh/Check Dive

The Check Dive/Light Scuba Refresh is designed for those who have not dived for a while, but still feel reasonably confident and are normally comfortable in the water.

The skills part of the refresher is conducted in shallow water at the beginning of the first dive, and usually takes no more than 10 - 15 minutes.

• Quick theory review the day before diving.
• Extended pre-dive briefing, including skills such as mask and regulator clearing, out-of-air, buoyancy, etc.
• Equipment preparation and checking.
• Short scuba skills review in shallow water at the start of the first dive.
• Ask us for help with any area of diving where you feel less confident.

The refresher/check dive skills include mask and regulator clearing, regulator recovery, alternate air use, buoyancy skills, signals, buddy check, etc.

These essential skills are conducted in shallow water at the beginning of the first dive, and usually takes no more than 10 - 15 minutes to get you feeling comfortable in the water again.

Scuba Skills Refresh/Check Dive Price

Online bookings save 10%

The price for a Scuba Refresher/Check Dive on Koh Lanta is ฿4,050, including 2 dives, Divemaster/Instructor, free equipment rental, lunch & soft drinks on the boat when booked online in advance.

• Minimum Open Water Diver, or equivalent.
• All trips are 2-tank dives at Koh Haa, Koh Rok, Bida Islands, or the Phi Phi Islands
• Does not include Marine Park Diving Fee: Thai ฿240, Foreigner ฿600, per day.

See a complete list of all our Koh Lanta Diving Prices.

Full Scuba Skills Review

For those of you who have not been diving for a long time, or those with just a few dives who are lacking confidence, we can offer a Full Scuba Review in a swimming pool or confined water at least one day before your first dives from the boat.

During this comprehensive review, we will cover all of the skills learned in the Open Water Diver course, including:

• Theory review.
• Equipment preparation and checking, including Buddy Checks.
• Entry, exit and safe ascent techniques, including deploy an SMB.
• Mask clearing, removal, swim without mask.
• Regulator remove/replace, recovery and alternate air source use.
• Buoyancy skills and proper weighting.
• Equipment remove and replace in-water, how to handle equipment failure.
• How to help your buddy - tired diver and cramp removal.
• Ask us for help with any area of diving where you feel less confident.

After completing this thorough scuba skills review, you should be ready for diving from the boat as some of our easier dive sites, such as Koh Haa, Koh Rok, or the Bida Islands

Full Scuba Skills Review Price

Online bookings save 10%

The price for a Full Scuba Skills Review on Koh Lanta is ฿1,350, including Divemaster/Instructor and free equipment rental when booked online in advance.

• Minimum Open Water Diver, or equivalent.
• Conducted in the morning, at least one day before diving from the boat.

Scuba Courses Available on Koh Lanta

Learn to Dive on Koh Lanta

We teach a full range of SSI recreational scuba diving courses here on Koh Lanta, from the entry level Open Water Diver course all the way up to Diver Stress & Rescue, together with numerous specialty courses.

• Discover Scuba Diving
• Open Water Course
• Scuba Skills Refresher
• Enriched Air Nitrox
• Deep Diver Specialty
• Perfect Buoyancy Specialty
• Navigation Specialty
• Advanced Adventurer
• React Right - First Aid & CPR
• Diver Stress & Rescue
• Diving with Kids

Are you Fit to Dive?

Dive trips & Scuba Courses on Koh Lanta

Whilst scuba diving is a very safe activity, it is important to know that you are fit to dive and that you do not have any fitness or medical conditions that could increase your risk of an accident underwater.

• Download and read the Diver Medical Questionnaire.

If you answer 'yes' to any of the medical questions, please print the entire form and take to your family doctor who will assess your fitness to dive. Your doctor will complete page 3, which we must see before you can start diving.

Find out more with the UK based Diving Diseases Research Centre.