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The Dream Team Continue Education

By , 12 February, 2013, No Comment

So another successful PADI Open Water course completed here at Davy Jones’ Locker, we had a group of 4 consisting of Oli (UK), Caecilia (ITALY), Laura (ITALY) and Ellen (HOLLAND).  We spent 4 days together having great fun, they took to diving as if they had been doing it for years!  We had a lot of laughs in the swimming pool getting used to the equipment and practicing some important skills.  We took 4 Open Water dives on some of Koh Taos best dive sites.  They enjoyed it so much that all 4 decided to stay on and complete the PADI Advanced Open Water course.  We then did another 5 dives together, including diving to 30m deep, Shipwreck dive and a Night Dive.  Our last 2 dives we were lucky enough to dive with 2 different turtles, during their stay we also saw Moray Eels, Blue spotted Stingrays, Pufferfish and even an Indian Walkman!

The whole DJL team and I would like to congratulate all 4 new PADI Advanced Open Water divers for doing so well in completing both courses.  Also a big thank you as they were such great fun and kept us laughing over the last 6 days!  We wish you all safe travels for the remainder of your trip and we hope we get to dive together again some day!

Come back and visit soon!

Bob – MSDT

The dream team before their deep dive!

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Come and Discover Scuba Diving

By , 23 January, 2013, 1 Comment

For those people who are traveling to Koh Tao and would like to try diving, the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program is the perfect choice.  It takes just one afternoon to complete, firstly you will meet your instructor who will give you some diving knowledge that is needed in order to go diving safely.  You will then be shown the equipment and how it all works, before being taken in to shallow water.  Here you will be taught some skills that will ensure you are safe and more confident to complete the dive.  Once you are comfortable with the underwater skills you will be taken on a shallow dive around the beautiful coral reefs of Koh Tao.  During the whole program you will be under close supervision from an experienced instructor who will show you the wonders of the underwater world.  After the first dive you get the chance to do a second dive on a new dive site.  Once you’ve had a taste for diving, you can’t wait to jump back in the water!

Having completed the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program you may find you would like to continue diving.  The next step would be to take the PADI Open Water course.  You can earn credit towards the Open Water and we’ll give you a discount having completed the Discover Scuba Diving with us!

So come and Discover Scuba Diving for yourself and see what the underwater world has to offer!

Bob – MSDT

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From zero to hero

By , 20 January, 2013, No Comment

Having never dived in my life, it was a pretty big decision when I decided to fly out to Koh Tao and begin my open water course through to Divemaster with Davy Jones Locker, but I haven’t regretted any of it.

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Our Growing divemaster programme

By , 17 January, 2013, No Comment

This month has seen a boom in our divemaster programme with nine new divemaster trainees arriving in the last two weeks. The fact that we were able to cope confidently  when they all needed EFR and Rescue at the same time ( along with 3 other customers who were just doing that course ) is testament to the teamwork and professionalism of the staff . Our programme is very very popular, so much so , that we have customers coming from our competitors to do their divemaster with us.  As a team we look forward to helping all of our new DMT’s into their new careers, watching their lives change, as they become more and more comfortable in the underwater world. As is becoming the norm these days, we also look forward to them going on to becoming instructors and making the ocean thier office!

If you are interested in becoming a PADI Divemaster, contact us through this website for more information!

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Going the distance.

By , 13 January, 2013, No Comment

A year and a half ago I had never thought about diving, let alone becoming a diving instructor. I was afraid of the unknown, what lay beneath the surface and, when swimming, would flinch at the slightest touch. On a whim while travelling over the summer, I decided to do my Open Water with Davy Jones Locker and now, 17 months later, I am a fully qualified Master Scuba Diver Trainer.

The process took a bit longer for me as I was still living in London for the first year, but I didn’t let a little issue of a few thousand miles stand in the way. Being a primary school teacher I had a lot of school holidays and would fly out every holiday and complete the next step along the rest of my path; Advanced Open Water, EFR, Rescue and Master Scuba Diver before taking the big step to hand in my resignation, rent out my house, move to ‘Paradise’ and complete my Dive Master, IDC and IE, followed by Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT).

There is something special about Koh Tao, it offers a calm, care free, friendly existence, and even more so at DJL. From the moment I arrived in August last year I felt part of the community. Students, DMT’s, IDC candidates and Instructors all socialise with each other, go for dinners, chat in the bar, have mini golf nights, karaoke etc. You go there for a few days and suddenly you find that you don’t want to leave. There are those who came for 3 days and have stayed for 3 years. Christmas’ and birthdays away from home can sometimes seem daunting, but here, every occasion is special and celebrated by all (it’s amazing how many people you can get seated round one table at some of the restaurants).

If you have ever wanted to ‘live the dream’, do it. Swapping dark, rainy 6.30am commutes across London on a sweaty tube for a morning dive watching the sun rise in 30+degrees, has been one of the best decisions I ever made; and I honestly don’t think I would have done it if it hadn’t been for DJL. Yes I miss my friends and family, but they will always be there for me, and I have made amazing friends and have a new ‘family’ here.

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