During one of our late afternoon dive trips to the Chumphon Pinacles, our divers got to see a blue marlin above the dive site.

It’s very rare to see these large blue water fish - they’re rarely seen hanging out around the dive sites, rather spending most of their time in the open sea. Plus they are very fast [so no photo this time].

Image: DJL Diving’s twin engine high speed RIB

Diving from our high speed RIB, the blue marlin was visible as the divers entered the water and descended down towards the dive site. It didn’t stick around for long, quickly dispearing off into the blue!

For the rest of thedive, the guys got to witness the more predictable sharks, bat fish, barracuda and giant grouper that congregate at the spectacular Chumphon Pinnacle.

It all goes to show, that by making the effort to get out to the distant dive sites when there are no other Koh Tao dive operators there, is more than worth it. When the dive site is quiet, you never know what will turn up!

If you interested in taking advantage of our High Speed RIB diving, get in touch.

Since the full moon party on Koh Phangan last week, we’ve had beautiful diving conditions here on Koh Tao.

Experiencing our usual post full moon party rush, divers taking scuba diving courses and fun dives have been enjoying flat seas and good visibility.

Image: Divemaster internship trainee Christian [Australia] prepares his dive equipment

DJL Diving’s Divemaster internship candidates have been getting invloved in the start of high season, assisting the instructors with PADI diving courses and learning to guide certified divers.

Image: Soon-to-be Divemaster Trainee Julia [Australia] catches some sun on the dive deck

The big boat has been heading out each day diving at Koh Tao’s local dive sites such as the Japanese Gardens, Twins & White Rock near Koh Nangyuan. Meanwhile we’ve been continuing to run our high speed RIB out the Chumphon Pinnacles, for our popular late afternoon ’shark diving’ sessions. On one trip a couple of days ago, the divers reported seeing 11 sharks at one time!

Image: Getting ready to enter the water

This morning we also ran our intro to technical diving session, visiting the Unicorn Shipwreck north of Koh Tao – today there was good visibility right down to 48 metres!

Image: Instructor Alex teaching a PADI Open Water course

So if you’re visiting Koh Tao in the near future, you’ve got some great diving to look forward to!

Now, even more people have access to the latest scuba news from DJL Diving, thanks to syndication through the new Koh Tao Silver Sands Resort website.

Each page displays our latest scuba diving news stories in the left hand tab – readers can access the full story by clicking on each headline.

To check it out [and read about the beach accommodation available at Silver Sands Resort] visit http://www.silver-sands-resort.com

Since the New Year’s celebrations we’ve had a rush of people arriving on Koh Tao island.

With many visitors still in ‘party mode’ it’s not too busy around the Koh Tao dive sites, but Sairee Beach resorts are filling up quickly or already full!

If you’re planning on arriving on Koh Tao, Thailand in the near future our advice is this:

Get in touch before you arrive and reserve some accommodation – it will save you a lot of hassle once you get here! If you’re interested in scuba diving or want to learn to dive in koh tao we’re happy to help out!

If you’re looking to learn to dive on Koh Tao in the new year you couldn’t have better conditions for scuba diving. We’ve had absolutely no waves for more than a week now, radiant sunshine & great visibility.

It’s been perfect for making use of our high speed RIB. We’ve been running regular dive trips out to the deep pinnacles off Koh Tao, Thailand - Chumphon and Southwest, plus wreck diving on the Unicorn. At Chumphon, the divers saw more than 15 sharks in one dive!

So if you’re traveling to Koh Tao to learn to scuba dive after Xmas, don’t hesitate to get in touch – you’ll be sure to get some fantastic diving in!