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Yesterday Mitch Lawson graduated as a PADI Divemaster, following his scuba diving internship here on Koh Tao.

Image: A group of us head down to Lotus Bar to celebrate the new Divemasters; from left Gary, James, Matt, Mitch, Alex, Mr Ali, Leona & Diane.

Mitch joined us as an Open Water Diver, and over the past few weeks has progressed through his PADI Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver & DM courses.

As part of his course, Mitch has been guiding certified divers around the Koh Tao dive sites, and helping out with the running of the DJL Dive boat. He also got to deep dive the Unicorn ship wreck, completing an intro to deco diving course with DJL, – right down to 46 metres!

As a member of Typhoon Squadron, when the MOD group visited DJL for a dive training expedition last month, Mitch got to join the guys on the Sampai Jumpa sailing liveaboard. The guys got to enjoy a 5 day trip, around Koh Tao and up through the Chumphon marine reserve.

Adhering to the long established Koh Tao ritual, Mitch celebrated passing his PADI Divemaster Course by completing his ‘snorkel test‘ down at Lotus Bar on Sairee Beach. Joined by co-intern James, the guys drank a bucket of cocktail through a snorkel.

Image: Ready – steady – Go; Mitch & James taking their snorkel test!

Image: A messy affair!

Congratulations to Mitch – it’s been a pleasure having him as part of our dive team & we look forward to him paying us another visit in the future.