Learn scuba diving in Thailands tropical waters!

Did you always wanted to get closer to the fish ? Ever wondered about the under water world and what it looks like ? What does diving feel like ? You don't know what you are missing ? Breath under water, feel weightless like an astronaut when you are diving ! Learn to dive from professionals. A truely life changing Padi divers under water at Koh Haa, around Koh Lanta, Thailand experience ! We are Palm Beach Divers, a 5 Star PADI Instructor Development (dive) Center on Koh Lanta, Thailand. Try it out for free and then decide !

Our international staff will teach you diving according to european standards, but in nice hot water with beautiful corals and fish !! We are the only dive center that has their boats located on the most beautiful beach of Koh Lanta, Pra Ae (or Longbeach) and we sail directly from here to Koh Ha and Koh Phi Phi. Our swimming pool is the ocean straight in front of the resort. You will find great restaurants (Thai, European, cheap and more expensive) and small relax bars straight in front of the resort aswell. For some good parties, you will have to walk for about 5 till 10 minutes, but this is better, because then you can sleep in your bungalow and party when you feel like it.

Padi divers practising hand signals for their Padi Open Water Diver Course in the swimming pool together with their Padi instructor Padi open water diver course students, just before they dive into Open Water for their Open Water Diver Course around Koh Lanta, Thailand

Experience the whole atmosfeer of doing your Open Water and Advanced Courses on a beautiful tropical island (Koh Lanta, Thailand), great discounted packaging, student prices, experienced instructors, many new friends, beach life, a party some times, great sun sets, fun & excitement !! Change your life now and experience the difference !

If you would like to study in your own country, before you get here and then straight away dive when you get here: click on the Elearning Link.We are a Go ECO Padi 5 Star Instructor Development (Dive) Center and are certifying all Padi Courses with an AWARE Sharkcard.This means that from every Padi or AWARE Course 10 US Dollars goes to the anti-shark finning and shark protect campaign of Project AWARE ! Enjoy your diving, enjoy the sharks and protect them at the same time !

NEW: You can now give the Padi Elearning Access as a present to your friend or family. Think about the following occasions: birthdays, graduations, as a thank you, Valentine's day, Christmas, mothers day, fathers day, Earth Day or any other occasion you see fit. Give your friends / family the gift of starting to dive or continuing to dive. Now available: Padi Open Water Diver Course and Padi Advanced open Water Diver Course online.

NEW: Body Glove, in partnership with PADI, Aqualung and Sport Diver Magazine, are thrilled to announce the release of the movie, THE DROP ZONE: Tahiti. It is one of the greatest surfing and diving adventures of a lifetime.

Experience Tahiti like never before, from diving to surfing and back again. Follow professional surfers and divers Holly Beck, Alex Gray and Cheyne Magnusson on a unique journey both above and below the surface. Throughout DROP ZONE you will see the crew explore vibrant coral reefs, dive with sharks, surf the sporadic but awesome waves of Teahupoo and get to know the locals. An entirely new world is opened up to these three young surfers and watch as it changes their perspective on the sport of SCUBA diving.The world premiere of The Drop Zone is Wednesday October 22nd at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas during the annual Dive Trade Show (DEMA).

Congratulations to our new Padi instructors ! Padi Instructors Development Course and Instructor Examination on Koh Lanta, Thailand

Congratulations Instructors

Congratulations to our newly certified Instructors:

Pan, Harley & Marina

Do you have enough of the European weather ? Does the word crisis bother you ? Or do you just want to have the best out of life ? Change your career or life style: start with one of our Diving Traineeships now !

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Video's of the Dive Center of Palm Beach Divers and fish, by A (Thawatchai Janpeng), our Padi Divemaster and Under water videografer.

Other news...

* 2009 starts of with Whalesharks and manta sitings on Hin Daeng and Koh Haa (most seen in April /May). Come and join us to see these amazing giants.

Whaleshark swimming around Hin Daeng and Hin Muang, around Koh Lanta, Thailand Manta flying over Palm Beach Divers' divers on Hin Muang and Hin Daeng, Thailand

* Cheap airline tickets to Thailand, check them out here !! Use the latest offers to come to Thailand !

Fly directly to Krabi or Phuket and make your trip shorter. Watch out for the amount of luggage you are allowed to bring !

* In 2006 and 2008 Palm Beach Divers received the Environmental Achievement Award from Project AWARE. We are proud that project AWARE recognizes the efforts we put into preserving our environment and hope to make our business even more environmental friendly and less wasteful in the future. Newest projects in this area for the season 2009 and 2010 are: Shark AWAREness Speciality Diver and Snorkelers Courses, certifying all Padi and AWARE courses with the AWARE Shark card and the "Ban the plastic bag"- campaign (see below)

Why should we all ban the plastic bag ? Please have a look at the below file:

* In April 2009 Palm Beach Divers received recognition for being a Profesional outlet of Aqualung, by Aqua Master and Aqualung together. From now on we will be able to deliver a greater customer service in the future, by having newer equipment in the shop, by having better trained staff to inform you about technical and promotional details about Aqualung Equipment.

* In April 2009 Lisa received from Padi Asia Pacific the Silver status as a Course Director, because she trained more then 35 Padi Professional Certifications and having a continuing education ratio of more then 60% in 2009.

Next IDC course starts in July / August 2009. Get your information now !

* We are open all year - unlike many other dive schools on Koh Lanta we are open all year round. Our seasons are changing, weatherwise, our rainy season has come early this year, end of March. So we are expecting to have brilliant weather around in July and August already. Therefore we have made a special Low season Offer.

Come and join us for the Master Scuba Diver Challenge !!

NEW: We also offer in our Master Scuba Diver Package and in the Advanced and Speciality Packages the Shark AWAREness Diver Speciality Course and for the snorkelers: Shark AWAREness Snorkeling Speciality Course ! 2009 is the year of the SHARK !