Non-divers activities

Our Snorkeling Trips go out to the areas of:

Snorkeler at Koh Ha

Koh Rok

Koh Ha

Koh Phi Phi

Anemone Reef & Shark Point Phuket

Snorkelers in the crystal clear waters of Koh Ha

Snorkeling prices include lunch, water, soda’s, mask, snorkel, fins, life jackets and a snorkeling guide. We have VHF radio and first aid on all our boats. We bring out fish slates to every snorkeling trip to help you identify all the beautiful fish you will see. The snorkeling trips depart at around 8.00 am and return in the late afternoon at around 4.00 pm.Max. group size per guide: 6 snorkelers to 1 guide. Children under the age of 5 need to snorkeling and supervised by the parent (s) the whole tour. Price p.p: 1.500 Thai Baht. No discount for children (we make the group smaller). If you are a large family and would like to rent a boat, this is also possible. We do also offer group discounts (groups needs to be larger then 6 people).

Snorkeler on the surface at Koh Ha, Thailand

We offer guided snorkeling, so you will see nice fish and feel comfortable when you are snorkeling.

Padi junior open water diver student with Padi instructor from Palm Beach Divers, practicing skills under water around Koh Lanta, ThailandKoh Ha, 6 islands around Koh Lanta, Thailand, where Palm Beach Divers takes you for your Discover Scuba DiveBig boat Lila, laying at the beach from Long Beach, Koh LantaTurtle eating corals at Koh Ha Yai, would you like to dive with it ?

 

Padi and AWARE’s snorkeling courses:

Padi Discover Snorkeling course with a guide in shallow water* Padi Discover Snorkeling: never snorkeled before ? A bit scared or not a water Iep with a small child snorkelingtalent ? No worries, you can start of the beach here in water where you can stand up in, we offer life jackets and personal coaching. If you feel well after one day, then you can take your guide with you to our snorkel sites in Open Water.You will see it is easy and you can have lot’s of fun ! No minimum age, children (until 18 years) need written permission from their parents. This is fun for the whole family !!!

* Shark AWAREness Distinct Snorkeling Specialty Course: after ca. 2,5 hour classroom discussions with Black Tip Shark around Koh Phi Phi and Koh Ha are more easy to see snorkeling, then divingvideo’s and your Padi instructor, you will go out to safely interact with sharks, while snorkeling. Don’t worry: we do not have aggressive sharks, but we do need to learn some information about them to be able to protect them and find them ! After the snorkeling you will get a Shark AWAREness certification card, which also contributes to the funding for the anti-shark finningand the protect the reef and protect the shark campaigns of project AWARE. (for more information about these projects: www.projectaware.org)

Coral Reefs at Koh Phi Phi, especially Palong show different soft corals* AWARE Coral Reef classroom course (one of the best books about nature is included in this course) in combination with your snorkeling trip. Nice to do with your whole family !! Is around 5 hours, also with video and breaks in the classroom and the next day we go out snorkeling to have a look at the reef. After thesnorkeling you will get an AWARE Coral Conservation certification card, with which you sponsor the protect the reef campaigns of project AWARE. (for more information about these projects: www.projectaware.org)

* Padi Digital Underwater Photography Specialty Course Level 1: our Padi dive instructor will teach you how to make Padi Under water Digital Photography Course for snorkelers (level 1)nice pictures and what to account for when making under water pictures.You can do this Padi course either with your own camera (in a housing) or with one of our rental camera’s. After this Padi course you will be able to make nicer pictureswhile snorkeling, you will have some cool souvenirs to bring back home and you will receive a Padi Certification Card. This Padi course comes with a Padi Underwater Photography Manual, a white slate and a sessions how to work with photo-shop, where we will burn your pictures on CD-rom or DVD as well.

Padi Under water Digital Photography Specialty Diver Course

* Padi Skin Diver Course: From 8 years you can start with this course, which next to snorkeling on the Turtle and jellyfish, what is safe and what is beautiful ? Let our Padi instructors make your child's day safe and fun !surface also teaches children how to responsible and safe dive underwater while holding their breath. How to extend your time under water, how to interact with animal life under water, what to do and what not to do ? Fun for the whole Family.

Start Diving :

* Padi Seal team: From 8 years, with a minimum of 4 children per group needed. Go on exiting missions under water in a swimming pool on compressed air (this is scuba diving for children until a max. depth of 4 meter in a swimming pool). Let children use their imagination and have a astronauts “free feeling” under water and play while diving on scuba under direct supervision of a Padi diving instructor.

Padi Bubblemaker Course for children from 8 years and older in a pool or confined water* Padi Bubblemaker Course: From 8 years of age you can do this in a pool or Confined Water until a max. depth of 2 meter with a Padi Instructor. Become a diver today, feel weightless and learn about diving and fish ! We take children in a max.group size of 2 children per instructor, just to make sure their safety is very much taken care of!

 

Video about the Padi Bubblemaker Course* For information about Padi Discover Scuba Diving and the Padi Junior Scuba Diving and Padi Junior Open Water Diver Courses, and Padi Junior Adventure Diver and Padi Junior Advanced Diver Courses, please see the course pages about these courses or click on the words to be taken there.

It is important to know that children from 10 and 11 years of age have a maximum depth of 12 meter, children of 12 to 14(during and after completing their Padi Junior Advanced Course) have a maximum depth of 21 meter. When children of 10 and 11 are doing a diving course, Padi dive instructors can take a max. of 2 students in this age group and an additional 2 divers that are not in this age group (so max. 4 divers) in one group !

A happy Padi diving couple, share your hobby together and have fun !Making under water pictures snorkeling or diving is a really nice hobby to havePadi divers doing their Open Water Dives for their Padi with Batfish

Classroom Courses:

Emergency First Response Courses for CPR, rescue breathing and first aid. Whole family can learn these things !* We also offer Emergency First Response Courses (CPR, rescue breathing and first aid), Child Care Courses (for first aid for children) & Emergency Oxygen Courses for non-divers and divers. So if you can not dive (ear infection) or you do not want to dive, you can still have fun and learn something.

For people who would like to contribute to the environment, the Coral Reef or the normal AWARE course, are classroom courses,which are very interesting and they can be taught in combination with a beach clean up. There are no age or other requirements for you to be able to participate in these courses !

Prices:

Course: Short description: Price:
Children practicing in the pool for Padi's Discover Snorkeling Courses
 
Padi Discover Snorkeling course with a guide in shallow water
Padi Discover Snorkeling Course 1 hour teaching from the beach (no materials included).Min. age: – 500 TB
Padi Shark AWAREness Snorkeling Distinct Specialty Course 2 hours classroom (can be done on the boat as well) and 2 snorkeling spots, where we look for sharks, incl. certification card Padi.Min. age: – 4.000 TB
AWARE Coral Reef Course 5 hours classroom, taught in combination with the snorkeling course from boat (2 snorkeling spots), incl. certification card and AWARE manual.Min.age: – 4.000 TB
AWARE Kids Some video watching, some theory (2 hours total) and some beach clean ups and games. Half a day program, from land, no materials included.Min. age: – 2.500 TB
Emergency First Response Course half a day video and practice on manikins (CPR, Rescue Breathing and First Aid).  Min. age: – 4.250 TB
Dive Scuba Today with Padi
 
Padi Bubblemaker Diving Package
Padi Skin Diver Course 1 day (min. 2 locations) snorkeling from the boat, with skin diver skills practice with an instructor. How to stay under water for as long as possible safely. Incl. certification card.Min. age: 8 years. 4.000 TB
Padi Bubblemaker Course 2 hours from the beach or in shallow protected water (2 meter depth) from the boat diving with an instructor. 1 dive.Incl. Padi Bubblemaker package.

Min. age: 8 years.

3.500 TB (boat)2.000 TB (beach)
Padi Seal Team Min. 4 children per session.Min age: 8 years. See description, pool only. Max. depth: 4 meter. Time per session: 2 hours. 2.000 TB
Padi Junior Open Water Diver Students are practicing in our pool
 

Padi Discover Scuba Diving Course

Try Dive 5 minutes breathing under water in pool or from the beach, to try.Min. age: 8 years FREE OF CHARGE !
Padi Discover Scuba Diving 1 dive from the boat, no certification.Min. age: 10 years 2.500 TB
 Padi Discover Scuba Diving 2 dives from the boat, skills practice and proof of diving in a Padi pamphlet.Min. age: 10 years. 4.000 TB
Junior Padi Scuba Diver Course 2 days Padi diving course (1 day on the boat), incl. certification card and Padi materials.  Min. age: 10 years 9.000 TB
 Junior Padi Open Water Diver Course 4 days Padi diving course (2 days on the boat), incl. certification card and Padi materials . Min. age: 10 years. 14.000 TB
Improve your scuba diving with Padi Junior Adventure Diver and Padi Junior Advanced Open Water Diver Courses
 

Project Aware courses

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