Category: Cave / Cavern
Thailand Tech, Cave Diving Photos on Flickr
We love good tech-diving photos, no matter which dive shop the photographer worked with. So when we learned of a new Flickr gallery from ex-Big Blue Tech crew member Christos Kardana we just had to check it out.
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Diving Sunken Villages in Thailand
Ayesha Cantrell, one of Thailand’s best-known technical divers due to her long list of published articles and photos, is back again, this time on the DSAT Chat blog with another look at Khao Sok National Park, which we talked about yesterday, and, in particular, the sunken villages there.
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Aquanauts Does ANDI Into to Cave Course for PADI Course Director, Koh Tao Tech Divers
Although Aquanauts may be based in Pattaya, we do cavern, cave and rebreather courses for divers all over Thailand, including for some of the country’s highest-certified and experienced PADI professionals. For the past couple of months, ANDI Instructor Trainer (and PADI CD) Roger M. Smith has been training PADI Course Director Jonas Samuelsson of Bans Divers and [...]
Read moreAyesha Cantrell Showcases Koh Sok for Under Water Photography Magazine
Ayesha Cantrell, perhaps the best-known female technical dive instructor in Thailand, is giving diving in The Kingdom some more good press with a photo essay on the impressive caverns of Koh Sok National Park in the coming issue of Under Water Photography magazine. Cantrell, who worked a number of jobs in the U.K. and abroad [...]
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Deep Exploration of Thom Song Hong Cave
Unbeknownst to many tech divers around the world, Thailand is speckled with caves and caverns from north to south, many of which have never been fully explored. Earlier this month Aquanauts’ Roger M. Smith and fellow ANDI Instructor Bruce Konefe tackled the vast Song Hong cave, accessed via a sinkhole in remote Trang province. Dived [...]
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Photo Log of Cavern Diver Course at Thong Pha Phom (2008)
We finally got our hands on the photos from Aquanauts’ Cavern Diver course last fall at Thailand’s Thong Pha Phom near Kanchanaburi and what a great surprise they were. ANDI Instructor Roger M. Smith led the course for Aquanauts interns (and now PADI instructors) Greg Hannigan, A.J. Rankin and Scott Clark. Hannigan was behind the [...]
Read moreCavern Diving at Thailand’s Khao Sok
Thailand’s southern islands and coastline are dotted with cavern and cave systems tech divers are anxious to dive. Aquanauts has the advantage of being centrally located so we can dive the southern caves as well as those near Kanchanaburi. One we haven’t done yet is Khao Sok on the southern side of the Gulf of [...]
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Diving the Caverns of Thailand’s Thong Pha Phom (Feb. 2009)
Leaving behind the hustle and bustle of Pattaya, a group of Aquanauts instructors and interns last month embarked on a four-day expedition to the scenic mountains of western Thailand’s Kanchanaburi region for the ANDI Cavern Diver course. The site was the network of caves and caverns at Thong Pha Phom.
Read moreCave Diving in Thailand
In the previously mentioned article on the development of technical diving in Thailand, the Tourism Authority of Thailand gives a good, if basci, overview of not only reef and wreck diving, but the increasing prominence of cave and cavern diving in the Land of Smiles. Divers experienced in the use of tri-mix can enjoy some [...]
Read moreDiving Thailand’s Undersea Caves
While Pattaya offers divers of all skill levels a great selection of dive sites, those looking for a bigger challenge may want to look north to Thailand’s inland lakes which are dotted with underwater caves just waiting to be explored.
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