Best Professional Diving Courses Phuket Near Me

4worldlovers:
Ocean Zone Divers is located in Phuket, also referred to as the “Jewel of the South”. Ocean Zone Divers chose to establish itself in Chalong just a few steps from the pier in order to provide easy access to the dive boats main departure area. Surrounding beaches offer all that holiday makers can dream about: 5* Hotels, fantastic shopping, great bars and discotheques, absolutely delicious food as well as amenities needed when traveling such as banks, health care, car rental, etc.


Just 30 minutes from Phuket International Airport, transfers are easy to organize in conjunction with diver training,accommodation booking or liveaboard trips. Limousine and Taxi meters operate directly from the arrival area too.

The operation was created by Andrew Fortune, formerly an Instructor Trainer with TDI/SDI, CMAS *** Instructor(on the technical board), an IT with IANTD, an IT with PSAI, a Workshop Director with NAUI and MSDT with PADI and /DSAT. Andrew has been teaching Technical diving since 1996 and has produced dozens of Technical Instructors around the world for many different agencies. He was also a member of the Xpedition Team and the Extreme Technical Dive Team responsible for many world famous dive expeditions and was an active commercial offshore supervisor

Andrew passed away unfortunately on August 12th, 2011 from non-diving related illness. His legacy continues through his students and friends.

Ben Capitaine met Andrew in 1999 while working in Phuket and they have been friends since. Andrew was his mentor in technical diving, training him in trimix and cave diving as well as a range of technician courses. Together they have done a lot of technical dives in Thailand and Europe, markedly finding a traverse between Sra Keow 1 and 2 at 65m (through a tight restriction) and did some search and recovery of anchors involving 60min bottom times at 50m. In memory of Andrew, Ben Capitaine decided to relaunch Ocean Zone Divers and continue to pass on the philosophy of diving that Andrew had to his students. Ben is a CMAS 2* instructor since 1994, a PADI instructor since 1998 who assists Course Directors and teach all the PADI Tec courses, as well as a TDI Instructor Trainer and SDI Instructor Evaluator. He has also been credited by NAUI and SSI as instructor, bringing over 20 years of experience in teaching scuba diving to all levels around the globe. He is now the main technical dive instructor at Oceanzonedivers and partnered with one of the most successfull and longest active PADI Course Director on Phuket. Together they offer training to all range of courses and organizations, from beginner to 100m+ CCR cave explorers.

Ocean Zone Divers is in the process of moving to a new facility in Chalong, with state of the art classroom, workshop and equipment.

Although, Ocean Zone Divers is specialized in technical diving (TDI and PADI/DSAT), we also run the whole range of recreational courses for agencies such as PADI, SDI and SSI. Here again, our instructors are carefully selected. We believe that good education makes safer divers. In conjunction to the technical dive gear we are a dealer for brands such as AQUALUNG, SCUBAPRO, SUNTO and UWATEC, so if you need some items from these brands we can order them within 24hours.

Ocean Zone Divers as technical dive centers has a full gas blending capacity and will blend any type of mix required for technical diving, nitrox diving or for your rebreather. Our station is fitted with continuous blending and partial pressure blending.

4worldlovers: Amazing experience with Phuket Dive Tours. We attended the 3-day open water course. Our instructor Tim was professional and experienced, great dive locations and affordable price. Highly recommended!


What an amazing experience with Phuket Dive Tours. We came from the USA having already completed our SSI pool testing and our paper exam. We planned to complete our open water dives as referrals when we arrived in Thailand. Dave was great in coordinating our referral and planning our dive trips. Jon was our primary dive master and we also had a second dive master since we had one adult , an 11yo and a 14yo. Jon was amazing- incredibly patient , kind, engaging and very informative. His years of experience, passion for diving and teaching are evident. He really was the perfect match for our family. The boats, crew, food, transportation were justThe icing on the cake. It was a flawless experience! Highly recommend!


Professional, courteous, accommodating and kind. I really can't say enough good things about the team here.I did a one day pool try dive here and I'm currently two days into my three day open water course. My partner is slightly less confident than I am and our instructor Jon is exactly the right mix of kind and assertive. She feels safe learning with him.The equipment provided to us for rental is high quality, sometimes even brand new, and we'll maintained.This is one of the only dive schools in the area with their own pool so if you want to avoid fighting with other schools in a shared pool of too many people during high season then this is definitely the place!Looking forward to finishing my SSI open water in the next few days and will definitely be back for me!

The perfect dive tour operators,Dave does a fantastic job with the customer service he provides, always replies straight away and will help you in your decisions on your scuba activities.The team he has to provide the training are top calibre and full of knowledge and experience, I had the opportunity to meet 3 of his instructors during my scuba diving experience. And every day was made to be a memorable one.You have loyal customers in my brother and myself.To Dave and his team.Thank you.


I did the Scuba Open Water Diving Course (SSI) with phuket dive tours and it has really got to be the best experience. My instructor, Jon was extremely patient and assuring as I was very unconfident with being in deep waters. He made sure that i was comfortable and kept encouraging me on. I definitely felt that i was in good hands with Jon! He is also extremely passionate and enthusiastic and goes above and beyond in taking amazing photos and sharing his experiences. He knows how to calm you down really well, taught me how not to be afraid of the wild life underwater. If you’re not confident like I was, you can trust Jon Parr!


I had a refresher course and 2 dives with John on a speedboat at Racha yai and Racha Noi. Two of my buddies completed their open water there and we were really happy with everything. John's courses are very thorough and detailled and he is also a fun lad. The coworkers and owner adjusted our whole program to our needs and were incredibly flexible. We also did a night dive with Benz and Kan which was also fun. The training pool didn't offer any shade and that would definitely help. To put it in a nutshell we were really satisfied with what we got for money and we can highly recommend this diving school and our instructor Jon.

4worldlovers: Infinity Divers in Phuket, Thailand, the spiritual home of scuba diving.

Phuket, the ‘Pearl of the Andaman’ is a forested island that is as stunning above ground – with postcard-perfect white sand beaches and crystal clear seas – as it is below the water. While offering its own dramatic dive spots, it also acts as the perfect base for a series of diving day trips around the surrounding islands, such as the top diving spots around Koh Phi Phi and beyond.

4worldlovers: Seamore Papua Liveaboard is a traditional wooden Phinisi boat which cater for both leisure trip and diving beautiful underwater eastern Indonesia. Designed comfortably to accommodate up to 18 passengers with 9 air condition cabins all with en-suite bathroom. Seamore Papua had been sailing eastern part of Indonesia from Komodo area to Takabonerate, Ambon, Banda, Misool and Raja Ampat since mid of 2015

Indo Seamore Liveaboard is a traditional wooden Phinisi boat which cater for both leisure trip and diving beautiful underwater eastern Indonesia. All facilities onboard also being upgraded and improvement, Our team both management and crews are very good, always ready to serve all the guest to make sure they feel pleasure of comfort during their stay onboard Seamore Papua.

4worldlovers: If you prefer small dive groups, comfortable boats and an offer that is 100% made for divers, we are the right fit for you!

For over 20 years Sea Bees Diving have been operating our dive centers in Thailand and know exactly what divers want from their holiday.

All our Sea Bees diving centers are well equipped with modern, high quality dive gear and staffed by well-trained professionals.

Our own bungalow resorts are the perfect place for your diving holiday as they fully cater to scuba divers.

With our own boats we carry out day trips as well as diving safaris to the most beautiful sites in the Andaman Sea.

Our day cruisers, specially designed for divers, are spacious and comfortably equipped with everything the diving heart desires.

The dives take place within small groups, which are arranged according to similar levels of experience.

Our highly experienced Sea Bees diving guides will show you the most sensational spots and animals on the reef and always ensure safe dives.

Of course, we also offer the entire range of diving courses from beginner to instructor level.

And speaking of diving instructors, our own instructors here at Sea Bees Diving are put through a rigorous six month training period to ensure the high quality of service and instruction they will provide.

This way, you can be assured that our instructors have ample experience, know the dive sites perfectly and have adopted our service ideas to provide our guests with an unforgettable diving holiday in Thailand.

Sea Bees Diving are an award winning dive center in Thailand under German management

For our long-term commitment and the constant high quality of our diving offers, we were rewarded with numerous prizes. Here are just a few:

10x Winner of the Golden Dolphin for the best diving base in Southeast Asia & Pacific

And we are the only DIN certified diving school in Thailand

But much more important than these awards is the positive feedback from our guests, who spent wonderful diving holidays with us.