This week, we persuaded our office manager Tjaart to get back in the water after 4 years of not diving (!). Clinton, our divemaster trainee conducted a scuba review for him on the north reef of Kata beach. Conditions were good and we saw a lot of interesting things like the maldives sponge snail, 2 families of coral shrimp fish, barracuda and a few jellyfish.



Conditions on the Phi Phi overnight trip have been good although the visiblilty on the last trip was a little less than normal, but we still saw plenty of sharks, banded sea snakes, sea horses and plenty of ornate ghost pipefish. However on the previous trip we had great vis and as usual, lots of fish to see. Here's a shot of one of the frogfish on Koh Doc Mai...

Last week, Burkhard Lisson took his Advanced Open Water course with me. We had some amazing dives, especially at Bay 3 on Racha Yai where we were being circled by a big school of barracuda! Here is Burkhard on his safety stop at Shark Point.

We had another great Phi Phi overnighter on Monday/Tuesday...lots of Leopard sharks at Koh Bida Nok, Black Tip Reef sharks on Koh Bida Nai, and we managed to find 2 new seahorses at Koh Doc Mai, both of which appear to be carrying eggs sacks :) We also spotted 2 frogfish, longfin comet and some cleaner pipefish. Can't wait for tomorrows trip!

We recently had a couple of Phi Phi trips with acclaimed underwater photographer Borut Furlan and his daughter/model, Urska on board Greta. Borut has won many awards both in his home country of Slovenia, and internationally with the most impressive being 3rd place in the World Championships in Underwater Photography in Egypt in 2000. He has had work published in many domestic and foreign publications, calendars, magazines and brochures. He has also co-operated in several book editions and has recently produced his own book "A Journey Into the Silent Worlds", with over 280 amazing photographs. It was a pleasure to have Borut and Urska on board...especially for some handy hints to improve my photography!!

Good morning from sunny Phuket! Today Ola and Karin from Sweden start their adventure into the underwater world on the PADI Open Water course with instructor Andre - I'm sure they'll have a lot of fun! We still have plenty of space on tomorrows overnight trip to Phi Phi...book now to avoid the rush!

•Phi-Phi Overnight special - January 11-12. We still have space available!!!

•White Manta - January 13-17 (next available trip) 1 space available sharing a Standard Twin and 1 space available sharing a Deluxe Twin

•Black Manta - January 14-18 (next available trip) Still have a few cabins available.

•Peak Season Special 10% discount on our 4-day / 9-dive Open Water Diver course + Phi-Phi Overnight combination!!!

•Special Offer - Free Nitrox on Phi-Phi Overnight trips! Only for certified Enriched Air (Nitrox) divers who booked directly with Calypso.