Phuket Tailor & Diving

[magdita]

Hi,

We are travelling to Phuket in December and want to do our PADI advanced open water course, can anyone recommend a good dive centre.

Also I am wanting to have a leather coat made, does anyone have ideas about a good tailor in Phuket that works with leather?

Thanks!

[Chantal]

Hi Magdita

Apologies, I honestly would not have a leather jacket or coat made by the tailors here. Simply because I prefer the Turkish or Spanish leather and the leather I have seen here is of very poor quality. The leather products I have seen here are IMO also not very well made.

For scuba diving there are many reputable Dive Centers on Phuket - so for your convenience it would depend on where exactly you will be staying on Phuket? However as a guideline we charge from 10 500 baht for the Advanced course which is normally conducted over 2 days. This includes 2 local boat dives off Kata Beach and one 3 dive daytrip to the Sharkpoint area. Most DC's on Phuket offer the 2 daytrip option (we do as well) and costs are around 11 900 baht all inclusive.

Let me know what area you will be staying so that I can recommend a good operator for you.

[magdita]

Thank you for the info,

We wil be staying on Phetchakut Road, Patong beach and we will be there 5 days. Should we book the course in advance or is it safe enough to leave it to the last minute?

Cheers

[limbos]

Magdita,

You can go for either otpion, leave it till the last moment to book or book online and reserve your spot.

I can highly recommend Ringo's dive club, even though they're not located in Patong but in Kata. They probably have a transfer service.

Anyways, happy diving!