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!

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.

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

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!