PADI Open Water Diver

The PADI Open Water Diver course at Ko Lanta Diving Center runs over three days and includes theory, confined water skills and four open water dives. Equipment is included in the THB 14,500 price; the PADI certification card is not included and is an additional cost to budget separately.

Four open water dives over the course of the programme take students from pool-level basics into actual Andaman conditions aboard the ChockSomBoon 1. The boat runs daily to the southern Andaman sites, and the centre's standard daytrip package — pickup, breakfast, lunch, soft drinks, coffee, tea and fruit — covers all boat days during the course.

Ko Lanta's dive sites offer varied coral environments, and working in small guided groups means students are diving with instructors who know the specific conditions at each site rather than following a generic syllabus. The centre has held PADI accreditation alongside CMAS for decades and works in small groups as standard policy across all its programmes.

For certified divers who want to continue after Open Water, the centre offers Advanced and Rescue courses, as well as Nitrox, all operated from the same vessel on the same Andaman sites.