Koh Tao

8 a.m. - I woke up and extended my stay in the hostel because of the advanced course.

9 a.m. - I met with my dive buddy Bard for breakfast at our almost main café “Zest”.

10 a.m. - We started our advanced dive course and got new members Troy and Toby two very nice guys. Furthermore we got new dive instructors Jess and her assistant Sarah. In the morning we had another theory lesson where we learned how to move correctly and to navigate under water. Important if you breath in you ascent a little and if you breath out you descend a little.

11:30 a.m. - Lunch break with the class where get got to know each other better.

1 p.m. - We went for our first dive the buoyancy dive where we trained our theoretical knowledge. Slowly I get better how to move properly under water with less energy as possible. After that we had the navigation dive where we saw two giant trigger fisch. Honestly navigation under water is really difficult especially when you get distracted from the under water world.
I just had one issue and that was I used my air much quicker than the other’s. Jess told me it could be because of my muscles are trained to take up as much air as possible to get the maximum of energy. The goal in scuba dive is to us as less energy as possible to extend your dive time. So I got a bigger tank than the others and I was fine.

5 p.m. - We got back for a quick dinner.

6 p.m. - The same day we had a night dive. It was a bit scary because of the darkness and the fact that you just got a torch. But when I was in the water it was insane. The sea life is so different and you have to be lucky as well but you can see really cool stuff. I saw two huge box fish but the highlight were the two cuttelfish. They were transparent and have shone. One of the got really close and inked.

8 p.m. - We finished diving late and I went to bed straight.Read more