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* [good choice for combo diving/place to stay] Sairee Cottage diving seems to have extremely cheap package deals w/ diving trips [https://www.saireecottagediving.com/diving-courses-koh-tao/] and places as little as $15/night; some have wifi and the Sail Rock trip is on Saturdays | * '''[Contacted 2023-07-09]''' [good choice for combo diving/place to stay] Sairee Cottage diving seems to have extremely cheap package deals w/ diving trips [https://www.saireecottagediving.com/diving-courses-koh-tao/] and places as little as $15/night; some have wifi and the Sail Rock trip is on Saturdays | ||
* Mojo Diving goes to Sail Rock every Wednesday and Saturday (6am-1pm) w/ 1.5k reviews on TA: https://mojodiverskohtao.com/ | * Mojo Diving goes to Sail Rock every Wednesday and Saturday (6am-1pm) w/ 1.5k reviews on TA: https://mojodiverskohtao.com/ | ||
* Shop that runs very early morning trips (6am) but seems to mostly beat the crowds as a result with 1.5k reviews on TA: https://newwaydiving.com/en/fun-diving/ | * Shop that runs very early morning trips (6am) but seems to mostly beat the crowds as a result with 1.5k reviews on TA: https://newwaydiving.com/en/fun-diving/ | ||
Revision as of 22:59, 9 July 2023
Diving trip planning
Date suggestions would be arriving to Ko Tao on August 20, 2023 and leaving on August 27th. We could then to visit Bangkok for a couple days arriving on the August 27 and leaving on August 30.
Resources
Potential dive shops
Sairee beach places in order that I should contact them:
- [Contacted 2023-07-09] [good choice for combo diving/place to stay] Sairee Cottage diving seems to have extremely cheap package deals w/ diving trips [1] and places as little as $15/night; some have wifi and the Sail Rock trip is on Saturdays
- Mojo Diving goes to Sail Rock every Wednesday and Saturday (6am-1pm) w/ 1.5k reviews on TA: https://mojodiverskohtao.com/
- Shop that runs very early morning trips (6am) but seems to mostly beat the crowds as a result with 1.5k reviews on TA: https://newwaydiving.com/en/fun-diving/
- Bigger newer shop seems to be run entirely by foreigners w/ lots of options (3k reviews on TA): https://www.roctopusdive.com/
- Run by Austrian's with a website in German (200 reviews on TA): https://www.divepoint-kohtao.com/index.php/en/
- [more of a school] Big Bubble which seems to be one of the bigger options: https://www.divingatkohtao.com/
- Hobo-ya (Japanese Dive shop): http://www.hobo-ya.com/kohtao/
Other places:
- Mae Haad dive shop with built in accommodations and some upgrade options: https://www.crystaldive.com/accommodation-at-crystal-dive/
Places to stay
- Splurge place to stay (~5000 TBH for the cheaper ones) https://www.kohtaocabana.com/
- Just a place to stay but like 1000 baht/night: https://www.summerguesthousekohtao.com/
Mako's Plans
- 2023-08-16 (Wednesday) — 2023-08-19 (Saturday)
- Mako should be in Wikimania in Singapore
- 2023-09-04 (Monday)
- Mako needs to be in Princeton for kickoff the next day
Request to Sairee Cottages
Greetings! I am interested in arranging for a stay in late August for myself and my wife Mika. It will just be the two of us. We are both PADI Rescue Divers with 100+ dives. Here are the details: - Arriving on Sunday August 20th - Leaving on the morning of Sunday August 27th I think we'd want to plan to dive on all those days: - Monday 21, Tuesday 22, Wednesday 23, Thursday 24, Friday 25 (so 10 dives?) - PLUS a Sail Rock trip on Saturday August 26 I think we're flexible in terms of accommodations although a double/queen bed would be fine and we'd love to stay in a place with Wifi. In that sense, the Yellow or Green rooms look most attractive. You can reply to us at: team@leastsquar.es Regards, Mako
