Speciality Diving Courses

Speciality Diving Courses on Koh Lipe

There are 3 levels of SSI Speciality dives based on the amount on specialities completed and the number of logged dives you have completed the highest none professional diver rating is Master Diver.

With the SSI Master Diver rating, you have reached the highest recreational level in SSI diver education. It means that you have acquired significant training and experience in a variety of dive environments.

See our Speciality Diving Courses listed below. You can start your process in becoming a Master Diver.

Price – 6,500 THB

Duration – 1 day

The SSI Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver course is SSI’s most popular specialty and it’s easy to see why!

Diving with Nitrox allows you to extend your decompression limit which means more time diving! This is great if you are doing multiple dives per day, planning a live-aboard or a long dive holiday.

With the Nitrox course, we teach you how to analyse Nitrox tanks, set your O2 percentage on your computer and how to dive within your PO2 limits. Diving with Enriched Air (Nitrox) has more considerations including managing oxygen exposure and how to determine what’s in your scuba tank.

If you don’t have time to dive, we can teach Nitrox Diver as a non-diving course for 5,000 THB

Price – 9,000 THB

Duration – 4 Dives/2 days

There is something exciting and mysterious about depth that attracts divers. Get certified to the maximum depth limit for recreational divers by taking your SSI Deep Diver Speciality with us here at Adang Sea Divers.

Take your diving to further limits with your deep dive specialty. During the four deep specialty training dives you will learn techniques for diving in the deeper range of 18-40 meters. You will also gain experience in planning, organising and making at least four dives under the supervision of your SSI Instructor!

If you have already done your Adventure Deep Dive then you only have to complete three open water dives at a price of 7200THB.

If you’re not sure, try it first as an Adventure dive, which is a one dive taster and still count as one of your dives for the deep specialty. This adventure dive is also one of your five dives required for your Advanced Open Water Course.

Price – 6,000 THB

Duration – 1 day/2 dives

Koh Lipe is renowned for strong currents during full and black moon. So why not take advantage of these strong currents and complete your SSI Wave, Tides and Currents Speciality Course.

Fighting a strong current can be tiring and may require the use of lines and special techniques.

In some situations, moving against the current is impossible. Why not try instead, to plan your dive so you enter the water, ride the current, and exit down current.

Drift dives are great fun, but you have to keep yourself safe. During the Waves, Tides and Current course we will teach you how to dive during strong current safely, to pick suitable dive sites, and what additional equipment to take with you.

If you already have completed the Waves, Tides and Currents Dive as an Adventure dive then you only have to compete 1 dive for 4,000 THB.

If you’re not sure on the course, why not try it first as an Adventure dive. The adventure dive is a one dive taster of the waves, tides and currents specialty and still counts as one of your dives for the specialty. This adventure dive is also one of your five dives required for your Advanced Open Water Course.

Price – 6,000 THB

Duration– 1 day/ 2 dives

Neutral Buoyancy is the key to conserving your air and leaving minimal impact on the aquatic environment. more details

Divers who have mastered the highest performance levels of buoyancy stand apart from the rest. They glide effortlessly in the water, use less air and ascend, descend and hover easily. During the Peak Performance Buoyancy Speciality Diver course we can help you achieve these levels.

Over the Perfect Buoyancy course we’ll teach you various buoyancy skills using different games and skills. We can show you how to get closer to the reef without damaging it and you’ll figure out the perfect weighting for you.

After the course you’ll definitely feel like a more confident diver!

If you already have completed the Peak Performance Buoyancy dive as an Adventure dive then you only have to compete 1 Peak Performance Buoyancy dive for 4,000THB.

If you’re not sure on this course, try it first as an Adventure dive. The adventure dive is a one dive taster of the specialty and still count as one of your dives for the specialty. This adventure dive is also one of your five dives required for your Advanced Open Water Course.

Price – 6,000 THB

Duration – 2 days/2 Dives

Finding your way is not a matter of luck! Be the diver that everyone wants to follow underwater.

Take our underwater navigation specialty course to improve your awareness of direction underwater.

For this course we will refresh your compass skills, teach you how to measure distances underwater and to use this measurement to navigate around a dive site. You will learn how to navigate around obstacles and finally complete an underwater compass course (the treasure hunt).

If you have already done your Adventure Navigator dive then you only have to complete 2 open water dives at a price of 4,000THB.

If your not sure on this try it first as an Adventure dive, which is a one dive taster and still count as one of your dives for the specialty. This adventure dive is also one of your five dives required for your Advanced Open Water Course.

Price – 7,000 THB (includes camera rental)

Duration – 1 Day/2 Dives

Love taking photos on land or want to keep memories of your dives. Take our Photography and Videography specialty and take your memories home with you.

During this course we will focus first on your buoyancy, which is very important so you won’t damage any of the aquatic life or coral whilst taking photographs.

Then we’ll give you tips on what looks good and how best to take photos underwater. We’ll go over the best positioning for lighting and when best to use the flash.

Finally we’ll show you basic editing for the photograph before you take home all these photos.

If you have already completed Digital Underwater Photography as an Adventure dive then you only have to compete 1 photography dive for 5,000 THB.

If you are not sure on this course, try it first as an Adventure dive. The adventure dive is a one-dive taster of the specialty and still count as one of your dives for the specialty. This adventure dive is also one of your five dives required for your Advanced Open Water Course.

Price – 4,000 THB

Duration – 1 Day/ 1 Dive

Would you like to learn more about the fish you are seeing?

In this course you’ll study the fish families before the dive. Then during the dive you will record all the fish you see grouping them in to their specific family. You will also draw or describe unfamiliar fish and then identify them back at the dive shop.

This course can also be taught as a dry course with no diving and only theory for 2,500 THB.

If your not sure on this course, try it first as an Adventure dive. The adventure dive is a one-dive taster of the specialty and still count as one of your dives for the specialty. This adventure dive is also one of your five dives required for your Advanced Open Water Course.

Price – 6,000 THB

Duration – 1 day/2 dives

Whether you’ve never made a boat dive or you’ve logged dozens, the SSI Boat Diver Specialty course can benefit almost every diver because different boats in different parts of the world do things differently.

Diving from a boat is fun, especially when you look at ease when manoeuvring around on it. It’s fun to know what you’re doing.

Here at Adang Sea Divers you will be able to try a different type of boat to what your used to. We use traditional longtail boats here, as well as a speedboat, so we can show you how to safely enter and exit the water, stow your gear in the most appropriate areas and locate boat safety equipment.

If you have already done your Adventure Boat dive then you only have to complete 1 open water dive for 4,000 THB.

If your not sure on this try it first as an Adventure dive, which is a one dive taster and still count as one of your dives for the specialty. This adventure dive is also one of your five dives required for your Advanced Open Water Course.

Price – 6,000 THB

Duration – 1 day/ 2 dives

Have you ever dropped something in the water? Or are you looking for lost treasure?

This course will teach you effective ways to find objects and bring them to the surface. Small, large or just awkward, there is a way to bring them up.

We will teach you how to search and recover lost items and lift them to the surface, by using a lift bag. Not only are these skills fun, but very practical and ultimately useful because eventually, you’ll probably lose something in the water. As a Search and Recovery Diver, you’ll know how to search for and recover it.

If you have already done your Adventure Search and Recovery dive then you only have to complete 3 open water dives for 4,000 THB

If your not sure on this try it first as an Adventure dive, which is a one dive taster and still count as one of your dives for the specialty. This adventure dive is also one of your five dives required for your Advanced Open Water Course.

Price – 4,000 THB

Duration – 1 day/ 1 dive

Love your corals?! Then this specialty is for you. Learn about the relationship fish have with each other and the corals in our Underwater Coral Identification specialty.

In this course we will look at the different coral species and the relationships they have with each other. You will learn and identify different types of symbiotic relationships and predator/prey relationship found on the reefs around Koh Lipe.

This course can be completed as a none diving, dry speciality for 2,500 THB.

Price – 4,000 THB

Duration – 1 dive/1 day

Learn about Marine Ecology, the ocean is made up of many different ecosystems that have a wide range of defining characteristics. Life in our ocean has evolved into an incredible diversity of organisms.

In this course you will look physical components of our oceans, like the characteristics of water temperature, salinity and movement plus the natural and human impacts of the ocean.

This course can be completed as a none diving, dry speciality for 2,500 THB.

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Speciality Bundle Kits

We offer Speciality Bundle Kits mixings a few specialities in order to get more out of your dives

Speciality Bundle Kits	Price (THB)
Fish ID + Coral ID (2 Dives)	7,000
Perfect Buoyancy + Photo (3 Dives)	9,000
Marine Ecology, Fish ID + Coral ID (3 Dives)	9,000
Deep + Wreck (4 Dives)	11,000
Speciality Diver (2 Speciality courses – 4 Dives)	10,000
Mixed 3 Specialities (6 Dives)	15,000
Conservation Specialty (Coral Prop, Coral ID, Marine Ecology)	17,000
Advanced Open Water (4 Speciality courses – 8 Dives)	20,000
Master Diver (4 Specialities + Stress and Rescue + 10 Dives)	30,000