REFRESHER COURSES
Simple steps for a safe return
If you have been out of the water for a while, take the time to assess your health and fitness, refresh your skills and equipment, and review your travel plans before your next dives.
Period of inactivity
Personal responsibilities, illnesses and injuries, global health risks, wars or oil cost travel disruptions, and other factors can prevent divers from getting in the water. While the key steps for resuming diving remain consistent, the focus may differ based on the reasons for the hiatus.
If your absence was due to twists and turns in your life journey, and you are still healthy and fit, you will want to focus on your skills and equipment. If you were out because of illness or injury, a review of your health will be crucial.
Affected by an illness or injury kept you away?
While acute illnesses can prevent you from diving, even a cold might temporarily keep you out of the water. Some conditions, however, could impact your physical activity for an extended period or even permanently. If you've experienced a severe illness or have a chronic condition it's important to consult your physician before planning your return to diving.
How does inactivity affect your return to diving?
Diving requires special skills learned during training and maintained through practice. The saying “Use it or lose it” is especially true in diving. Skills can begin to decline after just six months of inactivity. Most dive educators and instructors consider inactivity of one to two years typically necessitates refresher training.
We understand that your time is valuable, and that’s why our REFRESHER programs take place on during a scuba diving day trip.
No need to consider it a time-waster; we combine skill refreshing with the excitement of exploring Koh Racha Yai and Koh Racha Noi.
To accommodate your schedule, our refresher courses incorporate an eLearning component that enables you to prepare for the course at home, thereby you can free up more time and energy during your day on the boat
Upon successfully completing the course, you will receive a digital recognition card.
We ensure a maximum of 2:1 ratio in our Scuba Review Refresher Trip
Who this course is for:
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Certified divers who have been inactive for a period of time and wish to review the scuba skills and academic information before starting to dive again.
Requirements:
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Hold a scuba diver certification from any training organization.
What you can expect to learn:
Plan Dive
Equalization techniques
Communication signals
Review of dive computer
Scuba system assembly
Weight adjustment
Mask defog
Disassemble scuba system
Adequate entry for site conditions
Controlled descent
Regulator clearing
Regulator recovery
Mask clearing
Fin use
Buoyancy control
Computer check
Controlled ascent
Air sharing ascents
Exit
Lung over-expansion problems
DCS
SSI - SCUBA SKILLS UPDATE
It is easy for dive skills to get rusty and to lose confidence when you have not dived for a while. With the SSI Scuba Skills Update, we will get you back in the water and diving with ease in no time.
This scuba refresher course allows you to review and practice scuba skills you learned in your Open Water Diver program, under the guidance of an SSI Professional.
This is a great course to take just before a dive holiday, so you spend less time worrying about your skills and more time admiring the marine life.
Continue your Training:
Proper scuba diving skills and experience are your tickets to dive the world’s best dive sites.
When you complete a certain number of Specialty Programs and Logged Dives, you will also automatically earn the SSI Recognition Ratings
SSI Specialty Diver - SSI Advanced Specialty Dive - SSI Master Diver.
Start your SSI Specialty training right away and earn recognition as you become a safer and more comfortable diver!
SDI - REFRESHER COURSE
The SDI Inactive Diver/Refresher Program is designed to update and review the knowledge and skill level of an inactive diver
An inactive diver typically hasn’t dived in 6 months or more, but may be considered more or less, depending on the divers previous experience and training level.
This program is ideal for anyone wanting to brush up on their skills before the summer diving season, a trip, or when gearing up for their next course.
INCLUDED
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✅ e-Learning course + Theory.
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✅ Experienced Instructor.
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✅ Diving equipment (BCD + Regulator + Fins + Wetsuit (Shorty 3mm) + Mask + Snorkel + Alu Air Tank (S80 = 11 l) + Weight belt + Weights)
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✅ Dive Computer + Compass.
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✅ Mandatory Trip Insurance + Diving Insurance.
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✅ Pick up and transfer from/to Chalong, Rawai, Kata, Karon, Patong, Kamala Area.
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✅ Breakfast, lunch, snacks and refreshments on the dive boat.
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✅ Certification fees.
EXCLUDED
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❌ Lunch & transfer on classroom / pool days.
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❌ Underwater photos and/or videos. (But they can be requested from the diving staff on board, with charges, if safety and standards requirement are met.)
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❌ TIP (Crew and/or Instructor).
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❌ Extra teaching days if needed.
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❌ Marine National Park fees (Diver = 600 THB / Phi Phi ) are collected directly by the park rangers on the dive boat and must be paid by cash.
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❌ Free Pick up and transfer services are not available from/to Phuket Town and the northern part of Phuket Island. However, these services can be arranged by the boat company.
(From 1 000 to 2 000 THB, depending on the location. Please inform us before booking.)
⭐️ Cancellation Policy: ⭐️
Please be aware that your day trip /diving course and dates will only be secured when you have paid the amount of the deposit (40% full price) at the day of the booking and confirmed by email.
Minus diving certification agency fees (e-learning), diving insurance subscription trough our company, any bank charges, credit card charges and any exchange rate losses if any incurred,
- Cancellations received 4 days or more before the first day trip/diving course are eligible for a full deposit refund,
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Cancellations between 3 days and 36 hours before commencement of first day trip / diving course are eligible for a 50% deposit refund.
You can postpone to the next available day trip / diving course. (2 months)
Full price balance must be paid 36 hours before commencement of first day trip / diving course to confirm it.
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Only if full price has been paid, cancellations between 36 and 18 hours before commencement of first day trip / diving course are eligible for a 30% refund.
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No refund 18 hours or less before commencement of the first day trip / diving course.
⏰ If you show up later than the agreed time on your booking form, you will need to make your own arrangements to meet the dive boat but, in the interest of other customers,
we cannot delay the boat departure time. The cost of your missed trip cannot be refunded. You are responsible for any costs incurred.
⚠️ NO SHOW = NO REFUND ⚠️
Alcohol 🍺 Drugs
We reserve the right to cancel your day trip or course if it is our opinion that you are intoxicated.
⚠️ NO REFUND ⚠️
We reserve right to amend trip itineraries and dive site selection with regard to weather and safety considerations.
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