DIVE INTO ADVENTURE
Perfect your diving with the next step in your education...
Join La Bombona Diving’s advanced training course in Koh Tao and earn your globally recognized Advanced Explorer 30 certification . Ready for a life-changing experience.
YOUR JOURNEY
Become a diver in 4 days
Day 1
Day 2
10:00 Theory and skills workshop
You’ll learn more about diving and things we need to consider when we go deeper underwater. Your instructor will teach you some kicking and buoyancy control techniques and you’ll learn how to properly navigate a dive site taking into consideration your air supply and using a compass.
11:45 Buoyancy dive
During this dive we will fine tune your breathing and mobility. Spending the whole dive at the bottom of one of our shallow sites playing a selection of games and running increasingly challenging excercises, inluding helicopter turns and back-finning. The ultimate goal of this dive is to improve your control and reduce your breathing to result in longer and more enjoyable dives.
14:00 Navigation dive
On this dive, you will be navigating a dive site. You’ll get your first chance to lead a dive, learning the tactics used by professionals to get back to the boat without a dreaded long surface swim. You’ll learn about natural navigation and gas management.
16:00 Break
Use this time to grab some food and fuel up!
17:30 Night Dive
Although some may find this a little daunting. Many people say it was the best dive they did. Expect to see fish out hunting like Giant Grouper and Barracuda. You’ll learn special techniques relevant only to night dives and you’ll even get the chance to play with our resident bioluminescent plankton. PreviousNext
Day 1
Day 2
06:45 Deep Dive
During Academics session 1, your instructor will work through the Physics and Physiology chapters with you and your group. This is where we will learn the effects of SCUBA diving on our bodies and how to counteract, or in some cases, avoid these things.
10:00 Wreck dive
Use this time to grab some food and fuel up!
11:30 Let’s celebrate!
We’ll go over some swim and floating tests that are a pre-requisite (don’t worry, you don’t need to be an athlete to pass them!). Your instructor will teach you how to set up your equipment and once you are kitted up, you’ll jump into the pool! There you’ll learn all the skills required to be called an open water diver. At the end of the day you’ll be getting hyped up to go confidently to the ocean the following day. Things you should bring: Swimwear, sunscreen, water, towel.
B E Y O N D ! T H E ! S U R F A C E
Why choose La Bombona Diving?
Small groups, big impact
Dive at your own pace with our expert instructors guiding you every step of the way.
Dive with the pros
Trust a decade of expertise – we've been teaching courses in Koh Tao since 2014!
Dive in your language
Dive at your own pace with our expert instructors guiding you every step of the way.
World wide certificate
Trust a decade of expertise – we've been teaching courses in Koh Tao since 2014!
DIVE SMART AND AFFORDABLE
Pricing & certification
Master the art of diving and gain a globally recognized certification that open doors to limitless underwater adventures.
Our Advanced Explorer 30 Certification awaits at an unbeatable price of
10,000 ฿
ACOMMODATION PACK
Your ultimate Dive & Stay Experience
Book your accommodation together with your course and save time and energy planning. Stay just steps away from both the beach and our diving school, in one of our charming bungalows
Price Variable depending on accomodation preference
INSIGHTS FROM OUR DIVERS
What they say about us
Annabel Jones
Had a great experience with LBD doing our open water course highly recommend! Shoutout to Ernesto, amazing instructor!!!
Holly
Amazing experience doing the OW20. Shoutout to Ernesto, the best diving instructor ever
Pierre-Yves Lapointe
Be careful, if you decide to book your ow with this place, you'll probably end up with some advanced class + extra fun dive days and good memories, it gets addictive...
Alexander Fager
We did the 1-day try dive with Nico, amazing instructor and so much fun!Definitely go here for courses or try dives!
Nora Eckl
Wir haben eine gute Einführung von dem instructor Max bekommen und konnten unsere Kleider anprobieren. Danach mussten wir 2 Stunden warten, bis das...
Luuk van Zilt
Had a great dive with La Bombona. Thanks Kira and Max!
Iñaki Urgoiti
Con mi novia hicimos el curso Open Water 20 en LBD y estuvo espectacular! Nuestro instructor fue Roberto y nos encantó: super claro, muy dedicado y ante todo co...
Sam Höjman
Gjorde Open Water 20 och tyckte verkligen om det. Utbildningen var grundlig och välformulerad och min instruktör Ernesto var verkligen fantastisk och en höjdpunk
Amy Pfitzner
Had a great dive with La Bombona. Thanks Kira and Max!
Sam Höjman
Gjorde Open Water 20 och tyckte verkligen om det. Utbildningen var grundlig och välformulerad och min instruktör Ernesto var verkligen fantastisk och en höjdpunk
Amy Pfitzner
Had a great dive with La Bombona. Thanks Kira and Max!
camila Saez
Recomiendo a Ernesto como instructor, fue lo máximo!! Aprendà mucho y lo pase increible! La mejor disposicion para enseñar y es muy experimentado,...
Frequently asked questions
If you discover that the course isn’t aligning with your preferences midway, we’re flexible and can discuss options to ensure your experience suits your needs.
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