Perfect your diving with the next step in your education · Koh Lipe
Join La Bombona Diving's advanced training course in Koh Lipe and earn your globally recognized Advanced Explorer 30 certification. Ready for a life-changing experience.
You've already discovered the ocean — now it's time to truly explore it. The Explorer/Advanced Course is designed for certified Open Water divers who are ready to grow, refine their skills, and experience new types of dives that reveal a bigger part of the underwater world.
Prerequisite for this course: you need to have an Open Water certification to enrol.
Not included — Marine Park Fees (฿200 per diving day — ฿400 for this course) and mandatory dive insurance (70 THB).
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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.
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 exercises, including 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.
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.
Experience Koh Lipe after dark. Under the beam of your torch the reef changes completely — lionfish out hunting, parrotfish tucked in for the night and, with a bit of luck, glowing plankton. You'll learn to communicate with light signals and navigate at night, opening up a whole new side of diving.
Today we'll take you to 30m where you may experience nitrogen narcosis for the first time. You'll learn the considerations of deep diving and see how colours change at depth. This dive will certify you to 30m anywhere in the world.
Your final elective, picked to suit the day's conditions. On a drift dive you'll glide effortlessly with the current, learning entries, exits and how to read the water. On a fish identification dive you'll learn to recognise the angelfish, parrotfish, butterflyfish and the many other locals that call these reefs home. Either way, you'll finish the course a sharper, more aware diver.
Once you're back to the dive school you can log your dives and celebrate becoming a certified advanced diver! Your certification is digital and recognized worldwide to allow you to dive to a maximum depth of 30m. Congratulations!
Our dive boat is spacious, comfortable, and designed with divers in mind. It offers a smooth ride, space to gear up with ease, and a rooftop area to relax between dives. Easy and practical, it makes your diving day smoother, more social, and a lot more enjoyable.
Insights from our divers
Had 2 fundives with Armand. The dive sights were really nice, aswell as Armand and the other staff. Would definitely recommend this Dive School!
Non a caso sono tornato da loro! Dopo koh tao è stata la volta di koh lipe. Stessa scuola,stesse vibes! I ragazzi simpatici,professionali e affidabili mi hanno aiutato in tutto ciò di cui ho avuto bisogno. In particolar modo ringrazio il mio istruttore Kile, che è stato molto gentile e mi ha aiutato a mettermi a mio agio, sia dentro che fuori dal mare! Non posso che ringraziarvi e consigliare La Bombona diving!
I did the try dive and it was an absolutely unforgettable experience! The team makes everything to make it smooth and safe for the first-timers. I appreciated the time they took to explain every detail and ensure everyone is at ease. While the first dive is a little technical as you need to get used to the gear and technics, the second one is incredible! The reef so rich and beautiful. And I recommend take the photos too. Beautiful souvenir.
Gente súper bien preparada a nivel material, profesional y muy cercanos. El sitio de buceo esta brutal y el barco desde se hacen las inmersiones una gozada. Por otro lado creo q no hay muchos sitios donde te hablen español aparte del inglés y se agradece. Totalmente recomendable 👌
Wir haben mit La Bombona Diving unseren Explorer 30 (äquivalent zu Advanced Open Water) absolviert und sind überglücklich mit der Wahl der Tauchschule! Das ganze Team ist großartig und herzlich. Unser Tauchlehrer Armand hat alles bestens erklärt, gutes Feedback gegeben und dabei immer auf uns geachtet. Die Zertifizierung von RAID (Explorer 30) fanden wir persönlich qualitativ und technisch besser als die von PADI (Advanced Open Water). La Bombona Diving hat zudem ein eigenes kleines Schiff, damit waren wir flexibler mit den Tauchorten und es gab eine schöne familiäre Atmosphäre.
Ich hatte 10 Mega tolle Tauchgänge Sie planen die Abfahrzeiten und Tauchseiten nach den Gezeiten und starte früh am Morgen So hatten wir die Divesites fast immer für uns alleine und mit meist geringer Strömung. Da es nur ein kleines süßes Boot ist sind es nicht so viele Personen. Danke für die tolle Zeit
I can highly recommend it, nice riffs, nice people and you’ll definitely have a great time with bombona diving :)
I booked a try dive with this operator and it was such a great time! We were a small group of three girls (for try dives they take max 4 people per trip) which was very comfortable. As we additionally booked their photographer we had two professionals with us. Both taught us a lot about diving and the marine life. Even thought we were beginners we could enjoy a real diving experience in the sea around lipe with two stops. I loved everything! Thank you for the amazing day.
«Try dive» var virkelig en av de beste dagene meg og venninnen min har hatt på turen vår! Så utrolig gøy og instruktørene gjorde opplevelsen veldig trygg! Hadde vi hatt flere dager på koh lipe hadde vi 100% tatt dykker sertifikatet her!
Loved diving with La Bombona <3 I did two fun dives, my instructor Sergio and the whole staff were so sweet, helpful and professional. Boat was comfy, lunch was a great bonus, and the dive sites were innncredible – my best dive so far! Would’ve loved to dive more with them if I had more time, highly recommend
Yes. The Explorer 30 builds directly on your Open Water training, so you need to be a certified Open Water diver to enrol. Not certified yet? Our Open Water course has you covered — and you can book the two back to back.
Absolutely. We accept Open Water certifications from any reputable agency that follows RSTC guidelines, and certifications are fully transferable between these agencies. Bring your card and let's dive.
Up to 30 metres on the deep dive — and that's the depth your Explorer 30 certification covers, anywhere in the world. Colours fade, the pressure builds, and you might meet nitrogen narcosis for the first time. Your instructor will be right beside you the whole way.
Your Open Water certification lets you dive with a buddy in open water. The Explorer 30 takes you deeper — to 30 metres — and sharpens the skills that turn a certified diver into a confident one — buoyancy, navigation, currents and deep diving.
Five dives over two days — 3 core and 2 elective. We normally run Buoyancy, Navigation, Night, Deep and Drift, picking the mix that suits the schedule and the diving conditions around Koh Lipe.
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