PADI Courses
Ban’s Diving Resort provides the full range of PADI diver and Professional level scuba diving training courses from absolute beginner all the way to PADI Master Instructor.
Our highly experienced team of multilingual PADI Divemasters and Instructors conduct all their PADI training activities to the very highest standards – above and beyond what is required by PADI.
Ban’s has received countless number of awards from PADI including Outstanding Contribution to the Dive Industry, to Professional Diver Training, to Business Development and to the Environment.
Apart from English, we offer all courses (and/or PADI materials) in all major languages and we strive to ensure the quality of our Instruction is first-class. We also make sure you have a lot of fun!
We are known as the ‘home of diving’ in Thailand because when you choose to learn through us you’ll quite simply feel at home – safe, part of a family and engulfed in a fun! So, if tropical island beaches, viewpoints, great food, stunning sunsets and fabulous safe scuba diving is on your bucket list, then look no further than the number one scuba diver training location in the world – Ban’s Diving Resort Koh Tao.
Learn to Dive
Awarded as a PADI 5 Star Career Development Centre, Ban’s is the most certifying dive centre in the world as a result of quality scuba diver training…
Continue Learning
We provides the full range of PADI diver and Professional level scuba diving training courses from absolute beginner all the way to PADI Master Instructor…
Kids Programs
Diving Programs for Kids & Teenagers — here at Ban’s we have dive activities that the whole family can enjoy! The PADI Seal Team is for young divers…
PADI Freediving
Freediving is about focus, inward power, control and discipline. If you’ve always wanted to enter the underwater world quietly and on your own terms…
PADI Tec
Our local dive sites provide us the depth and conditions to introduce PADI Tec programs such as Tec 40, 45, 50 and Tec Sidemount. Learn the Tec basics with confidence…
Conservation Courses
Marine and land conservation is at the forefront of all diver training and resort activities at Ban’s Diving Resort...
PADI Diving Courses
Be part of our family of more than 250,000 students and potential dive buddies around the globe. At every level of training we focus on diver safety and marine conversation to create confident divers who care about our ocean planet.
Customer Reviews
250,000 people have learned scuba through Ban’s Diving Resort. Find out what they had to say about their experience?