Dive Blog
What do you wreck on?
Perfect weather conditions and mild current are ideal for a dive at Yong Hua wreck. It requires very experienced divers with the proper training as current can easily change from mild to very strong and it is as deep as 45 metres. Yong Hua wreck is a perfect place to see big fish. We came […]
Life in Koh Lipe
Today we had Lo, a 7 year old and son of our free diving instructor Loic, doing a bit of drawing at our Dive centre and it took him no more than 5 minutes to do it. Lo spend most of his free time drawing and he does have the talent. Whenever he is not […]
The half moon bonanza continues
Conditions have improved considerably following the half moon, right now we are sitting on an average visibility of 15 metres. The absence of any wind allowed us to do one of are favourite diving routines, 1st dive in Ko Talu and 2nd one in Stonehenge. Ko Talu was a treat from the start, current was […]
Night dive of the week
Going on a night dive might just end up being one of the best experiences of your life. The sunset at sea looking back at Koh Lipe from our long-tail boat is a wonderful event, but that’s just for starters. Getting ready on the boat as night falls, looking overboard checking the visibility, checking all […]
Low season diving
Although many people think that low season is rainy, windy and Tarutao is closed, it’s just a big misunderstanding. First of all, Tarurao Island may be closed but the marine park itself is open and it offers great diving and sunny days. Yesterday we went for a dive trip and it was a great experience […]
Dive master internship experience
We asked Fernando, our new Dive mater Trainee, how does it feel to be doing his internship with us. That’s what he said: “You are already a diver, you are already captivated by it and, of course, you want more: you want to become a dive master. The best way to do that is working […]
The great feeling of freediving
We, at Castaway divers, don’t limit ourselves to scuba diving only. Our freediving instructor Loic, from France, has told us two beautiful stories of freediving in Castaway that had happened recently. That’s what he said: “The first story is with Sissi from china. She’d never swum before. However, after a course which made her understand […]
Message in a bottle part two
Seems like our friends in Koh Lipe are having an awesome time. After receiving and e-mail from Aitor, our lucky dive instructor, I decided to share his experience with everybody. That’s what he said: ‘…. first dive Stonehenge, tiger tail wrapped on white soft coral on the south of the pinnacle, a minute later hawksbill […]
Message in a bottle
As I am the person responsible for keeping our blogs updated and as I am more than 14000 km away, I have asked one of our dive instructors, Aitor, how the dives have been and if he could send me some info about their daily trips so I could post on our website. Here is […]
Helping to prevent ear infection
The diving has been great all week. Now, while sitting in your room, you notice that one of your ears itches and feels wet. You look in the mirror and don’t see any problem, so you go to bed. Next morning when you wake up, you feel a fullness in your ear and a twinge […]
