Let’s Go diving Koh TaoWith Big Blue Dive School

Top Tauchschule. Ich war im August dort und ich muss sagen es war der Hammer. Top organisiert und unser Tauchlehrer Lukas war Mega. Man hat richtig was gelernt und wir waren eine kleine überschaubare Gruppe. Würde mich immer wieder für diese Schule entscheiden. Ausflug zu Sail Rock ebenfalls unfassbar cooles Erlebnis gewesen!!

Philipp Melzer
2025-08-30

Diving is an absolutely must do at least once in your life and if you're in Ko Tao, no better place to look at than Big Blue. Great set of staff right from the enrolment desk to the instructors and masterdivers. A huge thanks to James for conducting the whole day with a constant smile and enthusiasm. Great teacher. Will definitely recommend.

Atharva Prabhu
2025-08-30

I did my Open Water and Advanced Open Water dives with Lukas. It was a lot of fun and a wonderful four days. Lukas was very helpful and a great instructor. The organization and everything else was also very good. I highly recommend it!

momo 9605
2025-08-30

I had real Nice diving at sail rock with austrn from big blue today!

lieke vet
2025-08-29

Our family of four - kids 12 and 15 - did the open water at big blue with James who was a great instructor. We also rented their 2 bed villa less than 10 minute walk from the dive school which worked well as a base away from the busy beach. The school is really well run - we managed to leave something important at the villa when we left and they even managed to send it on to us in BKK, saving us a lot of hassle and expense. Would definitely recommend.

Dan Metcalfe
2025-08-29

Very great experience from booking until the diving day - EMMA was an amazing and very knowledgeable instructor. Highly recommend !

Romain Piotrowski
2025-08-28

Did my open water with Big Blue. 2.5 days full of knowledge and an amazing experience. Thanks to all the team and especially to my teacher James, who has been a star. He did make us really comfortable and is an awesome teacher, keep up mate!

Tobias Heimhalt
2025-08-28

Highly recommended diving school! We were a group of four and did our Open Water license with Matt. He explained everything in detail, answered all our questions, and always created a calm and safe atmosphere. The equipment was excellent and the dives were great fun. I will definitely come back to do my Advanced course. 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

Lea Albrecht
2025-08-28

Amazing place to go diving and especially getting your open water certification! Sara was very professional, warming and made you feel prepared for the dives. I feel like I could dive anywhere now with the adequate skills learnt over the 3 days

Marcus Chadwick
2025-08-27

Great dive school with excellent gear and atmosphere. Special thanks to Sara C. for being a professional, patient, and fun instructor!

Ori Haknin
2025-08-27

We recently completed our Open Water Diving course in early August as a group of 4 kiwis paired with instructor James. It was such an incredible experience! James is very knowledgeable, patient, and made the entire learning process fun and safe. He took the time to ensure each of us felt confident and comfortable in the water, from theory through to the dives at each spot. The process was seamless start to finish. I couldn’t have asked for a better introduction to diving. Highly recommend if in Koh Tao!!

Taylor Head
2025-08-26

Had the best time experiencing diving for the first time in my life with big blue. My instructor was Sara C. Who’s a natural teacher. She made everything feel simple and doable and had the best spirit making fear turn to excitement. 🫶🏻

Coral Krispin
2025-08-27

Unser Tauchlehrer EJ hat alles hervorragend erklärt und sehr viel Ruhe ausgestrahlt über die beiden ersten Tauchgänge, die wir je hatten.

Gian Welti
2025-08-27

Such a great dive school. As a beginner my instructor Steph was so helpful, patient, and informative - even when I didn’t understand things initially. Her energy and excitement was so encouraging and really kept us all going! The dive sites were fabulous and the whole school is very commuted to environmental wellbeing which is much appreciated. The bar area is really lovely and refreshments provided on dive boats. Super great photography service offered too which I would highly recommend, particularly Nisha with Pro Video! Did my open water here and would love to come back for Advanced in future!

Bobbi Zijdenbos
2025-08-26

Did the open water course with Sarah as the instructor. Amazing three days best instructor.

Rupert Greenslade
2025-08-26

@sarah best Instructor in the whole world

דויד צצקס
2025-08-26

Sarah is amazing so nice and kind and makes you feel so relaxed and safe

CC Dale
2025-08-26

We had an exceptional day thanks to our guide Emma! The "basic diver" course first offers pool exercises as well as a short theoretical course in the morning. In the afternoon, we go to sea for two diving trips to 12 meters. We really loved the way the day went and we thank Emma very much who was very understanding when it came to the various difficulties we encountered. If we were to dive again in Koh Tao, we would definitely go to this agency.

Charline Georges
2025-08-26

I've been to the island several times, and always with Big Blue. The quality of the equipment is absolutely top-notch. The boats are large, comfortable, and everything is extremely customer-oriented and designed with safety in mind. We had several dive guides, and they were all really great. We dived most of the time with Nico. We had a lot of fun with him and can highly recommend him, especially if you're already a bit experienced and just want to enjoy yourself. He fully adapted to our "very slow" diving pace, so we always had plenty of time to take in everything in peace. Thank you so much for a great time. 🙏

Martin
2025-08-25

We really lucked out when we signed up for the basic open diver course with big blue and got our instructor, Lady! She’s been doing this for years, so experienced and seasoned, and yet it felt like she was training for the first time. She was so patient, explained theory clearly, constantly checked our understanding, and welcomed even the most basic questions. I now feel like I truly understand not just the “how” but the “why” behind safe and enjoyable diving. She takes our safety super seriously, so throughout the training, if we didn’t get a technique right, she made sure we repeated exercises till we did, since it’ll make a whole lot of difference in life and death deep underwater! It takes real passion to do what she does, and I’m really grateful to have been trained by such a master, I trust her with my life! We hope more people get the opportunity to be trained by her too. The big blue team and ran things really smoothly. Even with multiple classes happening at the same time, everything was well coordinated and communication between the teams was seamless. Kudos to the team! Highly recommend big blue, especially Lady, to anyone interested in learning to dive 🙂

Cherie Tan
2025-08-24

Sara is a good and patient teacher … thank 🙏

Marco Migliori
2025-08-24

The single best experience of my trip to Thailand ! Sara is an amazing teacher, of great help and expertise, and the visibility in the ocean is amazing

Ozy Mandias
2025-08-24

Had an amazing open water course with Lady. She is so patient, nice and thorough. She made sure that we understood the instructions and repeated patiently when needed. Happy to have her as our dive instructor. Enjoyed the course!

Rebecca L
2025-08-24

Incredible course, it’s a lot to learn but Lady the instructor is incredibly knowledgeable patient and professional.

Justin Wei
2025-08-24

Crickey, what an experience! I was very fortunate to have the always lovely Elena as my OW instructor to introduce me to the world of scuba. I was a little nervous going into it all but she made it such an enjoyable and easy going experience, so much so that I ended up staying for more fun diving, the advanced adventurer course, as well as a few specialties. Thanks to her, the rest of Big Blue and two whale shark encounters (I promise I’m not rubbing it in😅) I’ve found a new interest in life and look forward to returning for more adventures. The crew here has been nothing short of top quality and I can gladly recommend them to anyone 🤙

Travis Ashman
2025-08-24

I did my open water, advanced course and a few fun dives with Emma at big blue diving.. it was an amazing experience… Emma was great I learnt a lot from my 6 days diving with her.. she was patient, informative and passionate which resonated with me! Thanks a lot!

Ben Barnes
2025-08-24

Completed open water course with Big Blue diving. I was assigned Lady, as my instructor, and she was incredible from start to finish. Knowledgeable, calm, understanding and a perfect teacher. Highly recommend Lady and big blue to anyone who us wanting to complete their certificate. Thank you! 🤿

paige grimes
2025-08-24

I did the baptism with the instructor, Sara, who speaks Spanish, and everything was great. She was very patient, calm, and knowledgeable. I enjoyed the experience so much that I had to sign up for the open water course, and it was just as great. Everything was fantastic. You learn a lot from her. If I return to Thailand, I would definitely choose her again. The overall experience was very positive.

Roberto Espinosa Lopez
2025-08-23

WOW!!! It was amazing! Sara, strong woman from Spain🤪 thank You! I felt so safe with You. Your humor and knowledge was something special. I truly recommend the PADI course🤙

Magdalena Sobczak
2025-08-23

A great course and a pleasant path to PADI certification. Sara was very helpful and created a wonderful atmosphere.

Albert Połomski
2025-08-23

This place is awesome for getting your open water certificate. We did some fun dives too. Phillip was a great instructor and took his time to explain things.

Sara Bock
2025-08-21

Gilles Dierickx
2025-08-22

We went diving with Big Blue Diving on Koh Tao – my boys (10 and 14) did the basic day course – theory, practice in the pool, then two dives in the ocean – while I did a refresher and two fun dives. I'm already an Open Water Diver, but last dived here at exactly the same spot over 15 years ago – so it was all the more exciting to get back into it. Our instructor, Sarah from Germany, was fantastic: very friendly, patient, explained everything in detail, and took plenty of time for us. We found it particularly valuable that we started with practical exercises in the pool before moving on to two different dive sites around Koh Tao. We had an exclusive small group with just her and were able to do everything in German, which was ideal, especially for my boys. A fantastic experience, extremely well organized, and highly recommended – many thanks to Sarah and the whole team! 🍹 Sarah, you more than deserve a cold drink. 😉

Lars Roth
2025-08-22

Ich haben meinen Open water diver hier gemacht und es war super. Durch die 1 zu 1 Betreuung konnte mein Tauchlehrer Lukas mir bei jeden Problem helfen und es mit mir zusammen lösen. Denn Theorie Test konnte ich dank der guten Erklärung mit 0 Fehlern abschließen. Bei der praktischen Prüfung hatte ich ein paar Schwierigkeiten die ich nach etwas Übung aber auch schaffte. Danke für die schöne Zeit. 😉

Niklas
2025-08-21

Had a lot of fun and Harry is a great instructor!

Giofaraci
2025-08-21

First of all, I just want to say a simple thank you to our dive instructors Simon and Steph. I think we were so lucky to have such a super experienced teachers. Secondly, thank you to the school for their warm attitude and amazing service. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting that kind of support, especially as a first-timer. And what I really appreciated is that nobody tried to upsell me something I didn’t need. Business is business, I understand, but these people truly felt like family. And finally, if you ever get the chance, don’t hesitate to take your courses here. The atmosphere is lovely and welcoming, and you’ll find the best people who will help you at every stage of your journey ♥️

Ruslan Ezhaev
2025-08-21

My experience with Big Blue Diving Centre in Koh Tao was absolutely fabulous ! I was well informed of what was required of me to successfully obtain my Advanced Diving License, and I felt very safe and well looked after throughout my course. A big thankyou to all the crew at Big Blue Diving, and a special thanks to our amazing dive instructor EJ for making each dive super memorable and fun !!

Keely Robertson
2025-08-20

I recently did my SSI open water and advanced adventurer scuba courses with Big Blue. I had an incredible introduction to diving and I felt completely safe the entire time. My instructor Steph was fun and a great teacher and greatly contributed to making my time with Bug Blue unforgettable. We always went diving in smaller groups ensuring we were always given nearly one on one attention and personalised feedback. Thank you Steph for a super fun and eye-opening few days!

Sebastian Steptoe
2025-08-19

Did the 3 day open water diving course and were lucky enough to have the lovely Lady as our instructor. The whole course was so interesting and such a unique experience with some of the most beautiful coral and marine life I’ve ever seen. We are a group of 3 travelers and even though this may not be the cheapest option it’s definitely the best and will be recommending to anyone who I speak to. Thank you so much big blue! We can’t wait to do more diving soon. There’s also the option to buy photos on your final day for circa £30 which is a good added extra.

Ellie Kate
2025-08-20

I completed my open water diving course as of today. My instructor was Lady, who was absolutely amazing and so helpful. I had the best experience and would definitely recommend this company to anyone considering diving!

Lily Argyle
2025-08-20

We did the SSI Open Water Diver course at Big Blue and loved it so much that we continued straight into the Advanced course. We were lucky to have Steph, an amazing instructor, who guided us through both our first dives and the advanced training. Throughout the entire experience, I felt safe, supported by true professionals, and without a single complaint. An absolute must for anyone looking to start diving and an unforgettable adventure.

Oliver Hermann
2025-08-19

I did an open water course with Harry and he was a very good teacher, very patient and loads of fun of course. I went on to complete my Advanced Adventurer course right after, and I absolutely loved it. My instructor, Steph, struck the perfect balance between being strict and keeping things fun, which I really appreciated. She was also incredibly patient with the three of us throughout the course. Thank you so much—it was such an amazing experience!

Matthias Steffen
2025-08-19