Big Blue Diving Koh Tao

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Sonkran 2007!!!

What a day!! What a night!!! Thai New Year waterfight party!!!

Everything started around 10am, and went on through to the next morning!! A great time had by everyone, weapon of choice at Big Blue - bottles of ice water heh he!!! Pics to follow:

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Da Boss!!

Thought it was about time we put a shot up of Big Blue's Manager........

The name's Donaldson - Jim Donaldson. Heh he!!!!

Monday, March 19, 2007

Stunnin Dive Sites!!

We've got some great shots from different dive sites - so here's photos from 2 of Koh Tao's finest...............

Southwest Pinnacles

Sooooo many fish!! On a good clear day Southwest is bar far one of the best divesites -

BIG schools of Barracuda and fuseliers, loads of rocks to explore.
And on the odd occasion leopard sharks!

Chumpon Pinacle

Big fish abound!! - Whale Sharks, Trevellis, Jacks and Great Barracuda.
Chupmon's another deep divesite, and the rock formations stunning!

Its even got a swim thru!

And you can't mention Chumpon Pinacle without mentioning the sharks you find there.......

Everyone loves Chumpon - its got everything!!

Massive Water Party!!!!!!!!!

This one was Kirsty's birthday - we got a load of champers - from somewhere!! to celebrate!

Those who were'nt diving the next day went late into the night - and whata night! - in the water with loadsa bubbly!!! .Pics to follow..............

Best shot of the night!!!

Deano going nuts on a canoe!!

Ricky and Yvonne with BCDs!

Canada and Wilco perfectly sober

Kirsty dishing out the suds!

Great night - Happy Birthday Kirst!!

Monday, March 05, 2007

Its about time a post went up showing Big Blue's great dive boats! - So here it is! :)

(Not Bragging or anything!!) (But....)

We've got three custom made, proper diveboats (- although I've only got pictures of the 2 big ones!). Thats great cause it means we're not sailing in converted fishing boats, and it just makes everything easier!!

Here they are.............

BANZAI

Loads of room; 2 stories; carpeted sun deck; super-fast; great captain - We love Banzai!

Chillin' after a dive on Banzai's Deck

NAVAKID

Banzai's Little Sister - but she ain't that little! - 2 stories, loads of space, fast and comfortable - ace boat!!

Sommersaults off Navakid!! - If you dare!! (I don't!)

Also, the guy that keeps them both runnin' from land - Big Blue's Boat Manager, the one and only..... ....... Pi Neng!!!

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

WhaleShark!!!!!!

This happened a couple of months ago, but its gotta be worth putting up!

There were a couple of whaleshark sightings around November - this one was at Chumpon Pinnacle. Banzai was the first boat on the divesite, so we had 2 dives with the whaleshark and just the three dive groups from Big Blue! - Ace!

We jumped in the water and it was swimming around the boat!!

Shot of the whaleshark chasing a divegroup's bubbles!!

More Whaleshark shots - the whole dive was a videographer's dream! - a wet one!! (Ha ha!)

Alexander's Open Water group well pleased! - It was their 3rd dive ever!!!!!!

Alex's advanced course - well happy!!

Finally, the ascent back up to Banzai; the trip back to the island; and Alexander lookin' smooth! (heh he!)

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

New buoys in Japanese Gardens !

It's the Koh Tao Underwater World Festival 2007 and Big Blue is participating in the cleaning of our dive sites. Alex (with a little help from Kirsty), Scobby and Capt'n Dam are preparing the new mooring lines for Japanese Gardens. Look at those knots !

And now, check out Jim, Spaz and G implanting one of those brand new buoys at the dive site with help of the Royal Thai Navy.

Monday, February 05, 2007

Paintballing!!!!!

Oh yes!!! A paintballing company just opened up in the Koh Tao jungle!! Great!!!!

So.... All the staff, divemaster trainees and a bunch of customers went down one afternoon to shoot the hell out of each other!!!! :) Here's some pics..........

Soo........ Where's the tanks and regs????