Dive Review of Asian Diver in
Thailand/Tao island

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Asian Diver: "No show, of picking me up at the pier!", Aug, 2018, by Toshihisa Tsunoda , Sumida, Japan ( Sr. Contributor 20 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 10456.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	I signed up their relay transfer package since transportation from Samui Airport to Asian diver in Tao is complicated. I wanted to go diving in the afternoon, though I left Bangkok very early in the morning. At the pier in Tao Island, I couldn’t find a car from Asian Diver. After spending 20 min to expect their pick up, I haggled the expensive taxi to Asian Diver from 300 THB to 250TBH, Approx. 8USD to catch their dive boat in the afternoon. They said the car couldn’t find you, since you might be too late to disembark from the ferry. I stood in line from the ferry, never be late! They did not pay me a taxi fare. The last day on way back to the pier, it is a service only for guests in their accommodation which means it is not included the relay transfer package. When it comes to diving, young DM are excellent and took care of me well in the water and ion the boat. Diving close to shores are mediocre. In order to encounter schooling fish we have to get to remote site such as Sail Rock and Southwest Pinnacles, however they never take me there due to bad weather. What worse, their price to the remote site is too high. So I changed diving services to New Way Diving. Surprisingly, two divers from Asian Divers embarked the boat to Sail Rock,as Asiana Divers couldn’t get sufficient diver to Sail Rock to operate. They paid twice as much as New Way Diving with the same service. It is easy for them to take us to the remote sites taking one hour or so. 3 remote sites are worth diving. Huge schooling barracuda bat fish, Jacks and snappers. Large groupers are resident. Hard to select excellent dive shop. Eventually I used 3 dive shop in one dive trip.
Websites	Asian Diver
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	PNG, Solomon, Fiji, Palau, Yap, Pohnpei, Phlippines, GBR, Tonga, Idonesia, Maldives, Thai, Red Sea, Grand Cayman, Sipadan, Okinawa, Izu
Closest Airport	Samui	Getting There	Flight from Bangkok to Samui. Ferry from Samui to Tao. Bus from Bangkok to Champion and freey to Tao available.
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	27-29°C / 81-84°F	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	15-25 M / 49-82 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No. Good young DM.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	No rinse for Camera.

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Dive Review of Asian Diver in Thailand/Tao island

Asian Diver: "No show, of picking me up at the pier!", Aug, 2018,

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Dive Review of Asian Diver in
Thailand/Tao island