Dive Review of Ban's Dive Resort in
Thailand/Koh Tao

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Ban's Dive Resort, Oct, 2010, by Jackie Pearce, FL, US ( 2 reports). Report 5741.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Ban's primary business appears to be diver training. Therefore, you are on a boat filled with students (of all levels--Open Water, Advanced, Photography, Nitrox, etc.) As experienced divers (Divemaster & Advanced), our locations and dives were limited by the people in classes which wasn't a good mix. The boats were crowded (30-40+ people) and, at times, not well organized. We fully anticipated doing 4 dives a day (2 morning, 2 afternoon) but the morning dive location never varies (and, in our opinion, were the worst two locations we saw). Therefore, we changed our plans and only dove in the afternoons. Ban's assigns you a new Divemaster/group for each trip so you aren't able to create relationships. Additionally, while the three Divemasters we dove with were fairly knowledgeable about the sites, only one was experienced and gave a good pre-dive briefing. Resort rooms/pools/grounds are fabulous and well priced. Meals are inexpensive. Too bad as we will not go back for the diving.
Websites	Ban's Dive Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Belize, Australia, Caribbean, Hawaii, Similian Islands
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy, cloudy	Seas	surge
Water Temp	86-90°F / 30-32°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	10-50 Ft/ 3-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Strictly enforced certification levels (i.e. Open Water couldn't dive deeper than 60ft)
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Ban's Dive Resort in Thailand/Koh Tao

Ban's Dive Resort, Oct, 2010,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Ban's Dive Resort in
Thailand/Koh Tao