Similans islands liveaboards and speed boat trips starting this fall.
Khao Lak, Thailand
Big Blue Tech has released their schedule for technical diving and closed circuit rebreather supported trips to the Similan and Surin islands starting in November 2010 until May 2011 off the west coast of Thailand in Khao Lak just north of [...]
New TDI Helitrox Course in Thailand
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Recreational Trimix course comes to Thailand.
Koh Tao, Thailand
Big Blue Tech is proud to present for the first time in Thailand the TDI Helitrox Diver Course.
For those of you that have not been keeping up with the news within the Technical diving world, you will be [...]
BSAC trimix based mixed gas courses launched in Thailand
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Using helium and oxygen based mixes to explore deeper then conventional air diving.
Koh Tao, Thailand
Big Blue Tech is proud received the authority to conduct the BSAC Sports Mixed Gas and BSAC Explorer Mixed Gas diver courses as BSAC Thailand launch their extended [...]
A history of technical diving in Thailand as the new frontier in underwater exploration
Koh Tao, Thailand
Thailand has numerous world-class sites for divers of all standards, making it an underwater adventure paradise. While advanced divers are not restricted to normal recreational depth limits and many other [...]
Tech Diving Expedition: Mv Sea Chart 1 Wreck
Friday, May 14th, 2010
Technical divers explore shipwreck off the coast of Thailand
Khao Lak, Thailand
Continuing the expedition James Foleher and James Thornton-Allan arrived in Khao Lak to commence technical wreck diving on the Mv Sea Chart 1 Wreck wreck located close of [...]
Big Blue Tech release updated curriculum and course offerings
Koh Tao, Thailand
Today Big Blue Tech have published our new course offerings for the spring season leading into the next year. Big Blue Tech have removed PADI TecRec programs in favor for TDI, BSAC and SSI which have been moving progressively forward in [...]
Valentines Tech Expedition: Similans Technical Liveaboard
Friday, February 12th, 2010
Technical divers return to shore after 4 days at sea
Khao Lak, Thailand – The Valentines Tech Expedition contingent of Big Blue Tech return to Khao Lak today after coming ashore from the Mv Pawara after the completion of a 4 night technical diving liveaboard on the Similan [...]
Golden Horseshoe Expedition: Similans Tech
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Technical Divers arrive on shore in Khao Lak after 4 days diving in the Similan National Park
Khao Lak, Thailand – Big Blue Tech arrived this afternoon in Khao Lak peir after a 4 day technical diving liveaboard in the similan and surin islands aboard their luxury liveaboard the [...]
Event: Sea Chart 1 Shipwreck Survey
On January 9th to 13th Big Blue Tech will be conducting long technical dives on the Mv Sea Chart 1 based off the coast of Khao Lak.
This even is open to experienced technical divers only in the region.
The purpose of this trip will be to conduct a survey of the [...]
Event: Tech Liveaboard Similans Island
Big Blue Tech will be conducting a 4 day TDI Extended Range in the Similan Islands . The following dates are available.
January 13th – 17th ( 1 space )
This trip includes the option of up to 16 dives.
This trip will be open to divers from around Thailand.
Pre-Requisites: Must be minimum Decompression [...]
As part of the Indian Ocean, south of Myanmar is the Andaman Sea; with an average depth of 870 metres; covering an area of 797,700 square kilometres. Within this water body, south of Thailand, lie The Similan Islands, off the coast of Phang Nga Province. Established in 1982 as an archipelago national park, The [...]
Similan Islands have been listed as one of the top 10 diving destinations in the world. It’s limited season of November to March gives teh national diving park a chance to recover creates an abundance of marine life seldom seen anywhere else.
Last season we did quite well with only one speed boat, we did day [...]
Below is our schedule for the upcoming season for technical diving trips with our Khao Lak office.
You can read more about the vessel here
Depart
Return
Duration
Destination
Status
2-Nov-09
6-Nov-09
4D/4N
Similans, Koh Bon / Tachai, Richelieu
Space Available
7-Nov-09
11-Nov-09
4D/4N
Similans, Koh Bon / Tachai, Richelieu
Space Available
14-Nov-09
18-Nov-09
4D/4N
Similans, Koh Bon / Tachai, Richelieu
Space Available
21-Nov-09
25-Nov-09
4D/4N
Similans, [...]
Big Blue Tech and Big Blue Diving Khao Lak joined forces recently for the installation of a continuous flow nitrox blending system on our new liveaboard the Mv Pawara which will be providing liveaboard trips to the similan islands.
This combined effort was done to create a vessel that could support technical diving for the upcoming [...]