Another day we can say we are different at Plongée Koh Phangan Diving. A few days ago we had the chance to play around in our pool with an iBubble. What is an iBubble? It is the first commercially available underwater drone for the general public. It is quite an impressive drone. It is rated … Read more
It’s official !! There is now one more Flemish Triton Diver in the world AND there is now a permanent rebreather dive guide in Koh Phangan at our IANTD Facility, Plongée Koh Phangan Diving !! A very well deserved congratulations to Luc Smets for becoming an IANTD CCR Triton Diver and to Yann Poiré for … Read more
Congratulations to all for your time and dedication to keeping yourselves updated to the highest level !! Thanks to our IANTD Facility Plongée Koh Phangan Diving for hosting the program at their amazing diving facilities: a 5 meter deep diving pool does indeed make it easy to run the update !
We have the chance to welcome Christian Heylen, our IANTD regional director and rebreather expert one more time. In the past few days an IANTD M3S Triton instructor course for Steve Kang and a new Triton CCR Advanced Recreational Trimix diver for Alban Mounier took place. It was nice to see the combination of this … Read more
Le Grand Bleu Hotel at our facilities is up and running and ready to welcome guests. Spacious and luminous rooms, modern finish, small kitchen area, saltwater pool access, big terraces and nice view. All rooms have their own dedicated WIFI access point and wired network outlet for even faster internet access, perfect for people working … Read more
According to 1972 reports the MV Sang Thai originally named the Hensei Maru sank during the typhoon Sally. The vessel, a 510 tons 57 meters long steel cargo ship, was just outside Thong Sala the main city of Koh Phangan. At the time it was said to be transporting timber. Few days ago we set … Read more
With good conditions on a beautiful day, we set out north of Phangan to locate and scan two wrecks. From the previous post, the prized one was a WW2 wreck named the Hiap Seng Maru. Sadly after covering a huge 2 km wide circle with our WASSP sounder system, we did not find anything. Hopefully, … Read more
It is coming to the low season but it doesn’t mean we are not busy. In the next few days if the weather and logistics allow us we will set out to go on an exploration day. We are hoping to find a boat that was sunk in the second world war. The ship named … Read more
This might not be a historic moment for mankind but it is for us. The wall, as seen on our previous photos, that was put up to separate the work being done on the café and hotel and the dive center was torn down today. Another milestone has been reached. Soon we will be able … Read more
We know the café is not opened yet but this is not a reason not to start preparing for it. As you might guess from the photo of the “saucisses de campagne” and the Lonzo style ham, the café will be serving European food with a strong french influence. We already are stocking dried-cured sausages … Read more