PADI Courses The PADI-program with Lanta Diving Safaris, you can discover the beauty and fascination of the underwater world. After your education, you get the international PADI- certificate. Our experienced PADI-instructors offer the complete PADI-program in many different languages. Your safety and a safe and solid education are our concern.

Discover the Reef
You want to give diving a try? Discover The Reef is your program! We give you some basics in theory and in the handling of the diving equipment. Now you are ready for the adventure. 2 dives accompanied by your personal PADI- instructor at one of Thailand's most beautiful reefs. After this, you don't want to stop?
Here is what you need:

Open Water Diver course
The course normally takes 4 days. To start with 2 days theory (completed by PADI-book & video) and instructions in the pool. Here you learn the basic rules and principles of diving. In the pool, you will be taught most of the practical skills you need for diving in the sea. After 2 days, 4 dives in the sea you are a PADI open water diver. It is possible to do the 4 open water dives during a safari on the M/V Flying Seahorse. Your personal instructor will take care for you and dive with you. So this is the deal: 2 days theory and pool in Ko Lanta, 4 days, 3 nights on the safari boat - and maybe start the advanced open water course? Don't hesitate to ask for a special package price.

Enriched Air Diver
Scuba Diving with Enriched Air Nitrox
The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is PADI’s most popular specialty scuba diving course, and it’s easy to see why. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives.
The Fun Part
You can typically stay down longer and get back the water sooner. No wonder many divers choose this as their very first specialty.
What You Learn
Techniques for getting more dive time by using enriched air nitrox
Enriched air scuba diving equipment considerations
Enriched air considerations, including managing oxygen exposure, how to tell what’s in your scuba tank and how to set your dive computer
The Scuba Gear You Use
You use all the basic scuba gear. Your dive regulator. must be enriched air compatible.
Check with your local dive shop about gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at the scuba diving shop in your area.
Prerequisites
To enroll in the PADI Enriched Air Diver course, you must
Be 15 years or older
Have a PADI Open Water Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization)
Ask your PADI Instructor about how you can start your PADI Enriched Air Diver course during your PADI Open Water Diver course.

Advanced Open Water course
The AOWD is meant to improve your knowledge and skills as a PADI open water diver by practical experience in the open water. We offer the course as a part of our safari on the M/V Flying Seahorse. The education for PADI Advanced open Water Diver includes 5 different special subjects.

Deep diving and navigation underwater are obligatory.
In addition, you choss three out of the following subjects:

Free Choice: Multilevel & computer diving, underwater videography, underwater naturalist, wreck diving, drift diving, search & recovery, underwater photography.

The AOWD course improves your self assurance, competence and safety.

Emergency First Response Course (EFR) & Rescue Diver Course
With EFR you get to know cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and basic knowledge of first aid methods. The course takes 1 day. PADI Rescue Diver takes 3 days. You practice a variety of emergency situations and rescue techniques, under water as well as on the surface. The dive spots around Ko Lanta provide a prefect surrounding for this course.

Dive master course
This is your first Step to professional PADI diving. We recommend to prearrange 2 to 3 weeks time. The course includes one safari on our live aboard M/V Flying Seahorse (14 dives).