Technical Diving

Whether you want to go deeper, stay down for longer or enter that overhead environment, special training is required because of the added risks, learn how to safely now...

Bans Technical Diving Koh Tao, Thailand is the technical diving division of the largest recreational diving operator in the world - Ban's PADI/DSAT 5-Star Career Development Center. Bans Technical Diving Koh Tao was launched to respond to a growing interest in depth, mixed gases and overhead environments like technical deep diving, trimix, cave, cavern, CCR but also Technical Operational Courses like BSAC Compressor Operator, DSAT Advanced Equipment, Gas Blender, Oxygen Provider and more.

As one of the largest Instructor Development Centres in the world (PADI IDCs since 1998), we have trained over 3000 individuals at the Instructor level. We offer courses from Open Water Scuba Instructor through to Course Director preparation as well as DSAT Technical Deep, Trimix Diving, Equipment and Gas Blender Instructor.

Bans Technical Diving Koh Tao offers a wide choice of dive sites during the training. We dive local sites around Koh Tao like Chumporn (Whale sharks and bull sharks 40m+), Sam Ram and Sail Rock (48m+), Unicorn (Wreck northeast of Koh Tao 50m+) plus an additional 30 wrecks around the Gulf of Thailand (some with depth down to 85-90m). For these dives we have 4 large diving boats (owned by Bans Diving and used exclusively by Bans Diving and Technical Diving).

We have portable compressors which we take with us to National Parks around Thailand enabling us to explore untouched cavern and cave systems. Last year we found 15+ new large caves in Khao Sok and Khanchanburi. We take private transportation to the national parks with all our technical gear and compressor in hand. Private long tails allow us to explore all the areas in the huge reservoirs in both the south and the north of Thailand. We are looking forward to future trips to Krabi which is quickly becoming recognized for extreme cave diving.

Look into our very unique Technical Diving Instructor Internship Programs that will let you stay and dive technical diving with us for over 2 months period and become instructor in many technical diving areas like DSAT Tec Deep, DSAT Tec Trimix, DSAT Gas Blender and much more.

Another area where Bans Technical Diving Koh Tao leads the industry is in the creation of new programs within the Technical Diving Community. Right now Bans Technical Diving has 3 Distinctive Technical Course for review in the DSAT Head Quarters in Sydney.

Our staff has years of experience teaching technical and recreational diving and are some of the most experienced and award winning dive professionals in the world.