Lanta Diver – Koh Lanta Diving and Snorkeling

Planned pretty much my whole Thailand trip around learning to dive with Lanta Divers, and I’m so glad I did. From the first email with Julie, the professionalism and efficiency of the shop became clear. Throughout my 10 dives with them I felt everyone there strikes a perfect balance between having fun and taking safety seriously. It’s clear the whole staff takes pride in what they do. I did my Open Water Cert with Tae, who is SO clearly brilliant at getting beginners to grips with the basics of diving. He was a steady, calm and humorous instructor for our group of newbies. I later did my Advanced Open Water with Gaz, who was also super patient and friendly. I always felt well taken care of as a new diver. Overall I had a great experience and will absolutely dive with these guys again when I’m back in Lanta.

We had an amazing experience at this diving school and truly enjoyed every moment. Everything was well organized, and the atmosphere was very friendly and professional. A very special thank you to our instructor Gaz — he explained everything clearly, patiently, and made us feel confident and comfortable underwater. Thanks to him, we really learned how to dive properly and safely. Our only small recommendation would be to slightly update some of the equipment. Other than that, everything was absolutely perfect. We highly recommend this diving school and would happily come back again!

We had a really fun snorkeling trip. They collected us at our hotel, and dropped us off afterwards. Claudia explained in great detail about our snorkeling sites and what we could expect to see. For lunch they had both vegan and non vegan foods. If you have a scooter you could also drive yourself there, as we did have to wait about 40 minutes for the others to arrive. I would suggest asking in advance if the divers are doing 2 or 3 dives on the boat as that will determine whether you have 2 or 3 snorkel times. We thought we would snorkel 3 times, but as no divers were doing 3 dives we headed back after the 2nd time. Our trip had a photographer, you can speak to him before getting in the water about any photos you might want. On the boat ride back we were able to view the photos and then purchase those we wanted. He emailed them to us before we had even gotten back to land. It was a fun trip and highly recommended.