Liveaboards

by Scubacat

MV Scuba Cat is an ideal scuba diving platform. The design in stability is only found in a very large catamaran liveaboard boat. She operates amongst the protected waters of the Similan Islands making this the most "friendly" boat to be found...seasickness is rare. From only 12,000 Baht per person.

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Technical Diving

Scuba Cat Diving Patong DSAT Technical diving comes with some of the most rewarding experiences in diving, We at Scubacat Diving Phuket, Thailand have a long history in technical diving.

At Scubacat Diving, Phuket Thailand our instructors are available for guidance for the duration of your stay assisting you with your self study and helping you reach your goals.

Mark Ellyatt a technical dive instructor based at Scuba Cat Diving Phuket, Thailand achieved the deepest ever solo scuba dive recorded on Thursday 18 December 2003. At 6.30pm local time, Mark surfaced from the 313m (1032ft) dive and broke another barrier by completing the dive without any decompression illness symptoms. The conditions on the surface were described as perfect at the divesite almost 35 miles west of Phuket in the Andaman Sea.

Generally our courses are run on our liveaboard MV Scuba Cat. During high season MV Scuba Cat is in the Similans and during Low season MV Scuba Cat is moored at Racha Yai This experience will have you Eating, Sleeping and Breathing technical diving without distractions. Like anything you do in life the best way to learn is to surround yourself in what you are doing, creating an enjoyable and memorable experience.

PADI DSAT Discover Tec

If you are thinking about technical diving but aren't sure, DSAT Discover Tec lets you try technical diving equipment and procedures. Discover Tec experiences can also credit towards the DSAT Apprentice Tec Diver or Tec Deep Diver courses.

PADI DSAT Tec Diver Level One Course

If you're interested in technical diving, but haven't yet met the prerequisites for the DSAT Tec Deep Diver Learn to make gas switch, extended no-decompression dives using air and enriched air to 40 metres. You will learn the skills and planning necessary for when you move onto full decompression diving during the Tec Deep Diver course. Ideal for those who don’t have the time to complete the full Tec Deep Diver course or still need to meet some of the prerequisites - you can complete an upgrade course at any time to become a Tec Deep Diver. Start your Tec Diver Level One course today.

DSAT/PADI Tec Deep

Duration: 7 Day
Cost: 45,000 Baht

DSAT Tec Deep is the Foundation level of technical diving building theory and practical knowledge in which further education is based upon. You'll learn about advanced nitrox and the benefits of decompressing on oxygen enrichments above 40% and how the body reacts to high levels of oxygen exposure. You'll cover how important deep stops are and other topics like Calculating gas requirements and oxygen exposure for CNS and Pulmonary levels.

I would love to do some tech training with Vince next low season
by Annie Olszewski

DSAT/PADI Trimix Diver

Duration: 5 days diving - 7 dives, excl. Helium
Cost: 50,000 Baht

DSAT Tec Trimix course is the pinnacle certification for diving to serious depths. The course depth at the end of the course is 75 meters, but with more experience and time there are no depth limits!

PADI Rebreather Course - Drager Dolphin

Duration: 2 days/3 dives
Cost: 25,000 Baht

The Rebreather Course is Technically a PADI course, but we like our technical instructors to teach the course. With their experience working in the recompression chamber they can teach you the benefits of breathing enriched air at depth and what problems that might occur when too much CO² is in your breathing loop.

DSAT GAS Blender

Duration: 1 day
Cost: 6,500 Baht

The DSAT Gas Blender course covers how a compressor works, how to fill a tank with enriched air using different methods of enriching the mix and touching on oxygen cleaning. This course is valuable to technical instructors or any instructor for that matter who wants to blend their own tanks!

Instructor Level Courses

DSAT Tec Instructor

Becoming a Technical Pro is a big commitment: Tec Deep Instructor or Trimix Instructor. Assisting technical courses as well as the training dives and skill circuits and exams.

Gas Blender Instructor

You might be certified to blend gas, but do you want to teach others to provide gas mixtures? If so, the PADI DSAT Gas Blender Instructor course might be just what you’re looking for. The PADI DSAT Gas Blender Instructor course is one of the most informative and comprehensive programs available, incorporating instructional philosophies and course goals that directly address the demanding nature of gas blending.

Compared with most "dive centers" in Thailand (a lot of them is just a website - a "Virtual Dive Company") - Scuba Cat owns their own fleet of diving boats and have been in operation since 1994. If you do a Course or a Dive Career Package with us, all your dives will be from one of our own dive boats, not "we got to do a beach dive, 'cause it is not enough students" or from a "last minute rented long tail boat, 'cause all the other boats are full".