Take advantage of the Summer Season Promotions & Special Offers at Scubafish Dive Centre, Ko Lanta, Thailand.

Special MID-SUMMER MADNESS Promotion for 2010
Book a luxury resort and diving package from just 4,500 THB per person!

Deals for Certified Divers

• 3 day, 2 night + 1-Day Dive Trip * – 4,500 THB (normal price 6,500 THB)
• 5 day, 4 night + 3-Day Package * – 12,300 THB (normal price 15,975 THB)
• 4 day, 3 night + AOW – 15,700 THB (normal price 18,400 THB)

Deals for Beginner Divers

• 3 day, 2 night + 1 Day Try Diving – 6,100 THB (normal price 8,200 THB)
• 6 day, 5 night + OWC – 18,100 THB (normal price 23,400 THB)
• 8 day, 7 night + OWC + AOW – 32,500 THB (normal price 40,300 THB)

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A collection of the latest underwater images taken by professional underwater photographers from Liquid Lense, Scubafish’s Underwater Digital Imaging Academy.

Underwater photographs are captured from the dive sites and reefs around Ko Lanta. Stay up to date on what diving conditions are like right now. Photos are usually updated daily and are from today or yesterday’s dives.

Please visit the Liquid Lense Flickr photostream to view more of our underwater images.

Should you visit Koh Lanta in the Low Season?

Koh Lanta’s tropical climate is governed by 2 distinct monsoons, the ‘Dry’ North-east monsoon which coincides roughly with high season (between November and April), and the ‘Rainy’ South-West monsoon falling roughly between May and October, or the tourist low season.

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Cast your vote for the next Project AWARE version of the PADI certification card. The most popular vote will be featured as the 2011 limited edition PADI Certification card and become a central fundraiser for global conservation projects.

Divers and PADI Professionals can receive the Project AWARE version of their certification card with a minimum donation of AUD$10 toward underwater conservation.

Your vote counts! Be sure to cast your vote for the next Project AWARE version of the PADI certification card – the card that supports conservation.

Update your PADI Card Online Today!

Do you fancy a more exciting version of your PADI Certification Card, or simply want to update your details or photo? Get a card with a picture that your dive buddies might recognise. To update your certification card today, contact your local PADI Dive Centre or Resort or order online.

Support conservation – Donate AU$10 or more and receive the Project AWARE version of your PADI Certification Card. Your support funds critical projects like cleanups, shark conservation and research into coral bleaching.

• AU$10 can involve two kids in marine education.
• AU$25 can provide a cleanup toolkit to remove harmful underwater debris.

Take action today

Project AWARE 2010 Certification Cards:
Choose from three Project AWARE 2010 Edition certification cards! Project AWARE cards feature images of sharks, turtles and stunning coral reefs – order a limited edition certification card online today.

Scuba certification cards – designs may vary depending on local availability. Please give generously to ensure our ocean’s future. Thank You.

Limited Edition PADI Certification Cards:
PADI also has three new limited edition replacement cards available! These limited edition replacement cards feature images of stunning wrecks, sharks and manta rays – order a limited edition certification card online today.

Sharks need your help – Project AWARE are calling for help in their campaign to secure protection for sharks. They’re working to close loopholes in shark legislation, support establishment of effective MPA networks and engage divers in underwater research, data collection and awareness projects.

Sharks continue to be fished faster than they can reproduce causing real fears that shark species will become extinct in the very near future.

As global shark populations continue to decline – some by more than 90 percent in the last two decades – many scientists fear the worst.

Losing these top predators has devastating impacts on our underwater ecosystems and local economies. When sharks disappear, entire food webs can shift and valuable economies become devastated.

Critical shark species – including hammerheads, oceanic whitetip and spiny dogfish – failed to receive international protection at the recent Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meetings, and Project AWARE are asking for your help in their fight to change this.

Take action for shark conservation – support sustainable fisheries, shark research, data collection and help raise shark awareness worldwide.

With your support, Project AWARE can secure protection for sharks. Your contribution will help continue fighting for sharks and sustainable ecosystem management. Thank you for helping secure a future for our underwater world.

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Volunteers needed for Dive for Earth Day 2010 – Calling All Divers and Water Enthusiasts!

2010 is the 40^th Anniversary of Earth Day, an international campaign designed to raise environmental awareness on a global scale.

Underwater environments are under numerous threats including pollution, debirs, climate change, overfishing, and coral bleaching. Dive for Earth Day is an extraordinary opportunity to take action and help address the underwater issues that concern you most.

Over the last 10 years, the Project AWARE Foundation have joined this effort to focus attention on aquatic environments, and named this ‘Dive for Earth Day‘.

Why?

With the oceans covering more than 70% of the Earth’s surface and providing habitat for 90% of all life on the planet, one aim is to highlight the issues facing this particular environment, including pollution, debris, climate change, overfishing and coral-bleaching. Human activity is costing the Earth. And despite the oceans’ vast expanse, our marine debris is taking its toll on aquatic eco systems.

You can choose to make a world of difference by joining Scubafish and Narima Diving’s Dive for Earth Day event on 18th April. This is your chance to enjoy a fun day out and help raise environmental awareness on a global scale!!

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Scubafish: Winners of the 2010 Project AWARE Conservation & Environmental Achievement Award!

To better recognise the achievements of those PADI Dive Centres and Resorts who have made significant contributions to the growth and development of diving, PADI Asia Pacific have announced the finalists and winners of this year’s PADI Asia Pacific Member Awards program which recognises the efforts of dive operators during 2009.

The PADI Member Awards program was based on nine separate Asia Pacific regions; a system that ensured PADI Members compete with other PADI Members within their own geographical region for one of five Awards.

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Due to some equipment issues, Liquid Lense will only be able to teach video courses to those with their own video cameras and housings until further notice.

The Liquid Lense team would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused and will try to get things up and running again as soon as possible.

Photography courses are unaffected and will run as usual.

At Scubafish part of our daily boat briefing informs you that as an environmentally-aware dive operator we request that you do not throw any of your leftover food or fruit peel into the sea and make use of the binbags on the boat instead, but why shouldn’t we feed marine fish?

Feeding the fish is a bad idea for tourists, snorkellers, divers, the fish and the ecosystem.
It can:

1.Disrupt the ecology
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Scubafish and all the Kantiang Bay Volunteers are proud to be mentioned and quoted in the globally-followed Project AWARE blog, regarding their efforts for ICC 2009.