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Welcome to Scubafish - more than just a Dive Centre...

Cavern DiverExperience some of the best diving in Thailand, from our small and personal, eco-friendly PADI 5 STAR Gold Palm IDC Dive Resort and Retail Centre.

 

Located on the beach in Kan Tiang Bay, Ko Lanta, Thailand, Scubafish dive school offers the full range of PADI dive courses, daily diving trips, resorts & accommodation, things to do on Ko Lanta, advice on booking a Similans Liveaboard Trip, and lots of useful information about the tropical islands and coral reefs of Ko Lanta.

 


Diving Ko Lanta, means to experience some of the most spectacular diving in Thailand. The warm waters, great visibility, vivid colours and range of dive sites mean that that, whether you want to learn to dive, or are a certified scuba diver already, you're sure to find plenty to enjoy on every dive you make.

 

The four main dive destinations we make daily trips to are: Ko Haa, Ko Rok, Ko Phi Phi and Hin Daeng & Hin Muang. We also make dive trips to the King Cruiser Wreck, Shark Point and Anemone Reef. Please contact us if you would like any further help or information.

 


We believe small is best when it comes to diving, so we promise you small groups, an unbeatable level of personal service, and above all, a great time.


 

Glassfish in Cavern If you would like to learn to dive, please have a look at the PADI Open Water Course or PADI Discover Scuba Diving Koh Lanta Diving programme.

 

With our reputation for high quality personal service, dedication to the marine environment and love of the aquatic world, we offer you a unique diving experience.

 

Let our Marine Education Centre feed your fascination and appreciation of the ocean's secrets, and our Underwater Digital Imaging Academy inspire your creative side.

 

Experience some of the best diving in Thailand from Lanta's small and personal, eco-friendly, PADI 5 Star Dive Resort.

 

If you want to learn to dive you can start right now! Sign up for the new on-line PADI eLearning system.

 

PADI e-Learning

 

Save valuable holiday time and complete the theory part of the PADI Open Water Course on-line, before you come on holiday. Give yourself up to a year to complete your online knowledge development, and gain lifetime access to the PADI Open Water Diver Manual online [learn more...].

 

Underwater PhotographerIf you're interested in Underwater Videography and Photography then you've come to the right place. Scubafish is home to LIQUID LENSE - a well established and published Underwater Videography and Photography company. We offer PADI Speciality courses in Underwater Digital Photography and Underwater Videography, and a limited number of UW Videography Internships each year.

 

Learning to dive is an experience that changes your life. Allowing yourself to breathe underwater is strange at first, and the feeling of weightlessness is both exhilarating and freeing. Most people find the time they spend underwater is deeply relaxing and full of awe-inspiring beauty. It can be challenging to overcome your fears and anxieties, but we are here to help you and to make your underwater experiences as rewarding as possible.

Baan Laanta Resort's large swimming pool is a great way to ease into a course gently. We are keen for you to learn at your own pace and encourage our students to take as much time as they need to get confident in the pool before completing the open water sections of the course.

We keep group sizes small to ensure you get the most out of each fun dive. Our emphasis is on safety, fun and personal service within a relaxed and stress-free environment.

 

Our experienced PADI Divemasters know the dive sites extremely well, and will be happy to discuss what you would like to see, and the type of dive or snorkel experience you would like to have. Each dive is personally planned wih the divers in each group, to ensure you enjoy each and every dive you make with us.

A full breifing is provided at each site, with helpful tips on what to look for, safety information, and the most interesting places to visit.

 


LL Video Rental unavailable until further notice

Posted: February 6th, 2010, by Phil

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.

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Fish- Friendly

Posted: December 14th, 2009, by kim

Fish FriendlyAt 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
Over time this activity can change the behviour of fish, as they learn to connect snorkellers, divers and boats with feeding time. Marine life maintains balanced ecological relationships by competing for habitat and food. Continue reading »

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Scubafish & Kantiang Bay Volunteers Efforts commended by Project AWARE

Posted: October 19th, 2009, by kim

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.

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Kantiang Bay Voted Top Beach in Thailand by Sunday Times

Posted: October 18th, 2009, by saffron

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From The Sunday Times                                                                                        October 11, 2009

The world’s 10 best tropical beaches

You want Bounty-ad beaches, see-through seas and palm trees? And you want it all for a bargain price?

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Ba Kan Tiang Beach in Ko Lanta, Thailand was voted Top Beach in Thailand & No. 9 in the World in the Travel section of the The Sunday Times on October 11th, 2009.

Voted #9: Ba Kan Tiang, Thailand

As tourism marches on, the Thai idyll is getting harder to find.

Step forward Kan Tiang, the last gasp on the Ko Lanta coast road as it dwindles away into Mu Ko Lanta National Park. There’s just one resort, Pimalai, a good dive shop that offers daily snorkelling jaunts and a collection of beach-shack bars, not so much built as washed up like flotsam on the tide. Our favourite for food is Same Same but Different, but the Aqua Bar’s seafood barbie is great, too.

Trailfinders (0845 050 5871, trailfinders.com) has a week at Pimalai Resort for £899pp, B&B, a saving of £400pp. The best of the beachside guesthouses is Baan Laanta (00 66-75 665091, baanlaanta.com), which has doubles from £66, B&B. Scubafish Diving – PADI 5 Star IDC Centre (0066 75 665 095, scuba-fish.com).

Castaways should try La Laanta (75 665066, lalaanta.com), on remote Bamboo Beach; from £53 a night for two.

To read the full article and see the other Top 10 votes – please visit Times Online.

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New Pro Dive Equipment Packages – one step closer to living the dream

Posted: October 9th, 2009, by Viki

This month sees the start of a new dive season, and in response to many of our divers wanting to take the next step and Go Pro, we at Scubafish, have put together some great new dive equipment packages . These packages are designed to offer professional standard diving gear at affordable prices and provide the first step towards changing your life-style and realising your diving dream. The great news is – you can do all this and – save money!
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There are 4 different dive equipment packages to choose from, each including top Mares and Suunto products. This ensures that all your equipment is reliable, comfortable, durable and stylish, the most important features to think about when buying new equipment.

The Mini Pro and Mini Deluxe Pro Packages are great sets to get started with. They include the essential core items needed when taking the exciting leap to become either a recreational diver or dive professional, saving you money in the process. In addition to this, if you decide to add any extra equipment to the set, you receive a fantastic 20% discount off each item. Who could ask for more?!

The Pro and Deluxe Pro Packages are the perfect choice for future Divemaster and IDC candidates as they include all compulsory equipment as stated in the PADI course requirements. This ensures you’re fully equipped for the course and for your future as a dive industry professional. With Mares’ range of different Mask styles and a variety of colours for both fins and masks, designing your set to suit your individual style is easy. You”ll look every inch the PADI Pro!

Find out more about our range of dive equipment packages, and if you’re interested in swopping your office for the beach, changing your meeting-room to the swimming pool and making diving with Manta Rays a regular part of your schedule – take a look at the PADI Instructor and Divemaster courses.

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Intl. Clean Up Day: Kantiang Beach & Village Clean-Up a Resounding Success!

Posted: October 4th, 2009, by kim
Did you know that over 6 million tons of debris enter the oceans and sea each year causing harm to the underwater environment and wildlife? Over 80% of all marine debris is plastic – it’s estimated that 1 million plastic bags are used every single minute around the world. In Thailand alone, plastic bags make up 15% of all waste with a staggering 18,000 tons of used plastic bags being disposed of every day.
International Coastal Clean Up day (ICC) fell on the 19th September this year. The ICC started
back in 1986 with 1800 volunteers; today it is the largest volunteer network worldwide. In 2008, 390,881 volunteers in 102 countries collected 3,090 tons of debris from shorelines around the planet. It is now supported by Project AWARE, the Thai Department for Marine Coastal Resources, Greenfins and a multitude of local and international organisations.
This year, Scubafish,
Pimalai Resort & Spa, and Same Same But Different Restaurant recruited 206 volunteers who cleared an astounding 3,528 kgs of rubbish from Kantiang Bay & Beach.
With this in mind, a series of environmental and educational events were organised.
• Day 1: Klong Hin School: Environmental Activities and Edu- cational Talks with 100 students from the school.
• Day 2: Ba Kantiang Bay: Beach Clean-Up and Village Clean- Up with over 200 local residents volunteering to help.
Out of respect for the local Muslim community, these events were postponed a week until the end of Ramadan and therefore took place on 24th & 26th September 2009.
This year’s activities were a resounding success and three times more people than last year turned out to join in the community spirit.
Here in Kantiang Bay, Ko Lanta, Scubafish, together with Baan Laanta Resort, Phra Nang Lanta Resort, Pimalai Resort, Same Same But Different Restaurant, Drunken Sailor’s Cafe, Why Not Bar, Win Jeang Surf Clothing Shop, The Narima Bungalow Resort and Eyes Lanta Resort, managed to recuit over 200 volunteers to muck-in and get dirty to help keep Kantiang Bay beautiful and plastic free.
With plastic accounting for over 80% of all marine debris, our focus this year aimed to specifically highlight the need to reduce plastic bags use. With Event Sponsors funding
re-useable, non-plastic baggies for every volunteer to take home, we hope to provide a practical alternative – ‘Do Something Drastic – Say No to Plastic’.
Day 1 [24/09/09]: Ban Klong Hin School: Environmental Activities and Educational Presentations.
Scubafish and Narima Diving staff were very excited about spending a day back at school! Children ranging from 4-11 years were divided into 4 teams for the days activities: Pla Tao (Turtle), Pla Shallam (Shark), Pla Mook Jak (Octopus) and Pla Hoi Kong (Nautilus).
Four environmental and educational stations were set up in Ban Klong Hin School for each group to visit, with the aim of demonstrating human impact on the environment and providing the kids with responsible rubbish disposal strategies to help reduce their impact.
Station 1 ‘Trash Timeline’: A rope time-line was set up to represent the amount of time it takes for rubbish to breakdown. Markers were placed from 2 – 1000+ years and each group had to walk along the rope and place common items of rubbish, found around the Kantiang area, at the point on the timeline they thought it would be broken down. Greenfins posters were then distributed and the group then rearranged
the articles into the appropriate time bracket, and identified which of the items could be recycled, here on Ko Lanta.
Station 2: ‘Living Reef’: A video presentation in Thai that included excerpts from the Project AWARE Living Reef video, the IOSEA (Indian Ocean South East Asia) Turtle Memorandum video and local underwater
footage from some of the dive sites in the Lanta National Marine Park, aimed to demonstrate
global coral reef environmental issues, Sea Turtle Conservation specific to our local species and responsible fishing techniques that can be adopted to help sea turtles and other marine creatures – all practises that can be easily adopted by local communities to reduce the impact of humans on our marine environment.
Station 3: ‘Plastic Perils’: We adapted a Greenfins presentation about Plastic Bags to be more accessible and fun for the children, and to be more Thailand specific, encouraging the kids to think about practical ways they could reduce their own impact on the tragic trash problem.
Station 4: ‘Sea Scenes’: Each child drew their favourite underwater creatures and reefscapes.
Their amazing creations were later mounted on a seascape board and placed on display for the beach clean up.
To fuel the day’s events, Pimalai and Phra Nang Lanta Resorts generously provided a yummy lunch and ice cream for all 100 students. In the afternoon, The Octopossible Band from Why Not Bar entertained one and all, performing an adaptation of a popular song (Yar Ting Kaya) used as a TV campaign in Thailand around 10 yrs ago, concerning river pollution
in Bangkok. The lyrics were altered to relate to Ko Lanta, mention the sea, the fishermen and appeal more to children by mentioning arriving home from school! All the students soon joined in… “Ar ar ar – yar ting kaya, Tar wi sed hen na, Ting ka ya hai pen tee pen tang”
(“No No No – Don’t throw your rubbish on the ground, Magic eyes can see what you do, Throw the rubbish in the right place, please.”)
Even a small change in thinking by the next generation, can make a huge, long term difference
and disseminating this information to the kids is of vital importance and is, as we say, ‘Sanuk Maak’ (very fun!).
Day 2 [26/09/09]: Kantiang Beach & Village Clean-Up.
In partnership with Project AWARE, Pimalai Resort & Spa and Same Same But Different Restaurant, Scubafish recruited 206 volunteers to collect debris and rubbish from the beach and Kantiang Village. All equipment (gloves, bags, water, ice coffee, rubbish trucks) was provided along with a video briefing on safety and collection guidelines. Three separate groups of volunteers were assigned different
areas to clear, including the river, the beach and the main village street. The debris was collected and information was catalogued and recorded, (e.g. drink cans, smoking-related activities, clothing, plastics
etc.) to help identify the general sources of marine and coastal debris. All trash was then weighed on the Scubafish, home-made, balance scale, which became somewhat of a live show creating much
intrigue, amusement and participation by the children. The scales were constructed from articles
from around the dive shop, and compared the weight of each bin bag of collected debris to standard lead dive weights. The work was hard, hot and dirty but astoundingly 3,528 kgs of rubbish was collected in under an hour and a half!
Results showed that, around the Kantiang Bay area, shoreline & recreational activities accounted
for almost 400 cigarette butts, 720 plastic bags, 382 glass bottles, 314 beverage cans, more than 700 straws and stirrers, almost 1,000 caps and lids, more than 300 food wrappers & containers, and unpleasantly, over a hundred diapers! Rubbish left through ocean & waterway activities included almost 50 fishing nets, over 1,000 different pieces of rope, and more than 20 light bulbs/tubes.
Scubafish and Narima Diving are proud members of Greenfins Thailand, who are joint Thailand
coordinators of this event, along with the DMCR (Department of Marine and Coastal Resources). It will be their responsibility to collate all the ICC data from clean-ups like these around the country for both the Ocean Conservancy and Thai government departments.
Scubafish and Narima Diving would like to say a huge thank you to the following organisations
for their generous contributions and time in sponsoring this event:
Pimalai Resort & Spa, Same Same But Different, Baan Laanta Resort, Phra Nang Lanta Resort, The Narima Bungalow Resort, Eyes Lanta Lifestyle Resort, Drunken Sailor’s Cafe, Why Not Bar, and Win Jeang Surf Clothing Shop.
We would also like to thank the following organisations for their support of this event: Ko Lanta Yai District Office, Klong Hin School, Kantiang Bay View Resort, Aqua Bar, Lanta Marine Park View Resort, Shroom Bar, 9 Art Gallery, Simply Life and Drunken Tailors.
Email: info@scuba-fish.com, Web: www.scuba-fish.com, www.narimadiving.com
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International Coastal Clean Up day (ICC), the largest volunteer network worldwide, fell on the 19th September this year.  In 2008, 390,881 volunteers in 102 countries collected 3,090 tons of debris from shorelines around the planet for ICC. It is now supported by Project AWARE, the Thai Department for Marine Coastal Resources, Greenfins and a multitude of local and international organisations. Out of respect for the local Muslim community, Kantiang efforts were postponed a week until the end of Ramadan and therefore took place on 26th September 2009.

tshirtskidThis year’s activities were a resounding success and three times more people than last year turned out to join in the community spirit.

With plastic accounting for over 80% of all marine debris, our focus this year aimed to specifically highlight the need to reduce plastic bags use. With Event Sponsors funding re-useable, non-plastic baggies for every volunteer to take home, we hope to provide a practical alternative – ‘Do Something Drastic – Say No to Plastic’. Continue reading »

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Scubafish go back to school

Posted: October 4th, 2009, by kim
Day 1 [24/09/09]: Ban Klong Hin School: Environmental Activities and Educational Presentations.
Scubafish and Narima Diving staff were very excited about spending a day back at school! Children ranging from 4-11 years were divided into 4 teams for the days activities: Pla Tao (Turtle), Pla Shallam (Shark), Pla Mook Jak (Octopus) and Pla Hoi Kong (Nautilus).
Four environmental and educational stations were set up in Ban Klong Hin School for each group to visit, with the aim of demonstrating human impact on the environment and providing the kids with responsible rubbish disposal strategies to help reduce their impact.
Station 1 ‘Trash Timeline’: A rope time-line was set up to represent the amount of time it takes for rubbish to breakdown. Markers were placed from 2 – 1000+ years and each group had to walk along the rope and place common items of rubbish, found around the Kantiang area, at the point on the timeline they thought it would be broken down. Greenfins posters were then distributed and the group then rearranged
the articles into the appropriate time bracket, and identified which of the items could be recycled, here on Ko Lanta.
Station 2: ‘Living Reef’: A video presentation in Thai that included excerpts from the Project AWARE Living Reef video, the IOSEA (Indian Ocean South East Asia) Turtle Memorandum video and local underwater
footage from some of the dive sites in the Lanta National Marine Park, aimed to demonstrate
global coral reef environmental issues, Sea Turtle Conservation specific to our local species and responsible fishing techniques that can be adopted to help sea turtles and other marine creatures – all practises that can be easily adopted by local communities to reduce the impact of humans on our marine environment.
Station 3: ‘Plastic Perils’: We adapted a Greenfins presentation about Plastic Bags to be more accessible and fun for the children, and to be more Thailand specific, encouraging the kids to think about practical ways they could reduce their own impact on the tragic trash problem.
Station 4: ‘Sea Scenes’: Each child drew their favourite underwater creatures and reefscapes.
Their amazing creations were later mounted on a seascape board and placed on display for the beach clean up.
To fuel the day’s events, Pimalai and Phra Nang Lanta Resorts generously provided a yummy lunch and ice cream for all 100 students. In the afternoon, The Octopossible Band from Why Not Bar entertained one and all, performing an adaptation of a popular song (Yar Ting Kaya) used as a TV campaign in Thailand around 10 yrs ago, concerning river pollution
in Bangkok. The lyrics were altered to relate to Ko Lanta, mention the sea, the fishermen and appeal more to children by mentioning arriving home from school! All the students soon joined in… “Ar ar ar – yar ting kaya, Tar wi sed hen na, Ting ka ya hai pen tee pen tang”
(“No No No – Don’t throw your rubbish on the ground, Magic eyes can see what you do, Throw the rubbish in the right place, please.”)
Even a small change in thinking by the next generation, can make a huge, long term difference
and disseminating this information to the kids is of vital importance and is, as we say, ‘Sanuk Maak’ (very fun!).
Day 2 [26/09/09]: Kantiang Beach & Village Clean-Up.
In partnership with

[24/09/09]: Ban Klong Hin School: Environmental Activities and Educational Presentations.

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Scubafish and Narima Diving staff were very excited about spending a day back at school! Children ranging from 4-11 years were divided into 4 teams for the days activities: Pla Tao (Turtle), Pla Shallam (Shark), Pla Mook Jak (Octopus) and Pla Hoi Kong (Nautilus).

Four environmental and educational stations were set up in Ban Klong Hin School for each group to visit, with the aim of demonstrating human impact on the environment and providing the kids with responsible rubbish disposal strategies to help reduce their impact. Continue reading »

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International Clean Up Day 2009: Scubafish recruit volunteers

Posted: September 11th, 2009, by kim

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Did you know that over 6 million tons of debris enter the oceans and sea each year causing harm to the underwater environment and wildlife? Furthermore did you know that over 80% of all marine debris is plastic? It is estimated that 1 million plastic bags are used every single minute around the world. In Thailand alone 15% of all waste consists of plastic bags with a staggering 18,000 tons of used plastic bags being disposed of every day.

19th September 2009 is International Coastal Clean Up day (ICC). The ICC started back in 1986 with 1800 volunteers; today it is the largest volunteer network worldwide. In 2008, 390,881 volunteers in 102 countries collected 3090 tons of debris from shorelines around the planet.

Volunteers from Scubafish and Narima Diving are joining this global effort to make a difference, and have organised a series of environmental and educational events over 3 days around International Clean-Up Day 2009. However out of respect for the local community these events have been postponed until the end of Ramadan.

  • Day 1: Klong Hin School: Environmental activities, Clean- up and Educational Talks.
  • Day 2: Ba Kantiang Bay Clean- Up.
  • Day 3: Ko Haa (Ko Lanta National Marine Park) Underwater Clean-Up, ReefWatch and AWARE Asia Pacific Fish Survey.

For International Clean Up Day 2008 Scubafish and the community around Kantiang Bay recruited 80 volunteers who cleaned almost a ton of rubbish from this shoreline. We are hoping to surpass this number and make this year more sucessful still and we need your help! Continue reading »

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Liquid Lense… as recommended by Lonely Planet

Posted: August 23rd, 2009, by Phil

Liquid Lense has recently received a glowing endorsement in the new edition of the Lonely Planet for Thailand.

After visiting last year, the Lonely Planet team were so impressed with Liquid Lense’s talented, professional staff and innovative range of courses that they decided to include us in the new edition’s Ko Lanta section.

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Competition wins for Liquid Lense team

Posted: August 23rd, 2009, by Phil

Liquid Lense is proud to announce that photographer and videographer Phil North recently won the prestigious BSAC Newcomers 2009 Underwater Photography competition. Phil is more usually seen with a video camera in hand, but he proved that he can mix with the best when it comes to photography too with this competition win.

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BSAC Winning Entry

And in another significant achievement, Phil also came second in the Newcomer’s Portfolio Category for this year’s BSOUP competition. The British Society of Underwater Photographers (BSOUP) is hugely respected in the world of underwater photography and has many world-famous photographers within it’s ranks.

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BSOUP Newcomer’s Portfolio

The Liquid Lense team would like to congratulate Phil on these fantastic achievements and looks forward to many more awards in the future.

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