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 Centers in the world (PADI IDCs since 1998 and trained over 3000 Instructors from Open Water Scuba Instructors to preparation courses for PADI Course Directors and Technical Instructors in DSAT Technical Deep and Trimix Diving, Equipment and Gas blender Instructor and also Instructor Courses for Rebreathers.

Bans Technical Diving Koh Tao offer 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 also have portable compressors which we bring to National Parks around Thailand where we explore caverns and caves. Last year we found 15+ new large caves in Khao Sok and Khanchanburi. We offer Cavern and Cave Courses through TDI and DSAT. We use trucks to drive to the national parks with all technical gear and compressor loaded and long tail boat to explore the huge reservoirs in both the south and north of Thailand. Krabi is another very interesting area in the future for extreme cave diving. We are looking into working with Andreas at the Rebreather Lab and planning to teach The Pelagian CCR at the end of this year.

Look into our very unique Technical Diving Instructor Internship Programs that let you stay and dive technical diving with us 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 is a leader is to create new programs within the Technical Diving Community. Bans Technical Diving got 3 Distinctive Technical Course for review in the DSAT Head Quarter in Sydney.

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