2nd - 3rd November: Eve's Jr Advance Course

Comments: Eve & her friend Collette completed her Jr OW course with me in November 2006. Eve returned this year to continue on to her Jr Advance level, and was joined by Neng and Tu as our second instructor. We did the course over 6 dives, in two of the best dive destinations locally, Ko Bida Islands & the Raya Islands. Eve saw her first shark, a 1m Blacktip, yellow tiger-tailed seahorse, 5 different species of nudibranchs, green turtle, and she took some wonderful photos of a swimming reef octopus (see photo below) on her first day in the Bida islands.
Chris, our DM joined us on the second day as Neng dive buddy. Raya Noi rewarded us with 30+m viz, school of hundreds of yellowtailed baracudas, yellow-lip seakrate, and wonderful coral gardens in Banana Bay. Her last dive in Raya Yai was memorable, we found swimming bluespotted stingrays, 2 beautiful Ornate ghost pipefish, a nudibranch I'm still trying to identify, and the locally popular bent-stick pipefish. She's now a proud Jr advance diver at 14, just 1 more year and we can go deep, to check out her "narcosis tolerance :-)" View more photos at my Facebook album.

Sunday, 2nd: Phi Phi Islands

Dive 116: Ko Doc Mai
Max Depth: 17m ; Bottom time: 51 min
Water Temp: 30c; Visibility: 10-15m

Dive 117: Ko Bida Nok
Max Depth: 15.8m ; Bottom time: 60 min
Water Temp: 30c; Visibility: 10-15m

Dive 118: Ko Bida Nai
Max Depth: 14.9m ; Bottom time: 55 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 5-10m

Monday, 3rd: Raya Noi & Yai Islands

Dive 119: Banana Bay, Raya Noi
Max Depth: 21.3m ; Bottom time: 53 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 30-40m

Dive 120: Raya Noi Bay
Max Depth: 14.9m ; Bottom time: 58 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 30-40m

Dive 121: Bay 2 to Staghorn Reef, Raya Yai
Max Depth: 17m ; Bottom time: 52 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 10-15m