Technical diving

If you're an experienced diver looking to further your education and skills you may be interested in technical diving. Technical diving pushes pasts the limits of recreational diving (normally considered to be a maximum of 30 meters with no decompression). There are many things to see in our oceans that are deeper than you would normally dive to – deep reefs and pinnacles, historic shipwrecks and more.

The range of courses on offer at Kon-Tiki can train you to explore much deeper than this in a safe and controlled manner. So if you're interested in learning to dive to depths beyond 40 meters, read on...

Through a balanced mix of self study and classroom discussion you'll learn a lot more about human physiology, decompression planning and procedures, deep diving techniques and equipment. On the practical side you'll learn how to dive deep in a new equipment configuration with double tanks and decompression cylinders. by the end of your training you will be able to conduct planned stage decompression dives using multiple gas blends on a single dive.

The range of PADI technical diving courses are extensive and demanding but the knowledge and skills gained will make you an extremely advanced diver, making these some of the most rewarding courses you can take.

The technical diving training is based on Koh Lanta making it easy to reach the greater depths of the Andaman Sea, which includes the sites of Koh Haa, Hin Daeng & Hin Muang but also a short drive away from the lake of Song Hong close to Krabi.

On Lanta you will also find Nick, who is our swedish techie!

Niclas Andersson

Based on Koh Lanta, Niclas has been with Kon-Tiki for over 5 years, working as our assistant manager here. He has extensive experiences from all over the world including technical wreck diving in France & South Africa, deep diving in Spain & Indonesia, cold water diving in Sweden and New Zealand and much more. Nick has been teaching diving for more than 9 years, certifying over 650 students and logged almost 4000 dives.