About Scubadoo Dive School

Locally Owned, Professionally Operated, Ocean Focused

At Scubadoo, diving is more than a business it’s our life, our home, and our way of giving back to the sea that raised us.
We’re a fully licensed, locally owned, SSI-certified dive school based in Koh Tao, operated by professionals with years of real diving and teaching experience.

Every course we offer follows the Scuba Schools International (SSI) global standard — meaning your training is recognized and respected anywhere in the world. We don’t cut corners, and we don’t operate under the table. Scubadoo is a legitimate, community-based dive center dedicated to safety, skill, and sustainability.

🌊 Why Divers Trust Scubadoo

  • Official SSI Dive School – All training and certifications are issued through SSI, one of the most trusted diving agencies in the world.

  • Legally Registered & Insured – We operate as a registered Thai business, with certified instructors who hold valid SSI credentials and full professional insurance.

  • Experienced Instructors – Our team knows these waters like home. We’ve logged thousands of dives right here in Thailand and mostly in Koh Tao

  • Small Groups, Big Focus – Personalized instruction and small student ratios mean safer, higher-quality training.

  • Eco-Driven, Not Tourist-Driven – We believe diving should protect, not exploit. Scubadoo follows SSI’s Mission Deep Blue principles for sustainable and respectful diving.

🪸 Our Mission

To build a new standard for Thai dive training professional, local, and responsible. We’re here to prove that Thailand’s dive industry doesn’t need shortcuts or illegal freelancing to thrive. With proper training, structure, and care, local instructors can lead with world-class professionalism.

We train divers who don’t just pass the course, they learn to respect the ocean, the community, and the culture that make diving here special.

Our Services

At Scubadoo, we offer a wide range of diving experiences tailored to all levels:

Basic Diver : Perfect for first-timers who want to experience the underwater world without certification.

Open Water Certification: Begin your diving journey with our comprehensive PADI or SSI courses.

Advanced Diving Courses: Enhance your skills with specialty certifications such as deep diving, wreck diving, and more.

Fun Dives: Explore Koh Tao’s top dive sites with our expert guides.

Refresher Courses: Get back into diving with confidence if it’s been a while since your last dive.

Professional Training: Take the next step with Divemaster course

Scuba diving gear storage room with wetsuits, diving vests, and regulators.

Well Maintained Equipment

Safety at Scubadoo is our main priority. Because of this, we only use well-known brands for our equipment, such as Mares and Aqualung.

With our own in-house technician, we service and maintain it regularly.

Our Boat

The boat can take up to 45 divers per trip and we have over 100 tanks on board and our own compressor to make sure you always get purified air.

  • Refreshments like water, coffee, cookies

  • Toilet on board

  • Friendly staff

  • Private Pier

  • 2 Min from the shop next to the main pier

Colorful tourist boat named 'Thong Rung Reung Navee' anchored on the ocean
  • Jan Kunz

    Best diving school in Koh Tao!

    We made the Open Water Diver + Advanced in a few days. Special thanks to Dia & Casey who really made those days so much fun while we learned a lot! The groups are also very small (2:1). As we come from Germany it was also a big plus that Dia could teach us in German. We‘ll definitely come back and recommend Scubadoo for everybody! :)

  • Victor Emanuel

    Great school, did my open water and advanced, everybody very friendly, professional, helpful and good energy, definitely recommend

  • Jake Coleson

    Our two kids did open water class here and my wife and I did a total of 8 dives. The staff was wonderful and it was a blast. One of the highlights of our trip to Thailand

  • Alexandra Hoos

    Definitely 5 Stars!

    We did a 3 day course (open water diver) and we are glad that we chose Scubadoo. Everyone is friendly and the good mood of the instructors is contagious. All of us had no experience in diving, but the instructers were very patient and we felt save in every situation. Price/performance ratio is great. We had an amazing time.

Group of people posing in front of a sign with paw print, outdoor setting.
  • Our certified SSI Equipment Technician does a major service on all our equipment every three month and minor fixes frequently.

  • Monday 9:30 AM–7:30 PM
    Tuesday 9:30 AM–7:30 PM
    Wednesday 9:30 AM–7:30 PM
    Thursday 9:30 AM–7:30 PM
    Friday 9:30 AM–7:30 PM
    Saturday 9:30 AM–7:30 PM
    Sunday 9:30 AM–7:30 PM

  • We use high quality brands like Mares, Aqualung and PSI.