Koh Tao · Dive shop
Crystal Dive
Mae Haad Beach, Koh Tao — SSI Diamond Instructor Training Centre
Mae Haad Beach, Koh Tao — SSI Diamond Instructor Training Centre
| Address | Mae Haad Beach, Koh Tao, Ko Pha-ngan District, Surat Thani |
| Phone | +66 (0)77 456106 / 456107; mobile +66 (0)81 911 8019 |
| Training agency | SSI Diamond Instructor Training Centre -- 45+ SSI courses, beginner through pro level |
| Experience | 25+ years on Koh Tao, 100,000+ students trained |
| Boats & pools | 3 custom dive boats from a private pier; 2 purpose-built training pools |
| TAT license | No. 44/00200 |
Crystal Dive is a beachfront dive resort on Mae Haad Beach, one of Koh Tao's longest-running operators with over 25 years of teaching and more than 100,000 students certified. It runs exclusively as an SSI Diamond Instructor Training Centre, offering 45+ SSI courses from first-timer Open Water through professional Divemaster and Instructor levels, taught in small groups of no more than four divers per instructor. The resort is fully self-contained: two custom-built training pools, beachfront air-conditioned classrooms, and a fleet of three custom dive boats departing from Crystal Dive's own pier roughly 100 meters down the beach, cutting out long transfer times to the first dive site. Alongside recreational training, Crystal Dive partners with local NGO The Coral Tribe on artificial-reef building, coral restoration and SSI Ecology courses and internships. See the Koh Tao things-to-do guide for the island's wider diving scene and dive-site overview.
Right on Mae Haad Beach, Koh Tao, Ko Pha-ngan District, Surat Thani -- the main pier village on the island's west side.
SSI (Scuba Schools International). Crystal Dive is an SSI Diamond Instructor Training Centre offering 45+ SSI courses from beginner through professional level -- it does not teach PADI courses.
Over 25 years operating on Koh Tao, with more than 100,000 students trained -- one of the island's longest-running dive resorts.
Yes -- a fleet of 3 custom-built dive boats departing from Crystal Dive's own pier about 100 meters down the beach, so there's no long transfer time to the first dive site.
Yes, in partnership with The Coral Tribe -- artificial reef building, coral restoration, and SSI Ecology courses and internships alongside standard dive training.
Facts, address, hours and contact details are drawn directly from the operator's own official site. BAANLYY is a data-and-tools platform, not a dive operator, and takes no paid placement in this content -- pricing and schedules change, confirm directly with the resort before booking.
Read the full Koh Tao things-to-do guide for dive sites, snorkeling spots, freediving schools and the rest of the island's activities — including Koh Tao's other established dive resort, Big Blue Diving on Sairee Beach.
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