Patong Beach — PADI 5-Star IDC center and Similan Islands liveaboards
| Address | Soi Watanna Shop and Classrooms, 78/19 Thaweewong Road, Patong Beach, Phuket 83150 |
| Hours | Daily 8:30am-8:00pm |
| Contact | info@scubacat.com (phone provided on request by email) |
| PADI rating | PADI 5-Star Instructor Development Center (IDC) & Career Development Center (CDC) |
| Liveaboard fleet | MV Scubacat (catamaran) and MV Scuba Adventure, Similan/Surin Islands, from roughly 12,000 THB per person |
| Day & half-day boats | MV Scuba Fun (day trips), MV Scuba Sport (half-day trips) |
Scuba Cat Diving is a long-running PADI 5-Star IDC and CDC center based in Patong Beach, best known in Phuket for its own liveaboard fleet into the Similan and Surin Islands marine national parks. Its flagship boat, MV Scubacat, is a large catamaran marketed specifically for its stability -- the operator notes seasickness is rare aboard it -- while MV Scuba Adventure runs a similar multi-day itinerary. Closer to shore, MV Scuba Fun covers Phuket-area day trips and MV Scuba Sport runs half-day outings for shorter schedules. On the training side, Scuba Cat runs the complete PADI ladder from Discover Scuba Diving and kids' programs (Bubblemaker, Sealteam) through Rescue Diver and specialties, a dedicated technical-diving department with DDI certifications, and a self-paced 10-day PADI IDC for instructor candidates working toward the exam under its named PADI Course Directors. The center is also active in whale shark awareness diving and Reef Check citizen-science participation. See the Phuket things-to-do guide for the wider island activity and dive-site scene.
Scuba Cat Diving's Phuket dive center and classrooms are at Soi Watanna Shop and Classrooms, 78/19 Thaweewong Road, Patong Beach, Phuket 83150, open 7 days a week from 8:30am to 8:00pm.
Its own liveaboards -- MV Scubacat (a large, stable catamaran) and MV Scuba Adventure -- run multi-day trips to the Similan and Surin Islands marine national parks, with the catamaran design specifically marketed as reducing seasickness.
Yes, day trips run on MV Scuba Fun to Phuket-area dive sites, and half-day trips run separately on MV Scuba Sport, alongside the multi-day liveaboard program.
It is a PADI 5-Star Instructor Development Center (IDC) and Career Development Center (CDC), running the full course ladder from Discover Scuba Diving through Instructor-level Go Pro training, plus DDI (technical) programs.
The center runs a self-paced 10-day PADI IDC format, letting instructor candidates study at their own speed ahead of the instructor exam.
Facts, address, hours and fleet 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, schedules and trip dates change, confirm directly with the shop before booking.
Read the full Phuket things-to-do guide for beaches, island-hopping and the rest of the island's activities.