Kata & Karon Beach — PADI 5-Star dive centers with small-group day trips
| Karon base | Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort, 29 Soi Karon Nui, Karon, Mueang Phuket District, Phuket 83100 |
| Kata base | Kata Thani Beach Resort, 14 Kata Noi Road, Kata Noi, Phuket 83100 |
| Booking offices | Patong Beach and Chalong (booking only, not dive-training bases) |
| Phone / WhatsApp | +66 81 367 4542 (also WhatsApp & Line: seafundivers) |
| PADI rating | PADI 5-Star Career Development Center (CDC) at both Karon and Kata |
| Boat & groups | Own purpose-built dive boat "Choksomporn," max 20 divers, 4 divers per guide |
Sea Fun Divers runs three PADI 5-Star Scuba Diving Centers on Phuket's west coast -- its Career Development Center base at Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort in Karon, and a second IDC-capable center at the Kata Thani Beach Resort in Kata -- with additional booking desks in Patong and Chalong for pickup coordination. The operation is staffed by around 25 employees whose sole job is guest care, and it runs day trips year-round to Phuket's core dive sites on its own purpose-built boat, deliberately capped at 20 divers with a 4:1 diver-to-guide ratio for closer in-water supervision. Certified Enriched Air divers get free 32% Nitrox on every dive. From November to April the reef just offshore from its own Kata Noi and Karon Noi bases hosts schools of snapper plus lionfish, scorpionfish, puffers, seahorses and ghost pipefish -- making it a convenient shore option between boat days. See the Phuket things-to-do guide for the island's wider activity and dive-site scene.
Sea Fun Divers operates two main PADI 5-Star centers in Phuket: one at Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort, 29 Soi Karon Nui, Karon, Mueang Phuket District, Phuket 83100, and one at Kata Thani Beach Resort, 14 Kata Noi Road, Kata Noi, Phuket 83100 -- plus booking offices in Patong and Chalong.
It is a PADI 5-Star Career Development Center (CDC), qualified to run the full range of PADI courses from Discover Scuba Diving through Instructor Development Courses (IDC), at both its Karon and Kata locations.
The center caps day-trip capacity at 20 divers per boat on its own purpose-built dive boat, and keeps a ratio of 4 divers to 1 experienced dive guide per group for closer supervision.
Yes -- certified Enriched Air (Nitrox) divers dive on 32% Nitrox at no extra charge; divers who aren't yet certified can take the Nitrox specialty course at a discount.
Daily day trips cover Phuket's main sites -- Shark Point, the King Cruiser Wreck, Koh Doc Mai, Racha Noi and Racha Yai -- plus trips further afield to Koh Phi Phi, with the closer Kata Noi and Karon Noi reef right offshore from its own bases.
Facts, locations 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, schedules and boat availability 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.