Dive Review of Big Blue Dive Resort in
Thailand/Koh Tao

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Big Blue Dive Resort, Jul, 2004, by John Crossley, CA, USA ( Sr. Contributor 28 reports with 10 Helpful votes). Report 1361.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	Big Blue Dive Resort, Koh Tao, Thailand July, 2004 John Crossley The diving at Koh Tao isn’t bad in July, but it’s not nearly as good as the livaboard based diving based out of Phuket in January. Although the seas were flat, and the water was a toasty 84 to 86 degrees, visibility was typically only 40 to 50 feet, and sometimes less. A few dive sites had hundreds of anemones, and one site (White Rock) had a super friendly red wrasse named Lucy that would swim right into your hands to be stroked. Other sites typically had some nice reef fish and nudibranchs, but not much in the way of big fish or any special critters. The big disappointment on this trip was the Big Blue Dive Resort. It was the most disorganized and poorly managed dive resort I have ever visited. Problems included botched transfers, loss of my reservation (although I had several email confirmations), mediocre food at best, poor lighting in the rooms, weak air conditioning, huge cracks in door and window frames that let mosquito’s in, no hot water, a toilet that could barely flush, a disorganized dive shop for gear storage, a shower drain that had a strong sewer smell, and not a single hook, towel rack, or shower curtain rod in my room to hang anything on. On the positive side, the dive masters were pretty good, and I listened in on a few of their many open water certification classes, and believe they give good instruction. This helps explain who the main market seems to be: 20-something Europeans who want to learn diving on the cheap while they smoke and drink a lot after diving. Overall, this island is getting pretty junked up with bad roads and dilapidated buildings. It does have a couple very nice resorts, but Big Blue is not one of them.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Sipadan, Galapagos, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Truk, Palau, Yap, Florida, Cayman Islands & more
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	84-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	20-60 Ft/ 6-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive with dive master. Reasonable depth & time limits
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Not much provided. I had to rinse my camera in my room shower.

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Dive Review of Big Blue Dive Resort in Thailand/Koh Tao

Big Blue Dive Resort, Jul, 2004,

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Dive Review of Big Blue Dive Resort in
Thailand/Koh Tao