October 31 - Diving Sail Rock today!!

Date:	October 31
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	25+ m
	Today is a pretty quiet day. Our Open Water student Eirini went out to Sail Rock to do her first two Open Water dives. She will be in the class room in the afternoon to finish the rest of her theory. Tomorrow we are planning a trip to Sail Rock.

October 30 - Teaching Open Water today!

Date:	October 30
Location:	Haad Yao - Koh Phangan - Thailand
	The weather is still beautiful today. We have started teaching an Open Water course in the morning and are waiting for the boat to get back from the National Marine Park. Tomorrow we are planning another trip to Sail Rock as the Open Water student Eirini is really keen to go and dive there!
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October 29 - Another Overnight Trip to the National Park

Date:	October 29
Location:	National Marine Park - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	20+ m
	Today we have headed out to the Angthong Marine Park for another overnight trip with 18 contiki tourleaders from New Zealand/Australia. We will take a trek up to the view point that was the inspiration for the book 'The Beach', do some diving and snorkelling close to the islands and also some night fishing out at sea. Our DM/Chef George has prepared a huge feast to have a delicious BBQ under the stars tonight too! Vic and Gaz are on the boat with the G-Man' looking after our guests and making sure they are having as much fun as the last group. Kim is taking 2 fun divers out to Sail Rock, in the hope to see Whaleshark No. 38!!! Tomorrow we are starting an Open Water course with a Greek girl and are planning on taking the boat out to Sail Rock again!

October 28 - The weather is beautiful again and we are diving Sail Rock!

Date:	October 28
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	30+ m
	After a couple of rainy days, the weather has turned again and the sun has been out all day already. Kim and Vic went back out to Sail Rock. Vic is finishing the Open Water course with Steven and Kim is taking a German girl for a fun dive at Sail Rock. The G-man (our diving Chef) has been busy already all morning doing shopping and preparing some delicious food for tomorrow's big Overnight trip to the Ang Tong Marine Park.

October 27 - A bit of a rainy day today!

Date:	October 27
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	25+ m
	Today started off with a bit of rain. Reefer 1 has gone out to Sail Rock. Fabio is taking the two DSD's for their open water dives. Kim is going to finish off the Advanced course that started the day before and Vic is doing the first couple of Open Water dives with Steven. Tomorrow we are going back out to the Rock.

October 26 - Sunset/Night dives at Sail Rock today!!

Date:	October 26
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	25+ m
	Today started with a bit of overcast in the morning, which is probably a good thing as most of Reefers are still recovering from Graham Gold's Housewarming Party last nigh. Vic is in the class room teaching the second day of the Open Water course with Steven, who is working for one of the Resorts on the island. About 4.30 pm we are going to take the boat out to Sail Rock to do a Sunset and Night dive. The three Austrian girls decided, they still haven't seen enough of the Rock and are back on the boat, and so are Pleuni, Marco and Matt, who finished his Open Water course yesterday. Kim is starting an Advanced course in the afternoon and joining the boat with her students later on as well. Tomorrow we are planning a trip to Chumpon Pinnacles to see some more sharks.

October 23 - Diving Sail Rock and the weather is still amazing!

Date:	October 23
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	25+ m
Comment:	The weather is still absolutely amazing, the sun is shining and the sea is flat. Reefer 1 has gone back out to Sail Rock with Kim and her DSD from yesterday and about 10 fun diver, three of them are the Austrian girls, who have been diving almost all week and just don't seem to get enough of Sail Rock. Nods, G-Man and Vic are the guides on the boat. Tomorrow we are planning another trip to Sail Rock.

October 22 - We're diving the Pinnacles today

Date:	October 22
Location:	The 3 Pinnacles - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	30+ m
	It's another beautiful day. Reefer 1 has gone out to the three pinnacles Samran, South West, Chumpon. Vic is on the boat to finish the Open Water course with Pleuni and Marco is diving with them. Nods is guiding the 3 Austrian girls and Ryan joined the trip as well with one of his mates. Kim is coming in in the afternoon to do skills in the Swimmin pool with a couple of Discover Scuba Divers and a Scuba Tune up. Tomorrow we are taking the boat out to Sail Rock!

October 21 - Reefer 1 is going back out to Sail Rock

Date:	October 21
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	25+ m
	Another busy day at Reefers. The weather is still amazing and Reefer 1 has gone back out to Sail Rock. The 3 Austrian girls, who were on the boat already yesterday enjoyed their day so much, they decided to go back out to the Rock with Nods. Vic is taking Pleuni and the 2 French Scuba Diver students for their first couple of Open Water dives. Marco, Pleuni's boyfriend who is a Divemaster is diving with them as well. Kim is gone back out as well with her DSD Alain, who did his skills yesterday in the afternoon. Everyone is hoping for another Whaleshark!! Tomorrow we are going to dive Koh Tao!

October 20 - Busy day at Reefers today

Date:	October 20
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	25+ m
	Reefer 1 has gone out to Sail Rock today, the weather is still beautiful and the sea is really flat. Kim and Nods are on the boat with 4 fun divers and a couple of snorkellers. Ryan went on the boat as well with a couple of friends who wanted to dive the Rock and Vic is in the class room and then the pool in the afternoon with his Open Water student. Tomorrow we are diving Sail Rock in the morning and Mae Haad in the afternoon.

October 19 - And the weather is still amazing......

Date:	October 19
Location:	Mae Haad - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	10+ m
	It's another amazing day on Koh Phangan and we haven't seen a single cloud yet! It's just sun, sun, sun these days. Reefer 1 went out to Mae Haad today, with Kim and a couple of fun divers. Vic is continuing with Adam's Divemaster training. Tomorrow we are starting an Open Water Course with Pleuni, who did most of her theorie already via e-learning on the Padi Website. Reefer 1 is probably going out to Sail Rock for a couple of fun dives.

October 17 - We are looking for the Whaleshark

Date:	October 18
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	25+ m
	We have a very happy DMT after Adam saw his first Whale Shark yesterday. As the other 2 diving boats headed back Reefer 1 stayed at Sail Rock so all our divers could have a lovely long dive with it without anyone else around. Fabio had his camera so we managed to get some great pictures too. Apart from our big spotty friend the water was cyrstal clear, no current and school after school of every kind of fish imaginable. Today is fairly quiet so we are doing a beach dive this afternoon and looking for customers to join our trip tomorrow.

October 17 - We are looking for the Whaleshark

Date:	October 17
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	25+ m
	It's another absolutely beautiful day in paradise, the sun is out and it's really, really hot. Reefer 1 has gone to Sail Rock. Everyone on the boat is hoping to see yesterdays whale shark again!! Kim is guiding 3 fun divers around the rock and Fabio is finishing the Open Water course with Ciro. Tomorrow we are thinking of going back out to Sail Rock in case the Whale Shark is still around!

October 15 - Teaching, teaching, teaching....

Date:	October 15
Location:	Koh Phangan - Thailand
	Today looks like another very hot and sunny day. Fabio is in the class room teaching an Open Water course in Italian. Kim is going in the pool in the afternoon with one Discover Scuba student and Vic is doing some more academics with Adam for his Divemaster Course. Tomorrow we are planning to take the boat out to Sail Rock.

October 14 - Diving Sail Rock today!

Date:	October 14
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	20+ m
	Today is another sunny day and Reefer 1 is out at Sail Rock. Kim is on the boat with a couple of girls who decided yesterday afternoon to do their Discover Scuba dives at the Rock. Fabio is taking a few fun divers ou for a dive. Tomorrow we are going to do a couple of local dives in the afternoon.

October 13 - Quiet morning in Haad Yao!

Date:	October 13
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	25+ m
	It's another beautiful day in paradise! The sun has been shining all morning and there is hardly any wind today! Reefer 1 is at Sail Rock with Kim and her fun divers from yesterday! Everyone else is having a bit of a lie-in, recovering from the Halfmoon Party last night!! If the weather stays like it is for the rest of the day, we may be trying to organize a trip to Koh Tao for the next day!

October 10 - A beautiful day in paradise!

Date:	October 10
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	25+ m
	Today is another beautiful day, the sun is shining and there is no cloud in sight! The Reefers team spent last night at Shiralea where George cooked an absolutely amazing meal for everyone. The lamb was superb and there was so much of it that hardly anyone managed to have their deserts in the end. Thank you G-Man!!! Reefer 1 has gone out to Sail Rock today, Nods is on the boat with a few fun divers in the hope the Whale Shark might be there again! Tomorrow we are going back to Sail Rock.

October 9 - In the pool with the DMT's

Date:	October 9
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	10 m
	Yesterday the weather stayed good so we were able to take the boat out and there was another Whale Shark at Sail Rock. Today is fairly quiet so Kim is getting in the pool with Adam to do skill training for his Dive Master course. G-Man is going to refresh his skills too to get ready for his Assistant Instructor course coming up soon. Tomorrow we plan to do go to Sail Rock or do some local dives.

October 8 - Quiet day at Reefers today!

Date:	October 8
Location:	Koh Phangan - Thailand
	Today is a quiet day for us. We decided yesterday not to send the boat out as the weather forecast wasn't good at all and we expected a storm for today. Kim is in the classroom to finish off some academics with Patrick, who just completed his Open Water and Advanced Open Water with her and is thinking of carrying on to do his Rescue course in the next few days!

October 7 - Waiting for a storm!

Date:	October 7
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	15+ m
Comment:	There is a bit of overcast again today, but the sun still seems to come through occasionally. We are expecting a bit of a storm for tomorrow, which is why we decided to cancel our trip to Koh Tao this morning. We've gone back out to Sail Rock. Kim is finishing Patricks AOW course, Ryan is taking a swedish girl for her DSD and Nods is guiding some fun divers. Let's hope the Rock is as beautiful as it was yesterday. Because of the storm, no trips are scheduled for tomorrow at the moment. We are hoping for the wind to drop again the following day, as we have a lot of fun divers, really keen to go and dive Koh Tao.

October 6 - Diving Sail Rock today!

Date:	October 6
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	10+ m
	Today we are diving Sail Rock. The weather is a bit unstable, some big clouds and some rain in the morning, but it's looking like the sun is going to come out now. Reefer 1 is on it's way back from Sail Rock. Kim is on the boat with Patrick, who enjoyed his Open Water course that much, he wanted to continue straight away to become an Advanced diver. Jo and Casey are on the boat again as well, in the hope to be able to see the Whale Shark this time. Fabio is taking Martin and Stuart for their first ever Discover Scuba dive. Ryanshould be on his way over from Haad Rin to the dive center as he is takinga swedish girl in the Pool in the afternoon, to do her DSD skills. She will be joing the dive trip tomorrow. Reefer 1 is going out to Koh Tao tomorrow, if the sea conditions allow it.

October 5 - Quiet day today!

Date:	October 5
Location:	Koh Phangan - Thailand
	Today will be a very quiet day for us! Everyone on the island is probably still recovering from yesterday's full moon party! Tomorrow we are planning a trip to Koh Tao!

October 4 - Another beautiful and sunny day in Haad Yao!

Date:	October 4
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	15+ m
Comment:	It's another beautiful sunny morning in Haad Yao. Reefer 1 has gone back out to Sail Rock. Kim is finishing the Open Water course with her student Patrick, he will then go straight onto starting his Advanced course. Nods is guiding a few fun divers around the Rock. Lets hope the Whale Shark is still around. Tonight is the fullmoon party, so we are probably not diving tomorrow.

October 3 - Beautiful sunny day on Koh Phangan

Date:	October3
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	15 m
Comment:	Lovely sunny day today and most of the staff are have a late morning after Nadine's b'day party last night! Kim is continuing her open water course with some pool training and 2 local dives while Nods is doing a tune-up for a couple who havent been diving in 3 years to get them ready for our trip tomorrow. Tomorrow we are taking students and fun divers to South-west pinnacles and Shark Island in Koh Tao; hopefully the Whale Shark will keep following Kim around!

October 2 - Busy day for Kim today

Date:	October 2
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	25+ m
	We had a bit of a cloudy morning again today, but the sun managed to come out in the end! We decided to wait a few more days before taking the boat out to Koh Tao, as the weather was a bit unstable over the past few days. Kim and George are diving a the Rock today. George is taking a fun diver around the pinnacle and Kim is doing the last to dives with her two Open Water students. As Ryan and Fabio are both sick, Kim is going to start another Open Water course as soon as she is back from the Rock, luckily her student Patrick has done most of his theory via e-learning on the PADI website already before coming out on holiday, so they shouldn't have to spend a lot of time in the class room. Tomorrow we will most likely take the boat out to Sail Rock in the morning and one of the local sites in the afternoon.

October 1 - Diving Sail Rock today!

Date:	October 1
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	30+ m
	Reefer 1 went out to Sail Rock this morning. The weather is much better than it was over the last couple of days. The sun is shining and there is hardly any wind. Kim is on the boat with her 2 Open Water students from the Uk and Nods is guiding a German fun diver. A couple of Swedish girls are coing to the center in the afternoon to do an introductory dive in our swimming pool. Tomorrow we are planning a trip to Koh Tao.

September 30 - A day at the dive center for us

Date:	September 30
Location:	Koh Phangan - Thailand
	Today is a bit of a cloudy day on Koh Phangan. We are busy at the dive center and decided not to take the boat out, as there were some big waves the day before and it was still pretty windy in the morning. Kim is busy in the class room, teaching Open Water and Fabio is finishing off his Rescue course with Russ and Cherry. Tomorrow we are planning to go to Sail Rock.