August 28 - Nods is starting an Open Water course!!

Date:	August 27
Location:	Haad Yao - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	5+ m
	It's another very sunny and hot day on KP. Dan is finishing all the academics with his 2 Open Water students in the morning. He is going out to dive off Haad Yao beach in the afternoon. Tomorrow we are diving Sail Rock.

August 25 - We are organizing another Full moon party boat!!

Date:	August 25
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	25+ m
	It's a very hot day on KP today! Reefer 1 has gone out to the rock again. Vic is guiding all of our fun divers, that are diving on Nitrox today! Eva is guiding a group of Advanced divers and Nods is looking after our less experienced divers today. We have a big group of Belgian snorkelers on the boat as well. Dan is starting an Open Water course with 2 Dutch students in the morning and we are taking one Dutch guy for a Discovery dive off Haad Yao beach in the afternoon. The Full moon party boat has been organized already and there are only a few spaces available. We are leaving Haad Yao in the afternoon and cruising to Haadrin with some drinks and cool tunes onboard of Reefer 1 while watching the sun set over the Marine Park.
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August 24 - Great visibility at the rock!!

Date:	August 24
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	30+ m
	It's a beautiful and sunny day today. Reefer 1 is at the rock. Vic is on the boat to finish the Open Water course with his 2 Spanish students, their friend has joined them for the dives again as well. Dan is looking after 3 of his 4 DSD's from yesterday, one of the girls decided not to go out on the boat. Eva is guiding our fun divers (she reckoned she just had her best dive at the rock so far, visibility is great) and Nods is on her way down to the beach office after preparing loads of flyers for tomorrow's Full moon party boat. Apart from the full moon cruise we are going back out to Sail Rock tomorrow as we have fun divers and a big group of snorkellers booked already!!
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August 23 - We are back at the rock, hoping to see that Whale shark again!

Date:	August 23
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	15+ m
	Reefer 1 has headed back out to Sail Rock. Vic is on the boat with his 2 Open Water students and their friend, he is taking the girls for dives 1&2 of the Open Water course. Eva is looking after her French Discovery divers and Dan is guiding our fun divers today. In the afternoon he is taking 4 Italian guys in the swimming pool, they signed up to do DSDs at the rock. Nods is covering the beach office. Tomorrow we are heading back out to Sail Rock.

August 22 - The search is on again at Sail Rock!

Date:	August 22
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	30 m
	After a great day at Sail Rock yesterday with the WHALE SHARK Vic is teaching open water for two Spanish girls. Nods is finishing an advanced course and Eva is guiding some fun divers. Good luck girls hope its still there!
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August 21 - WHALE SHARK @ Sail Rock!!!!

Date:	August 21
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	20+ m
	Reefer 1 went out to Sail Rock today!! Conditions are great at the moment!!! Vic and Dan went out on the boat. Dan was guiding Maria who did her refresher yesterday afternoon in the swimming pool and Vic was looking after Mig and his girl friend. Mig is working for Aqualung and came over for a couple of days from Phuket to give a presentation to the Aqualung partner centers on KP. Everyone had a great day as they had a Whale shark during the second dive!! Eva is taking Andrew who did a shore dive today in Haad Yao out to the rock tomorrow and Nods has decided to finish her Advanced course with Miranda at the rock with a Multilevel dive, in the hope that the whale shark may still be around!!!
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August 20 - We are diving the rock!!

Date:	August 20
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	30+ m
	It was a bit of a rainy morning on KP, but the sun has finally decided to come out!! Reefer 1 is back at the rock. Vic is taking Mollie & Svetlana for their Discovery dives, they did the DSD skills in the pool yesterday afternoon. Eva is finishing the Open Water course with her 4 students today, they are doing dive 3 & 4 at Sail Rock and will be doing the finale exam in the afternoon. Nods is doing a Deep & Multilevel dive with her Advanced student, her students friend Eveline joined them for the dives as well. Dan is finally back in the water after recovering from his sinus infection and is guiding our fun divers today! This afternoon we are taking a few divers in the pool for a quick refreshers session before their dives tomorrow!!
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August 19 - We are diving the rock!

Date:	August 19
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	15+ m
	Reefer 1 has gone out to Sail rock today. The boat is pretty busy again. Vic is looking after 2 DSD's, Axel is taking care of our fun divers and Eva is doing dives 1 & 2 with her 4 Open Water students from Austria & Germany. Nods is doing a Navigation & Peak Performance Buoyancy dive with her new Advanced student Miranda. Tomorrow we are sending the boat back out to the rock!
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August 17 - Day after half moon!!

Date:	August 17
Location:	Koh Phangan - Thailand
	Quiet morning at the Reefers office. Nadine is in the office and Eva is coming in in the afternoon to cover the beach office. Apart from that everybody is enjoying a lie in after the busy times over the past couple of weeks. Tomorrow we are going ou to dive the rock and are starting another German Open Water course!!
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August 16 - We are diving Sail Rock!

Date:	August 16
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	20+ m
	Another beautiful day on KP. The sea is flat and the visibility is improving daily! Reefer 1 is at Sail Rock today! Vic is finishing the Open Water course with Annabella & Giulio on the boat, Alex is taking his Advanced student for his Deep & ML dives, one of his mates decided to join him for the dives. Nods and Eva are guiding 2 groups of fun divers today and are looking after a family of 5 who have joined us for snorkelling. 2 of the kids and their dad are planning on doing a try dive in the swimming pool in the afternoon.
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August 15 - We are diving Shark Island & Ao Leuk today!!

Date:	August 15
Location:	Shark Island / Ao Leuk - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	10+ m
	It's a beautiful & sunny day. The sea is absolutely flat and conditions are looking great. Reefer 1 has gone over to Koh Tao. Eva is taking her student Stefan for his last 2 dives of the Open Water course. Nods is guiding Chris & Eleanor, who have been diving with us for the past few days already. Frank & Martin, who did a Refresher with us a few days ago and dived Sail Rock after that, have come back to dive with Nods as well. Vic is doing dives 1 & 2 of the Open Water with his 2 Italian students, followed by Jess, who did her pool skills with him yesterday morning. Alex is teaching an Advanced course for us today and Steve is guiding some more fun divers. Unfortunately Dan is out of the water for a few days because of a sinus infection. Tomorrow we are diving the rock!!
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August 14 - We are really, really REALLY busy today!!

Date:	August 14
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Ma/Mae Haad - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	15+ m / 10+ m
	Reefer 1 is going out in the morning & the afternoon today. Nods and George are going to the rock in the morning. They have a few Discover Scuba divers and a lot of fun divers on the boat. In the afternoon we are diving Mae Haad/Koh Ma. Eva is going out on the afternoon boat. She is looking after her Open Water students & Celina and Juergen, who wanted to join her for the dives. Nods is going out in the afternoon again as well. She is guiding a German family from Haad Rin who have been diving with us for the past few days. Vic is busy at the dive center. He is starting a new Open Water course with a couple of Italian students. While they are watching the Open Water videos, he is taking a girl in the swimming pool for a Discover Scuba Diving experience. The plan for tomorrow is probably Sail Rock.
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August 13 - Another busy day for us!!

Date:	August 13
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand Save
Visibility:	15+ m
	Reefer 1 went out to the rock again this morning. Vic and Dan are looking after 8 of our fun divers and Woody is guiding a Junior Open Water diver. Nods is on the boat to finsih the Open Water course with Nina. Eva is having another busy day at the center. She is starting a German Open Water course with a 17yr old student & is taking a little Austrian girl in the pool for a Bubblemaker! Tomorrow we are planning on diving Mae Haad / Koh Ma.
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August 12 - We are diving the rock today!!

Date:	August 12
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	5-10+ m
	It's a very hot day today. Reefer 1 went out to Sail Rock. The boat is pretty busy today. Eva is looking after a German family of four. The dad and the 2 daughters are doing their Discovery dives at the rock, the mother tried the skills in the pool the other day, but wasn't feeling comfortable and has joined us for snorkelling instead. Dan is taking care of another family. They are from Holland and there is 3 of them who are doing Discover Scuba dives as well. Nods is doing dives 1 & 2 of the Open Water course with her student Nina. Nina's boyfriend is on the boat as well, he's joined Vic's group of fun divers rather than Nods as he wanted to go deeper than 12 meter. Tomorrow we are going back to the rock. We had a few inquiries about the trip to the 3 pinnacles, so we may be changing the plan and organizing a 3 dive trip to Sail Rock, Chumphon pinnacle and samran pinnacle.
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August 10 - It's German season on KP!

Date:	August 10
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	10+ m
	The wind has finally stopped and we are taking the boat out to the rock again today! It's very busy on board. Eva is finishing the Scuba Diver course with Celina, followed by Celina's dad. Vic is looking after 4 fun divers while Dan is taking care of the couple who did their DSD with Nods in the pool the other day. Nods is guiding a couple of fun divers and another DSD. Apart from 3 of our guests, everybody on the boat is German speaking, so Eva is having a very busy da. This afternoon she is taking another 4 German Discover Scuba divers in the pool and their is a German Refresher as well! Tomorrow we are heading back out to Sail Rock!
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August 09 - No diving today!

Date:	August 09
Location:	Koh Phangan - Thailand
	We have decided to wait another day to send Reefer 1 out to the rock again. It's not very windy anymore, so it looks like the storm will be over by tomorrow, which is why we are organising a trip for tomorrow.
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August 07 - Quiet day today due to the weather!

Date:	August 07
Location:	Koh Phangan - Thailand
	Unfortunately there is no diving for us today, as the wind picked up over night and it was too rough to take the boat out. Looking at the weather forecast, it only seems to be a short stormthough, so we should be able to dive again tomorrow.
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August 06 - Reefers are being recommended by the 'Lonely Planet'!!

Date:	August 06
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	15+ m
	It's another beautiful day in paradise. We are very happy about the great write up we got in the Lonely Planet's "Thailands' Islands & Beaches". Reefer 1 went out to Sail Rock. The visibility is great at the moment and everybody is looking forward to a couple of beautiful dives. Vic is on the boat with his Open Water & Scuba Diver students Nick and Victoria. There is a Discovery diver and a few fun divers as well. Dan is doing confined with the DSD's from yesterday in the morning and a beach dive in thr afternoon as they decided to continue after the DSD and complete their Scuba diver course. Eva is starting another Junior Scuba Diver course today, she is teaching the course in German. Her student's parents are joining her this afternoon for a DSD as well. Tomorrow we are going back to the rock, because it's just amazing there at the moment.
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August 05 - Are starting a new Open Water course & diving the rock!

Date: August 05
Location:
Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility: 10+ m
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It's another busy day for us.

Vic decided to take all of the staff for dinner last night at a new restaurant, it was a very funny night. The food was that amazing that we ordered everything twice!!

Today Nods is starting another OWD & SCD course. Vic is on the boat with his 3 Discovery divers from yesterday, they may decide to carry on and do the full Scuba Diver course if they enjoy their dives today. Dan is finishing his Open Water course with Sian and Eva is back in the water as well. She is taking her student for dives 1 & 2 today. Steve is guiding our fun divers around the pinnacles.

August 04 - Eva is teaching her first course for Reefers today!!

Date:	August 04
Location:	Koh Phangan - Thailand
	It's a pretty quiet day today as it's the day after the half moon party. Eva is starting a Scuba Diver course today with a Dutch student. They are doing academics and the confined sessions today to be ready for their dives tomorrow. Vic is going in the pool in the afternoon as well, he has got 3 Discover Scuba students. Nods is manning the beach office. Tomorrow we are diving the rock.
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August 03 - We are at the rock today!

Date:	August 03
Location:	Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	15+ m
	It's a very hot and sunny day today. Reefer 1 is at Sail Rock. Vic is finishing his Rescue course with the Dutch family, Dan is taking his student Sian for her first couple of Open Water dives and Woody and Baby Alex are looking after our fun divers. Tomorrow we are going back to Sail Rock and are taking a few DSD's in the pool in the afternoon.

August 02 - We are at the National Marine Park

Date:	August 02
Location:	Ang Thong Marine National Park - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:	10+ m
	A busy Reefer 1 went out to the National Marine Park today. Vic is on the boat with his 4 Rescue students. Linda is finishing her Open Water course with Larissa and Christophe and Alex is doing the last day of his Advanced course. George is looking after a group of 6 fun divers. Becasue Nods and Eva are still out of the water for a few days, we have a couple more freelance instructors on the boat to guide the rest of our fun divers. Tomorrow we are going out to the rock.
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