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Master Divers

PADI 5 Star IDC Resort 📍 Koh Tao, Thailand ★★★★★ 5.0 (1,264 reviews)

Photo: (c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · via iNaturalist

Master Divers is a PADI and RAID dive centre located in Mae Haad, Koh Tao, Thailand, established in 1992. It offers a wide range of courses from Discover Scuba Diving to PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) and MSDT Prep, catering to beginners through professional-level divers. The centre also provides fun dives for certified divers and supports technical diving with nitrox and tec courses. According to the centre, it is an award-winning PADI Career Development Centre (CDC) that uses premium equipment and offers small-group courses with a maximum of four divers per group.

Courses offered

Course Price
PADI Divemaster THB 38,000
PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) THB 42,000
PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) + MSDT Prep THB 54,000
PADI Open Water Diver –
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver –
PADI Rescue Diver –
PADI Enriched Air Nitrox course –
PADI Emergency O2 Provider course –
PADI TEC REC Gas Blender –
PADI AWARE Specialist course –
PADI Deep Speciality –
PADI Wreck Speciality –
Discover Scuba Diving –
Emergency First Response course –

Prices as listed on the centre’s own website, checked October 2026. Please confirm current prices directly with the centre.

Diving with Master Divers

On Google it holds an average rating of 5.0 from 1264 reviews.

Sea temperatures in the surrounding waters range from 28°C in January to 31°C in May. Species recorded near these coordinates include Whale Shark, Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse, Whitetail Damsel and Reticulated Damselfish.

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At a glance

  • One of 20 PADI centres listed in Koh Tao (44 dive centres there in total)
  • 6 dive sites within 60 km: Mae Haad Bay (1 km) · Sairee Reef (1 km) · Shark Bay (2 km) · Hin Ngam Bay (2 km) · Buddha Rock (3 km) · Tanote Bay (3 km)
Certification PADI 5 Star IDC Resort
Courses offered Discover Scuba Diving, Open Water Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver, Divemaster, Instructor Training
Location Koh Tao, Thailand
Address 25, 8, Mae Haad Koh Tao, Amphoe Ko Pha-ngan, Chang Wat Surat Thani 84360, Thailand
Phone 092 618 5637
Google Rating ★★★★★ 5.0 1,264 reviews
GPS 10.0822°, 99.8235°
Operator ID 0a109c8e-1d26-4f0f-a838-c41d0d91a05b

Sea temperature through the year

Average sea surface temperature at the coordinates of Master Divers, Koh Tao, Thailand, by calendar month. The water is warmest in May at 31.4 °C and coldest in January at 28.1 °C, a spread of 3.3 kelvin over the year. Every month of the year averages 25 °C or more.

MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Sea temperature (°C)28.128.829.330.931.430.530.030.029.730.029.528.5

By season, the four quarterly averages at this location are spring (March to May) 30.5 °C, summer (June to August) 30.2 °C, autumn (September to November) 29.7 °C and winter (December to February) 28.5 °C.

Sea surface temperature from Open-Meteo Marine (CC BY 4.0), daily model means 2022-11 to 2024-12, sampled at the coordinates of this dive centre. Values are monthly averages of the daily means, not forecasts.

Marine life recorded in this area

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist near these coordinates.

Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus)
Whale Shark Rhincodon typus A very large, slow-moving shark with a broad, flattened head, a wide mouth, and a distinctive pattern of pale spots and stripes on a dark grey back.to 18 m · surface to 100 m · day and nightopen water, often near the surfaceObserve from a respectful distance; its path is predictable as it swims with its mouth open to filter feed. (c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · observation
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidiatus A small, slender wrasse with a distinctive black lateral stripe that runs from snout to tail, bordered by electric blue above. It performs cleaning services for other fish.to 14 cm · 1-40 m · by daycoral-rich areas of reef, often at established cleaning stationsLook for a queue of larger fish hovering motionless; the wrasse will be darting in and out of their gills and mouths. (c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · observation
Whitetail Damsel (Pomacentrus chrysurus)
Whitetail Damsel Pomacentrus chrysurus A small, dark-bodied damselfish with a distinctive white tail and a yellow-edged dorsal fin. It is territorial and often seen darting near coral.to 9 cm · 1-12 m · by daycoral-rich areas of lagoons and outer reefsLook for it hovering just above branching corals, which it uses for shelter when threatened. (c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · observation
Reticulated Damselfish (Dascyllus reticulatus)
Reticulated Damselfish Dascyllus reticulatus A small damselfish with a white body covered in a fine black net-like pattern, and a black spot at the pectoral fin base.to 9 cm · 1-50 m · by daybranches of staghorn and other branching coralsLook for small groups hovering just above coral thickets; they dart into the branches when approached. (c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · observation