New Way Diving
Photo: Nott Peera · CC BY · via iNaturalist
New Way Diving is a family-owned SSI dive centre on Sairee Beach, Koh Tao, Thailand, founded in 1999. It offers courses from try-dives through to Advanced Adventurer and specialty certifications including Enriched Air Nitrox, Wreck Diving, and Underwater Photo & Video. The centre also runs fun dives for certified divers. According to the centre, it has two own dive boats and a maximum diver-to-guide ratio of 4:1.
Courses offered
| Course | Price |
|---|---|
| Basic Diver / Try Scuba Diving | – |
| Open Water Diver | – |
| Scuba Skills Update | – |
| Advanced Adventurer | – |
| React Right | – |
| Diver Stress & Rescue | – |
| React Right + Diver Stress & Rescue | – |
| Deep Diving | – |
| Navigation | – |
| Enriched Air Nitrox | – |
| Enriched Air Nitrox | – |
| Wreck Diving | – |
| Advanced Wreck Diving | – |
| Night & Limited Visibility | – |
| Underwater Photo & Video | – |
| Fun dive | from THB 1,000 |
Diving with New Way Diving
Diving is conducted from the centre’s own boats, with nitrox available. Dive sites visited include Chumphon Pinnacles, Southwest Pinnacle, HTMS Sattakut Wreck, Hin Wong Pinnacle, Green Rock, Japanese Gardens, Aow Leuk, Mango Bay, Sail Rock, and Samran Pinnacle.
On Google it holds an average rating of 4.7 from 304 reviews.
Sea temperatures in the surrounding waters range from 28°C in January to 31°C in May.
At a glance
- One of 23 SSI centres listed in Koh Tao
- 6 dive sites within 60 km:
Sea temperature through the year
Average sea surface temperature at the coordinates of New Way Diving, 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.
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea temperature (°C) | 28.1 | 28.7 | 29.2 | 30.8 | 31.4 | 30.4 | 30.1 | 30.0 | 29.7 | 29.9 | 29.5 | 28.5 |
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) 28.4 °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.
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Marine life recorded in this area
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist near these coordinates.
