Top 5 PADI Courses in Phuket

1.Full-Day Beginner Scuba Course with Private Tuition, Racha Yai

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 368 reviews · from $162Our pick

Start early at Chalong Pier, meet a certified instructor such as Pomme, Tiger, Ootdy, or Nim, and board a shared boat for Koh Racha Yai. After breakfast and instruction, you’ll complete two 45 to 50-minute open-water scuba sessions with close guidance. Lunch, equipment, snacks, insurance, and select Phuket transfers are included.

“Very good experience, had a very informative instructor and all the boat crew were friendly and welcoming”

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2.PADI Discover Scuba Diving for Beginners (Non Certified Divers)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 78 reviews · from $204

Join Aussie Divers Phuket for a beginner-friendly PADI Discover Scuba session near the Racha Islands. Instructor Franck guides you through safety skills before three underwater sessions, including practice at Racha Noi. The day includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, drinks, equipment, and a group capped at four people.

“I too my son on a discover scuba diving - we found the instructor, Franck to be wonderful – very clear, knowledgeable, patient, and extremely entertaining with his stories! My son and I were very appreciative of his skill, professionalism, focusRead more”

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3.SSI | Padi Open Water Course in Phuket

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 66 reviews · from $505

Learn scuba skills in Chalong, then complete five open-water sessions around Racha Yai and Racha Noi. The small group, capped at eight, includes equipment, boat transfers, meals, insurance, and hotel transport. Instructors include Olivier, Pommie, OotDy, Ned, and Pomme. Confirm before booking whether your certificate will be SSI or PADI.

“I had Olivier & Pommie as my instructor! Finished the course in 3 days! Absolutely amazing people and amazing experience. The dive sites are surreal. I recommend everyone to do this course.”

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4.Freediving in Phuket – SSI – AIDA – Molchanovs – PADI

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 26 reviews · from $328

Spend two days learning freediving with SSS Phuket. Day one covers breathing, safety, static and dynamic skills at The SIS Kata. Day two brings two or three sea sessions near Racha Yai Island, with equipment, hotel and boat transfers, breakfast, lunch, and a choice of PADI, SSI, AIDA, or Molchanovs certification.

“Really improved my freediving in some of the most beautiful water ever. Ruddy was an excellent teacher”

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5.From Phuket: 3-Day SSI/PADI Open Water Diver Certification

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 24 reviews · 3 days · from $530

Learn scuba skills with a dedicated Thai, English, or French instructor during a three-day SSI or PADI course from Phuket. You begin at a Chalong pool, then head to Racha Yai and Racha Noi for five sea sessions, meals, equipment, transfers, and certification. Olivier and Ootdy are among the instructors praised for patient, safety-minded teaching.

“We could not wish for a better instructor. Olivier is excellent teacher. He was able to explain to us everything in such a simple and interesting way. He was always helpful, patient, supportive and we felt absolutely safe during diving with him. The whole course was a lot of fun and he made this experience unforgettable (and made lovely videos for us)! Also the whole crew on the boat was amazing, and I absolutely recommend this!!”

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