Dive Wishes & More is the premier SSI center for diving and snorkeling in Koh Tao, while offering the highest quality of service for reasonable prices. So you can expect private experienced diving instructors to fully guide and assist you through your diving course, with very small classes (max. 4 per instructor), and experienced dive guides who will take you on superb fun dives, constantly avoiding crowded dive sites, while focussing on your personal needs and wishes.
Travelling, diving & adventure is our passion, to whom we donate all our heart.
Who arrives as a customer, leaves as a friend.
For snorkeling we offer various trips, such as the ‘Around the island’ private snorkeling trip, where you will visit at least 5 beautiful snorkeling spots.
Dive Wishes is also one of the only diving schools on the island that works with own speedboats, therefore you can enjoy fast travel times to all of the dive sites around Koh Tao by speedboats, and you can sleep out while you are back early, so you can enjoy the rest of your day.
Diving Courses
Diving & Snorkeling Trips
Our Diving Boats
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During my stay in Koh Tao I signed up for SSI Open Water course with Dive Wishes, they were very well organised, nice equipment and fast registration with SSI organization... read more after passing a course. I was on a solo course and that's made all the difference, same price as everywhere else, but without the crowd. Instructions were focused on me, which enriched the whole experience.
I had a lifetime experience with them, everything was organised perfectly and safe.
The instructor made sure I was able to deal with pressure and breathing, explaining everything very clear but also in a fun way.
Definitely coming back to Koh Tao and advancing on the certifications in the future with Dive Wishes!
24/02/2023Fantastic dive - Fantastic dive, friendly instructor with excellent knowledge and humor. Equipment is good so is the boat. Small group compared with the larger companys with 30 persons per boat.
21/02/2023Having always loved the ocean and snorkeling my wife and I decided it was a great time to get open water certified and explore what was out of reach of... read more the breathing tube.
The Dive Wishes team got us squared away and on their speedboat the next day. First thing we loved was that we had the boat all to ourselves, as beginners we were excited but uncertain initially so the personal touch really helped. Captain Joe knew all the spots like the back of his hand and Mosquito the boat boy had us geared up and effortlessly in the water double checking all the details so we felt confident and safe. Once below the surface our dive instructor who we fondly referred to as JS “Jack Sparrow” took charge and the learning began.
It was the perfect blend of place and time and I took to it with certainty and relished in every moment, but my wife wasn’t so sure. The fear of the unknown was larger than she had expected and she had a hard time letting go and joining the underwater world. JS didn’t flinch, his patient teaching and techniques to get her comfortable and moving down at her pace led to the slow building of confidence. By day 2 she had time to reflect on the wins of the previous day and was excited again, but once in the water the doubt crept back in. Once again JS took the time and magically had her making baby steps toward the confidence she needed to actually notice all the amazing flora and fauna and enjoy the things she came to see rather than just surviving the class. By Day 3 we were through training and skills and fun diving was the task, with all signs pointing to success we had one last hesitation but the personal attention allowed by the private group paved the way to her scuba bliss. By the end of day 3 she couldn’t wait to go more and I couldn’t be happier. Thank you TS, Tom, Captain Joe, and Mosquito for an awesome time.
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We did the beginners open Wacourse course and some snorkling and had the boot for ourselves. The crew and espacially the instructor, Pot, who really met our individual needs. He... read more always gave as a feeling of security and helped overcome initial anxieties. I don't thing this would be possible in a langer group. So this individual diving course wit a sensitive instructor was perfect for our family, espacially the children (11 and 14 years). We went to the most beautiful places and saw amazing fish and corals.
The team was very friendly and helpful. They aimed to find diving sites away from the crowd and reacted flexible to the situations. On a day with quite bad weather ( which got even worse during the trip), they tried to find a sites on the other side of the island, where the sea was more calm. So we still could complete our course and do some fun diving, while the rest of the family could enjoy snorkling.
All together, an amazing experience.
30/08/2022We stayed at the Miracle Guesthouse for 5 nights and did our deep water license with Dive Wishes and More while we were there. I can highly recommend both. The... read more owner, Tom, was extremely friendly and helpful with anything we needed and he patiently explained everything in detail as we had been a bit nervous about going diving. One advantage of this diving school is that they have a programme where they can adjust the course to the trainees’ needs.
Our dive master, Miguel, was a very competent teacher who took us to fantastic dive sites, made us feel safe at all times and was interested in any questions we had. We could not have wished for a better teacher to accompany us on our first dives. We also really appreciated the small size of groups (not more than 2 trainees per teacher/for us it was just the two of us, our teacher and the sympathetic captain Joe).
Thank you very much, Tom, Mig and Joe! We will remember our trip to Koh Tao and the dives with Dive Wishes as one of the most amazing experiences we gained in Thailand.
24/05/2022We stayed at the Miracle Guesthouse for 5 nights and did our deep water license with Dive Wishes and More while we were there. I can highly recommend both. The... read more owner, Tom, was extremely friendly and helpful with anything we needed and he patiently explained everything in detail as we had been a bit nervous about going diving. One advantage of this diving school is that they have a programme where they can adjust the course to the trainees’ needs. Our dive master, Miguel, was a very competent teacher who took us to fantastic dive sites, made us feel safe at all times and was interested in any questions we had. We could not have wished for a better teacher to accompany us on our first dives. We also really appreciated the small size of groups (not more than 2 trainees per teacher/for us it was just the two of us, our teacher and the sympathetic captain Joe). Thank you very much, Tom, Mig and Joe! We will remember our trip to Koh Tao and the dives with Dive Wishes as one of the most amazing experiences we gained in Thailand.
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The Dives was amazing. Good crew and diving gear. I love the small groups (max 3 People) alot.
Ive made 12 dives at very nice Dive Spots so it... read more was a wonderful experience. Thanks to Tom and Mig... Maybe See you again
05/04/2022The Dives was amazing. Good crew and diving gear. I love the small groups (max 3 People) alot. Ive made 12 dives at very nice Dive Spots so it... read more was a wonderful experience. Thanks to Tom and Mig... Maybe See you again
01/03/2022Dive wishes with Tom is just the perfect way of discovery dives far from tourism tour.
Tom is very Nice and very very available and adapts to your Schedule and... read more your desires.
If you want to discover the seabed far from tourist, don’t hesitate to call Tom. He is the man you need to enjoy the island
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Dive wishes with Tom is just the perfect way of discovery dives far from tourism tour. Tom is very Nice and very very available and adapts to your Schedule and... read more your desires. If you want to discover the seabed far from tourist, don’t hesitate to call Tom. He is the man you need to enjoy the island
01/12/2021Diving - I got my open water, advanced adventurer, nitrox and deep water specialities with Dive wishes. It was one the best experiences of my life. They use a small boat... read more and on education dives it can be that you are completely alone with Frank the instructor so it’s a really personalized learning experience without the pressure of being in a bigger group! I can’t recommend Dive Wishes highly enough!
31/08/2021I got my open water, advanced adventurer, nitrox and deep water specialities with Dive wishes. It was one the best experiences of my life. They use a small boat... read more and on education dives it can be that you are completely alone with Frank the instructor so it’s a really personalized learning experience without the pressure of being in a bigger group! I can’t recommend Dive Wishes highly enough!
31/08/2021 -
I’m a regular visitor to Koh Tao and training to become a Dive Master. I’ve dived with multiple companies and I just had the worst diving experience with Dive Wishes... read more & More. Tom, the owner, is rude, made sexist and racist remarks about me and my friend, and is extremely unprofessional. My party and I wanted to go to a specific dive site and paid for the speed boat for this very purpose. The day before our dive we were told by several other dive schools and other credible dive instructors that the dive site would not be available to the public as there was a VIP visitor. We asked Tom of Dive Wishes to please double check, to which he rudely replied “I don’t listen to other people”. Despite this, he assured us that we would be able to dive, so we went ahead, excited for the dive. When we approached the dive site, the site was closed with high security. We had no other choice but to go to another dive site. When we called the owner to tell him about the situation, that we had warned him beforehand (also his job to know, not the duty of non local customers to tell him the site will be closed), and if he could offer a discount for the inconvenience and wasted time, he was extremely combative and rude. In the end, he gave us a 20% discount for the dive sites that we didn’t expect to go. In top of that he wasn’t even able to provide us with the right sizes of equipment and one of the regulators wasn’t working properly. Apart from the owner being incredibly unprofessional, the boat crew were friendly. I would not recommend anybody to dive with this company. There are many other professional, polite, and fun dive schools to support.
29/04/2021We completed the advanced adventure diving course and some fundives with Matze very personable, cool Instructor, friendly and very knowledgeable. We had a total of 10 dives. The... read more dive sites were Sail Rock, Chumphon and around Koh Tao. All great dive sites with lots of interesting fish. We felt very safe and in good hands at any time. Everything was explained very precisely and with a lot of patience. The diving trips on the speed boat were great, food and drink are included, we didn't lack anything!
We can only recommend Dive Wishes & More and were very satisfied. Many thanks also to Tom who organized the dive sites with his experience depending on the weather.
04/01/2021We completed the advanced adventure diving course and some fundives with Matze very personable, cool Instructor, friendly and very knowledgeable. We had a total of 10 dives. The... read more dive sites were Sail Rock, Chumphon and around Koh Tao. All great dive sites with lots of interesting fish. We felt very safe and in good hands at any time. Everything was explained very precisely and with a lot of patience. The diving trips on the speed boat were great, food and drink are included, we didn't lack anything! We can only recommend Dive Wishes & More and were very satisfied. Many thanks also to Tom who organized the dive sites with his experience depending on the weather.
01/12/2020