Question 1

Day 1 - Confined water training

Accepted Answer

Times are an estimation:
7.15 - meet at Black Turtle dive (if no paperwork done, 7.00)
8.00 - go to the pool and start swimtests and confined water dives
12.00 - 12.45 lunch break 
12.45 - 17.00 finish all confined water dives

Question 2

Day 2 - Open water dive 1 and 2

Accepted Answer

9.30 - meet at Black Turtle dive 
9.30 - 11.00 dive theory and dry practice compass skills
11.00 - 11.45 lunch break 
11.45 - 16.30 out on the boat for dive 1 and 2

Question 3

Day 3 - Open water dive 3 and 4

Accepted Answer

Morning boat:
6.30 - meet at Black Turtle dive
6.45 - 11.45 out on the boat for dive 3 and 4
11.45 - 13.00 finish paperwork, quick review and t-shirt time

Afternoon boat:
11.00 - meet at Black Turtle dive
11.00 - 11.45 - Quick review 
11.45 - 16.30 - out on the boat for dive 3 and 4
16.30 - 17.00 finish paperwork and t-shirt time

Before starting dive 3 and 4 everyone must have finished the e-learning knowledge review, quizzes and final exam.

Question 4

Day 1

Accepted Answer

10.00 - meet at Black Turtle Dive
10.00 - 11.30 - dive theory and dry practice
11.45 - 16.30 - Adventure dive 1 + 2 (recommended PPB and Underwater Navigation)
17.30 - 19.30 - Adventure dive 3 (if you chose to do a night dive)

Question 5

Day 2

Accepted Answer

6.30 - meet at Black Turtle Dive
6.45 - 11.45 - Adventure dive 4 + 5 (recommended Deep and Wreck)
11.45 - 12.30 - Finish paperwork and t-shirt time!
17.30 - 19.30 - Adventure dive 3 (if you chose to do a night dive)

Question 6

Things to do beside diving

Accepted Answer

- Participate in a Muay Thai training
- Go to a Muay Thai fight night 
- Do a cooking class 
- Go for a hike to one of Koh Tao's viewpoints
- Yoga / Pilates classes
- Visit Hacienda for some pool or bowling

Question 7

Where to eat - Sairee area

Accepted Answer

- Kanya, local small Thai restaurant
- 995 duck, mostly duck as the name suggests
- Mama Tam's, local Thai restaurant (go early)
- Bingo 2.0, combination of Thai and Western food
- Family Kitchen, beautiful sunset at the beach and good food
- La Pizzeria da Claudio, Italian food

Question 8

Where to eat - Mae Haad area

Accepted Answer

- Breeze, Western food right on the beach
- Pom Som Tam, authentic Thai kitchen (fried chicken is awesome)
- Pranee, Thai local place
- La carrot, vegetarian food

Question 9

Where to eat - Chalok area

Accepted Answer

- Tukta, local Thai food, but can be a long wait
- Asia mood, fusion of Japanese and Thai food
- Chalok house, awesome spot to have food
- Matchima, Thai food (green curry fried chicken is incredible)

Question 10

Sunset bars around the island

Accepted Answer

- Bamboo
- Good Times
- Skyline bar and grill
- Smoking dead

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