Blue Planet Divers help pick up over 1,200kg of Flip Flops!

Blue Planet Divers took part in the recent Koh Lanta beach clean up on the 13th September 2008. Working alongside Greenfins (the Thai environmental organisation) and the local community, Blue Planet Divers helped pick up over 4.7 tonnes of rubbish from 4 beaches! Over 700 people turned up to help with the clean-up, many from the local community and from Reuters and Make a Wish located in Bangkok.

Blue Planet Divers organised the clean up of Klong Dao Beach where over tonne of waste was collected and sorted for recycling. Mellisa, responsible for collecting the data on the rubbish collected on Klong Dao Beach was amazed when she worked out that they had collected over 171kg of flip flops alone. Margot was trying to find a pair but to no avail!

Laurent said “every year during low season, so much rubbish is washed up our beaches and when Greenfins asked us to help again this year, we were only too happy to support this event.”

Choksomboon 9 gets a facelift!

During low season, Wee our Captain drove our boat to Satun where our boat has been dry docked to have its annual maintenance checks. This year we gave the boat a complete overhaul, a new propeller and a beautiful new paint job.

Laurent said “We have spent a lot of money this year ensuring that not only does the boat look great from the outside but is well maintained too.” Mellisa added “It has been nerve wrecking watching the transformation of the boat, but now it is done our boat looks amazing.”

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Freediving Competition

Blue Planet Divers will be running another Freediving Competition in 2009, last year’s inaugural event was a huge success and we are currently finalising the dates and arranging sponsorship.

If you want to take part this year or want more information please contact us...

Open all year

Demand has been so high this year that we are starting our season early. Our dive centre will be fully open from the 1st October and most of our crew will be back by then. “I have been on Koh Lanta all through low season and we have had numerous requests for diving courses or trips and the weather this year meant that most days we could have taken our boat out,” Mellisa commented, “so Laurent and I decided to be open for diving all year round.”

Laurent told us, “Don’t be deceived by the name, low or wet season in the main is very hot and sunny and if you can put up with a couple of rainy days you can save a fortune on accommodation.” During low season we are planning to go diving 3-4 days a week depending on demand and the weather.

Check out our website to see how much you can save by coming to Koh Lanta in the low season. So we are ready for you! This year we are bigger and better than ever before, many of our favourite staff are returning and we have excellent Technical and Freediving instructors joining the team. We would love to see you, for more information or to book contact us...