Opened since 1993,

Ban's Diving Koh Tao CDC Center is recognized as a leading dive center in the world and recently was awarded by PADI,

Best Dive Center/Resort in Thailand 2009
Best Dive Center/Resort Asia Pacific Region for 2009

Besides being a professional dive center we are also one of the most popular resorts on Koh Tao. Nestled in beautiful tropical surroundings on Sairee Beach, Koh Tao's main beach we have grown over the years we have built our resort slowly and provide our customers with all the amenities of a first class resort.

Centrally located, our resort is within walking distance of restaurants, shopping, viewpoints, night life and everything else that will make your stay on Koh Tao memorable.

Owned and operated by a local family Ban’s Diving Resort Koh Tao still maintains a very special family oriented hospitality that keeps customers coming back year after year. Within our resort are all the amenities needed to make your holiday both comfortable and fun and our facilities include dive center, beach front restaurant, spa and hair salon, 24 hour mini mart, 2 swimming pools, and Fish Bowl bar.

We offer many services for our customers helping make their stay at our resort as relaxed and comfortable as possible, these include travel, laundry, internet and fax, kayak rentals, snorkeling trips, dive trips, etc.

In competition with over 1200 dive centers in the Asia Pacific Region.The Award was giving to Ban's Diving Koh Tao by PADI President World Wide Dr. Drew Richardson on Koh Tao in May 2009.

Other awards we have received from PADI over the years include:

• Hallmark of Excellence 1998-1999
  
• Outstanding Contribution to Instructor Development 2000
• Support to the PADI System 2000-2002
• Course Director Jonas Samuelsson for Outstanding
  Development to Instructor Development 2007
• Recognition of Outstanding Acquisition and Retention
  of Continuing Education 2007