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Merlin Divers - Kamala Diving Center

74/3 Moo 3 Rim Had Road, Kamala, Phuket 83150, Thailand
+6676385518
Ranked #1 of 2 tours in Kamala
5.0 of 5 stars 238 Reviews
Type: Water Sports
Owner description: Kamala Diving Center – Merlin Divers – the premier dive shop in Kamala, only 50 meters from the beautiful Kamala Beach between the beaches of Patong...... more » Owner description: Kamala Diving Center – Merlin Divers – the premier dive shop in Kamala, only 50 meters from the beautiful Kamala Beach between the beaches of Patong and Bangtao Surin – Phuket, Thailand. Merlin Divers offers the full range of diving activities that are available from Phuket and maintains one of the largest equipment shops you can find on Phuket – displaying and selling all sorts of diving and snorkeling equipment, swimming items and general water sports gear and wear. Merlin Divers is an official dealer and partner of Aqualung scuba diving equipment for diving and snorkeling and Suunto dive computer.We also offer the full range of PADI dive courses from the beginner level of Discover Scuba Diving and PADI Open Water Diver up to the professional level of PADI Dive Master, also available are the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver and many Specialty courses like Enriched Air (Nitrox), Deep Diver, Wreck Diver, Navigation Diver and many more. For those interested in a career in the diving industry we have special programs from beginner to professional level.We have a variety of half day trips to our local dive sites not far from Kamala Beach like Koh Weo, Tin Lizzy Wreck (a tin mining excavator), Nakala Reef, Laem Son and Tai Pau. In our program we also have day trips to the well known dive sites like Racha Yai, Racha Noi, Shark Point, Anemone Reef, Koh Doc Mai and the wreck King Cruiser and not to forget – the world famous Phi Phi Islands. Also available are liveaboards to the best dive sites in Thailand – the Similan Islands, Koh Bon, Koh Ta Chai and Richlieu Rock. « less
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Vancouver, Canada
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2012 NEW

I went to Merlin Divers to attain my PADI Open Water certification and did just that. Robert customized my diving trips around a very tight schedule and went above and beyond to ensure I was able to enjoy as much as my schedule allowed. Paul was not only a consummate professonal but has a wealth of knowlege and expierience due... More

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Portadown, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 May 2012
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I successfully completed the PADI Open Water course with Merlin Divers. Prior to the course, I had no experience of diving, and although I can swim had issues with putting my head under water. This, added to the fact that I am a complete over-thinker, filled me with reservations about my ability to rise to my newly set challenge. Robert... More

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Stockholm, Sweden
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 May 2012
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It's a great diving center with friendly staff and fun diving locations. It's perfect for any type of traveller and easily the best diving center in phuket to get your PADI! We will come back again :) More

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Singapore, null, Singapore
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 May 2012
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I just like to share the great experience we had with Merlin divers. Robert put together a costumized diving experience for myself, where kids and wife could snorkel while I was enjoying the nice views a couple of meters below them. As we all enjoyed it, we add'l booked a private trip to the Phi Phis with friends and there... More

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Frankfurt, Germany
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 May 2012
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I did several diving tours with Kamala Diving center, some together with a friend, and we were very happy with advices, services and the rental equipment. The owner Robert and his team know everything about the best diving spots around Phuket (also some mostly unknown spots) and helped us to choose the right tours (I hate big traffic under water... More

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Cheltenham
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 May 2012
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I've been meaning to write this review for a while as I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Merlin Divers. With only one week on Phuket we hadn't gone with the intention of doing a diving course, but on our first full day we hired a moped to explore the coastline near our hotel. First stop was Kamala Beach and, while... More

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Ottawa, Canada
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 May 2012

We were just a walk-in customer at Kamala Beach and we wanted to do some diving. What we did not know was that we were at the end of the season. Robert provided excellent advice that helped us choose what we wanted to do. We are very experienced divers and he provided information in a way that we could make... More

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Singapore, Singapore
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 May 2012
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Last week we did a 3-dive day-trip with Merlin Divers - Kamala Dive Centre in Phuket, which was a fantastic day. Well maintained equipment, a nice dive boat (complete with fresh-water showers at the back of the boat), a crew who had their game down-pat and were very professional. Paul our friendly dive instructor had good knowledge of the dive... More

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Epagny, France
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 May 2012

Excellent advice, not pushing you to dive in too touristic area or if condition are optimum Excellent service, real customer service oriented Thanks for the great Tim e I had More

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Khao Lak
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 May 2012
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We had 1 days diving locally in Kamala, the visibilty was bad but the day was enjoyable as it was professionally run. We also had a days diving from Chalong and our guide, Neung was fantastic. She found us black tips, the secret was to stay very still and wait, no one else on the boat saw them. She also... More

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