PADI Wreck Specialty
Pattaya PADI Wreck specialty: Ships wrecks are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life. Pattaya has 4 great wrecks to dive and offers a chance for a new discovery.
Description
3 out of the 4 wrecks in Pattaya were intentionally sunk as an artificial reef for scuba divers. The HTMS Khram was scuttled in 2003, The HTMS Kut in 2006 and the HTMS Mataphon in 2012, all were ex US Navy ships. The Hardeep is the most famous wreck in the Pattaya area and is located at the Samae san islands 40 minute drive South of Pattaya. The PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course is popular because it offers rewarding adventures while observing responsible wreck diving practices.
If you’re at least 15 years old and have earned a PADI Adventure Diver certification or higher, you can enroll in the Wreck Diver Specialty course.
Academic
There are many different types of wrecks, some of which are protected by laws that guard their historical and cultural significance. Your training starts by reviewing guidelines for researching and respecting wrecks.
During four dives you’ll learn:
- Safety considerations for navigating and exploring wrecks.
- Surveying and mapping a wreck.
- Using penetration lines and reels to guide exploration.
- Penetrating the shipwreck – Techniques to avoid kicking up silt or disturbing the wreck and its inhabitants
Equipment
You’ll need your basic scuba equipment plus a dive light to see into the wreck, a slate and underwater compass for mapping and navigation and a line and reel for practicing wreck penetration. All this equipment is included in your rental equipment on the course.
Getting Started
Get in touch with us to receive your PADI Wreck Diver online elearning pdf manual before the course start date so you can complete the knowledge side of the course beforehand so when you turn up to the dive center it’s all diving.
Dive Trips
We run our dive/courses trips from our 12 metre speedboats: Start time 9am finish 2.30pm, The HTMS Kut and HTMS Mataphon takes us 
only 15 minutes to get to.
PRICES
Price of the course 11,500B 2 days (4 wreck dives)
The Pattaya wreck dives are all deep dives so the best way to do this course is to combine it with the PADI Enriched air specialty which gives you longer time underwater and collect two specialties to go to your Master Scuba diver rating.
Combined PADI Wreck specialty and PADI Enriched air specialty courses 3 days 18,500B
Includes Speedboat trips, Pro Instruction, rental equipment, 6 dives, Specialty e-manuals/certification, lunch/snacks/drinks.
To Book
EMAIL: realdiverspattayathailand@gmail.com
PHONE: Dive Shop – 038-232-476
Neil – 087-602-1411 
Kat – 093-594-9191
Directions to the dive center in Thai show a taxi driver. ซอยโรงแรมเวลคัม2 จอมเทียน ถนน เลียบชายหาดจอมเทียน ระหว่างซอย 11-12
IMPORTANT: If you are doing 2 dives in a day you will need 18 hours after your last dive before flying for safety reasons and 12 hours after 1 dive. If in doubt e-mail us.