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Aug. - Oct. 09
During this time the island is full, many Europeans, especially from Italy and France give Koh Tao a very cosmopolitan atmosphere. Diving at this time is great, this year we have been fortunate to see many whale sharks, also the number of turtle sightings have increased significantly to previous years. The visibility is always good at this time; it is not unusual to have 30 meter visibility, making for excellent fun dives at our top dive sites.
The marine conservation program has also been going well with many new students here to assist with the Save Koh Tao ' Buoyancy world ' project. This year we planned to make a new artificial dive site at the Twins. Eight dive schools from the island were involved and we all had loads of fun, and hot days constructing the individual structures. New Heaven's structure was the Himpaman Tree (Thai for cashew tree). Our structure was designed to grow corals as well as to be an interesting piece of art work. We were unable to complete the project as the weather began to change toward the end of September and the deployment of the structures to the sea has been delayed until after the monsoon season.
New Years Party 2009/2010
Another passes and the new comes in. Every year we celebrate in style, good company, good food, good music and of course good fun. This year we had a fancy dress theme to the new years eve party, which was held on the beach outside the dive school. As you can see some of the costumes were great and we all had a great time dancing away to live music from Monrak Bora Bora.The fesivities continued into the small hours of the morning, sunrise for the new year was another special one. The fun didn't stop there, after we all had a few hours sleep we took a boat load of 40 people over to Sai Daeng beach were the games continued , a day off for all the staff fun and games on the beach, people of different cultures and back ground coming togther and enjoying each others company. Lets hope the new year continues as well as it starts.
November - December 2009
Monsoon season, although this year the wind and rains never came. The diving conditions remained fantastic all the way through the traditional rainy season. In fact the sea was so flat that it looked like the boats were floating above the water!!!!! During this time the island has fewer tourists so if you are lucky with the weather; it's an excellent time to visit. The marine conservation program closes over the monsoon season, but normal fun dives and courses go on throughout the year, as usual we had the good fortune to meet many interesting people from all over the world. During November the dive school joined in with the local community to celebrate the Loykatong Festival. Its always a great night when all the island locals get together sing and dance the night away. Everyone constructs small floating boats which are set out to the sea with a candle , the meaning is to wash away all our misfortunes and to start again with a fresh start.
August - October 2009
During this time the island is full, many Europeans, especially from Italy and France give Koh Tao a very cosmopolitan atmosphere. Diving at this time is great, this year we have been fortunate to see many whale sharks, also the number of turtle sightings have increased significantly to previous years. The visibility is always good at this time; it is not unusual to have 30 meter visibility, making for excellent fun dives at our top dive sites.
The marine conservation program has also been going well with many new students here to assist with the Save Koh Tao ' Buoyancy world ' project. This year we planned to make a new artificial dive site at the Twins. Eight dive schools from the island were involved and we all had loads of fun, and hot days constructing the individual structures. New Heaven's structure was the Himpaman Tree (Thai for cashew tree). Our structure was designed to grow corals as well as to be an interesting piece of art work. We were unable to complete the project as the weather began to change toward the end of September and the deployment of the structures to the sea has been delayed until after the monsoon season.
June - July 2009
Summer time, well tropical summers are pretty much like the rest of the year and the weather during this time can range from super hot and flat to big waves and torrential rains. so as you can imagine the dives are different every day. At this time the east side of the island opens up and we can dive at sites such as Laem Tien, H?n Wong Pinnacle and King Kong Rock. The t?des are much lower at th?s t?me so we have an extended beach out the front of the dive school, plenty of room for beach football, volley ball and frizbe. Although the weather is not so hot as the dry season long summer days are for sure fantast?c here on Koh Tao.
April - May 2009......... School Holidays
As this time is the Dry season in Thailand, most schools are closed. All the kids whose parents are working on the island are generally sent to boarding school, or to live with Grand Mun on the mainland. So during the hot dry season months the island has a different atmosphere, all the koh tao kids are back and the island surely benefits from this.
At New Heaven we definitely notice the kids, we are graced with the presence of the lovely Senay, super diver Ali-Khan and flame juggler Turan. This year the kids progressed in their diving. Senay became an advanced diver, and both Senay and Ali-Khan helped on a number of marine conservation dives. Of course the holidays always end, but before the kids left, even Mama Kaen went for a dive, this was a just a little short of a miracle.
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