Assava Dive Resort

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Assava Dive Resort covers a vast area which stretches from the white sandy beaches to our mangrove nursery behind the resort. it is easy to spread and social distance. Our Cove Restaurant and Bar is all open air and spacious too, so you can enjoy being together, separately. Other than space, general movement around the resort, Hotel, restaurant and reception, all areas have been cleaned and sterilised with the social distancing measures in place. Staff and guests wear masks and will have their temperature taken on arrival. At every corner you will find hand sanitizer for your personal use, and our Cove restaurant sells hand sanitizer gels and face masks for your personal safety when moving around the island. Door handles, desk tops, restaurant tables and chairs, payment areas etc. are all disinfected throughout the day. With regards to our scuba diving activities, we have added a few more measures on top of our already strict disinfecting. Firstly, all divers have their own personal mouthpiece on their regulator. This is removed after every days diving for you to take away and the regulator is disinfected according to guidelines. The equipment rinse tanks are changed more often with extra added disinfectant to sterilise your dive gear. It is then thoroughly rinsed and hung with space in between to dry in our large drying area. Classes are held in open air classrooms, some of which are next to the beautiful white sandy beach. Reduced ratio classes make social distancing easier, plus give divers the added benefit of more personal tuition. At the moment we are teaching at a ration of 2 divers to 1 instructor. This allows everyone including the instructor, more time to enjoy courses. The Assava Dive Boat has a top and bottom deck providing plenty of room onboard to relax while staying couple of metres away from each other. During surface intervals we wear face masks and have hand sanitiser on board. Instead of using spit to defog masks, we supply eco-friendly soap for all divers to use. PADI Have issued the "8 simple rules" poster which is on our boats and dive centre for further information. There is no need to social distance underwater. We always dive close to our buddy and dive instructor for safety and enjoyment. However, once positive bouyant on the surface it's masks on and regs in until we are on the boat, then swapping to our other masks on the boat. PADI have issued new guidelines to help adapt skills during this time to avoid close contact with fellow students. Assava Dive Resort has implemented these adaptations whilst managing to follow all course standards. When you are ready and able to join us on Koh Tao, either for diving or simply to relax in paradise, rest assured that your health and well being are our priority.