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Self-Sufficient Diver in Thailand: 11 dive centres on TecDiveTools, with agencies, courses taught and a summary of what students say. 10 publish course prices.
TecDiveTools lists 11 dive centres teaching Self-Sufficient Diver in Thailand. 10 of them publish course prices, in the currency the shop advertises and with the date each was checked — not converted, and not estimated.
Listings are ordered by how much evidence exists about their technical diving, not by a star rating, with any paid Featured listing shown first and marked as such (how rankings work). 7 of these 11 carry reviews we have read and classified as being about technical or overhead training. The count excludes recreational certifications by name, so a busy resort does not outrank a one-instructor cave operation on the volume of its reef trips. Separately, 7 have at least one instructor whose reviews we have read and summarised — a dive centre carries no synthesis of its own. How we read and count reviews.
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About the course
Advanced independent diving training emphasizing self-reliance, gas management, and redundant equipment for solo diving under specific conditions to depths of 132 fsw (40 msw). Teaches quarter-tank rule, independent navigation, equipment redundancy, and self-rescue procedures. Ideal for tech-minded recreational divers wanting maximum autonomy, frequent solo divers, and those transitioning toward technical training.
Gas management including the quarter-tank rule for solo diving, independent navigation and orientation, redundant equipment systems and bailout procedures, solo emergency ascent procedures, decision-making for independent diving scenarios
The centres listed above teach IANTD Self-Sufficient Diver in Thailand. Requirements are set by the agency, not the centre, so they are the same wherever you train — what differs is price, class size and how much diving is included.
11 dive centres on TecDiveTools teach IANTD Self-Sufficient Diver in Thailand: Bangkok (3), Phuket (3), Krabi (2), Pattaya (2) and Koh Phangan (1). Each is listed above.
Koh Tao's deeper pinnacles are close enough for routine decompression training, and warm water keeps long stops comfortable. Trimix depths mean going offshore: the Gulf's technical wrecks lie at 43–75 m.
One centre in the TecDiveTools directory publishes a whole-course price for IANTD Self-Sufficient Diver in Thailand: MV Seavulture, at THB 15,000. Prices differ mainly in what they include, so compare the inclusions before comparing the numbers. Prices were last checked in September 2026.
