
Andre Longchamps
Owner/manager ("store chief") of OK Club Diving Center (OK Club Lanta) on Ko Lanta, Krabi Province -- a highly-rated technical dive centre (4.9 stars, 140+ reviews) offering cave diving, sidemount, and technical sidemount courses. Came to diving relatively late, taking it up on an Egypt holiday in 2010 after years working in the food industry, and became an instructor soon after. Became an SSI Instructor Trainer following an April 2026 SSI Pro Thailand seminar hosted at his own shop.
Student Reviews
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Andre Longchamps is the name that keeps surfacing when divers on Ko Lanta ask around for a recommendation — one reviewer who did their cavern course with him described him as someone they could strongly recommend without hesitation, and a separate community recommendation called him simply the best instructor to dive with on the island. OK Club, the centre he runs, carries one of the strongest overall reputations of any technical operation in the area, and Andre's individual name recognition tracks right alongside it.
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