Course overview

Shake off the rust before diving Phuket with the PADI ReActivate refresher, made for certified divers who have been out of the water for a while. You review key safety knowledge and practise essential skills in calm, shallow water, restoring your confidence before exploring the Andaman Sea's reefs. It is a sensible way to start a Phuket dive trip safely.

What you’ll learn

• Refresh dive theory and safety procedures
• Reassemble and check your scuba equipment
• Practise mask clearing and regulator recovery
• Re-establish buoyancy control
• Review out-of-air and emergency responses
• Rebuild confidence before open-water diving

Prerequisites

• Existing PADI (or recognised) diver certification
• No minimum recent-dive count, suitable after a break from diving
• Reasonable health and a completed medical questionnaire
• Comfortable in water

What's included · What's not

Not included? Sort the rest of your trip

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Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Skills refresh

   Online knowledge review and a confined-water skills session, followed by an optional guided open-water dive on a sheltered Phuket reef to rebuild confidence.

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