Kapoli dive shop

There are plenty of dive shops scattered throughout south east Asia, what I noticed at the Kapoli dive shop is how well it is run as dive shops in this region tend to be a little casual in management - this is a well run dive shop.

You prepare your equipment that is stored in the tidy area, once you have set your equipment up, it states to the staff you are diving as your name is attached to your equipment and they will allocate you a speed boat.

The pre-dive briefing takes place in the shade, there are dive location maps but no actual underwater maps, this isn't an issue as all dives are guided and your guide is able to give a site briefing just before rolling into the water.

The rules of the dive shop are in Japanese and English, the rules are fairly self explanatory with no gloves, no solo dives, no surface interval less than one hour, no dive over one hour and naturally - no drinking and diving.

The speed boats are prepared by the shop staff, all you do is grab your mask and fins and hop on board and depart at the correct time. 

The speedboat moves slowly past the shore dive entry/exit platform, there is unlimited shore diving at Kapoli, I do think the dive site is a little ordinary and wouldn't spend too much effort on the local dives. After your first dive at Kapoli, you have pretty much seen this site although it does provide some good photo opportunities.