Scuba Divers
Look After Yourself.
Thailand Divers requires all certified divers joining scuba day trips, liveaboards or courses for certified divers to have their own suitable scuba-diving insurance before diving. This includes Refresher, Advanced Open Water, Nitrox and Deep Diver courses. Insurance is not included in these bookings.
Your existing travel insurance or personal dive insurance is acceptable if it covers your planned scuba diving in Thailand, including the activities, maximum depth and all dive dates, with cover for dive-accident medical treatment, emergency evacuation and recompression chamber treatment. Check eligibility, limits and exclusions with your insurer and bring confirmation of cover.
If you already have suitable cover, you do not need to buy another policy or buy DAN. If you need cover, review the DAN short-term option below and check the current policy documents, eligibility and dates before purchasing. DAN dive-accident cover is not a replacement for travel insurance. Ask DAN or your insurer to confirm suitability; Thailand Divers cannot guarantee acceptance or payment of a claim.
Scuba Diving insurance
Included for new divers
Scuba-diving accident cover is included for Discover Scuba Diving, Explore Scuba and Open Water students during their booked course, subject to eligibility and policy terms. These students do not need to arrange separate scuba cover for those course activities. This does not replace travel insurance or cover later certified fun dives.
Your insurance documents explain the insured activities, cover limits and exclusions. Check the documents supplied for your booking and keep your cover details available during the course. Contact us if you need help finding them.
Important to everyone
Flying After Scuba Diving
Plan your last dive around your onward flight. For divers without symptoms after no-decompression diving, DAN recommends waiting at least 12 hours after a single dive, or at least 18 hours after multiple dives in a day or diving on consecutive days, before flying.
A longer surface interval further reduces risk. Dives requiring decompression stops need longer precautions; follow specialist advice for the diving you have done. These intervals reduce risk but do not guarantee that decompression sickness cannot occur.
Tell the team about flights or travel to altitude when planning your trip. If you have symptoms that might be related to diving, seek medical advice and do not fly until medically cleared.
Read our flying-after-diving guide and DAN’s recommendations for more detail.
