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Ihtiander is a licensed PADI dive shop offering all dive courses up to the Assistant Instructor level. Our staff of PADI professional instructors can also teach and certify in a variety of specialty courses. COURSES INCLUDE:
*Discover Snorkeling & Scuba Diving
*Open Water Diver
*Advanced Open Water & Advanced Plus
*Rescue Diver & Medic First Aid
*Dive Master Course
*Assistant Instructor
*Specialty Diver Courses
*Information for Instructor Courses

Who are we?


meditation with Ihtiander Ihtiander is the ONLY combined scuba diving and meditation center, IN THE WORLD, devoted to introducing and helping you to explore the mysteries of the underwater world and your "inner being". For nearly a decade, our staff has been teaching diving and meditation in the waters around Thailand as well as other parts of the world.

Our international staff of instructors bring diving experience and meditative teachings from masters of the past and present, worldwide.

Ihtiander owns and operates dive centers in both Pattaya and Ko Chang (Trad). We are a PADI licensed and sanctioned dive operation with two boats servicing the entire Gulf of Thailand.



oundlessness and weightlessness of scuba diving creates a place where your "being" can soar through meditation. Physical ailments and our daily stresses are oft


What is Meditation Diving?


In Eastern cultures meditation has been a way to discover the mysteries of life for many centuries. Meditation removes the mind and all relative sufferings connected to it than enriches the conciseness through advanced techniques in breathing and scuba diving. Meditation is diving into eternity as diving is meditation into yourself. Religions speak of this...Masters point to this...but scuba diving with meditation give you this...are you ready for this?

The power and energy of the sea is as infinite as that of your "being". Imagine the possibilities of combining the energy within yourself with that of the worlds oceans and seas. The warm water environment that The Gulf of Thailand offers together with the virtual sen released into the sea as we become more aware of our body and spirit. So explore your potential as you explore the sea with a meditation dive on the Ihtiander.