Technical diver celebrates his 27th birthday in Thailand.

Khao Lak, Thailand - Big Blue Tech celebrated the 27th birthday of Andy “Cav” Cavell who has been on the expedition as assistant technical instructor for the final phase of his 3 month technical diving internship.

As the team left the liveaboard boat we sorted out our gear and got some sleep before heading out to the Happy Snapper. In the Happy Snapper we were met by several other friends and colleagues who joined us in the festivities which included drinking and dancing while the band played late into the night.

The night was also a celebration of a safe return from a great trip on the sea.

The following day was spent moving quite slowly and hanging around the pool resting up for some more technical diving to come.

Big Blue Tech opens it’s doors today to start the new season after closing during the annual monsoon that hit’s the east side of Koh Tao, however the monsoon never happened. Despite diving destinations on the east coast of Thailand like Pattaya being effected by consistent rain and flash flooding; koh tao was sunny and dry.

The many wise locals of koh tao who have been on the island before beer swear that monsoon is coming and that we shouldn’t be opening just yet. So against better judgment we opened the doors of Big Blue Tech and welcomed all the new activity.

One of the more regretful events is the departure of Christos Kardana who’s leaving Thailand to go to England to delve into the plentiful job market there. Regardless we hope he’ll find nothing but misery and come back in the new year.

Today isn’t without celebration as it’s also the first day for Ash Dunn who has been training to become the new Facilities Manager for this past month and walked right into work this morning ready to get to go.

Today is also the first day for our new technical diving interns who have a very long list of courses and goals to complete over the next 3 months on their way up to becoming a technical diving instructor. You can read more about them tomorrow.