Cambodian Diving Group, Sihanoukville

Took the advanced open water course. It's quite expensive here, but well it's a small island with not much infrastructure, so that's justifiable. The dives were good, especially the night dive. The problem with Cambodian Diving Group is, that they never finished the paper work for the certification in over one year, even though i contacted them a few times. First they told me, that they were going to do it, now they are not even answering anymore. Because of that i cannot recommend doing a certification here.

We did 2 dives and would describe it as chaotic and unsafe.. This was purely due to the fact that 1 divemaster took 10 people to go diving. The visibility was not so good and some of the participating people were clearly not experienced. This led to a chaotic first dive (which only took 32 minutes) with people continuesly bumping into each other and two people even getting behind for a moment. This is obviously not a safe situation for divers, especially for the beginners. Besides this, it should be noted that the staff is very friendly and open for suggestions. I don't have any doubt that they are all professionals that try their best for a nice diving experience. After some feedback, the secobd dive was already better. However, due to the choice of bringing 10 people at once, including a few beginners, it was not the experience we wanted, especially considering the prices that we paid. Nevertheless, i do recomend diving with this organization, but be sure to ask about the number of people in the group (maximum 4 or 5).