L.N.T.O ("Living Near The Ocean") is a PADI 5 Star Dive Centre and Instructor Development Centre based in Neihu, Taipei, teaching exclusively PADI programmes at flexible locations around Taiwan (Northeast Coast, Kenting, Xiaoliuqiu). The school keeps a low instructor-to-student ratio (1:1 to 1:3 depending on course) and offers new training equipment renewed within two years. Courses span the full PADI recreational ladder from Discover Scuba Diving through Open Water, Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver, plus specialty, Divemaster, instructor-development and freediving programmes, with a PADI Course Director on staff and several female instructors available.