Dive With Dave

Me and my wife had a great time diving with Dave. Took his time explaining everything and was patient enough. Very professional. And he kept us safe.

Did my Open Water recently with Dave Sanford. He is an excellent instructor and took the time to clearly explain all of the materials and objectives. He is easy to work with and an outstanding communicator. He answered emails and phone calls promptly, and was on time for each of our meetings.
He was able to adjust his class to fit my schedule. My class was a one to one ratio, and you just CANNOT GET ANY BETTER than that. I still cannot understand why more people would not gravitate more towards this kind of instruction rather than the larger classes that the bigger shops tend to have. It was like having my own personal coach. I was completely at ease with him and learned a great deal.
I plan to continue my education through Dave, and that says a lot.

Dave is so wonderful, helpful and knowledgable about diving, equipment and dive sites. His many, many years of diving experience is very obvious with his customer care. He makes scuba diving easy and relaxed. His classes are small and intimate or he can take a larger group of friends/​family members. It is especially nice that the dives can be captured on video or on pictures.
He offers guided tours, photography, various levels of scuba diving courses, boat and shore diving.
excellent experience
Mahalo nui loa.

My family has been diving with Dave Sanford since 2009. My husband and three sons got their Open Water Certification with Dave in July 2009. He was so great to work with. Since we were on vacation, he was very flexible and worked all the dives in for us on our schedule. He has a great easy going style that meshed well with my boys. They really had fun diving with Dave. At the same time he is extremely safety conscious and made sure the boys and my husband learned everything they needed to be safe and complete the requirements of the certification. Dave is also a professional photographer and he took amazing shots of the boys and my husband diving. Every time we are in Hawaii my family goes out with Dave. This summer they dove several times with Dave. The highlight was diving a wreck! Two of my sons did the Sea Tiger with Dave and had an amazing experience. It was their first deep dive and we were completely comfortable for the boys to go that deep knowing they were with Dave. Dave realized that the boys were really close to completing their Advanced Open Water requirements so he offered to work with them to complete the book work and the two final dives. He spent the day with them going through the book and testing them. He and his wife fed them a great lunch (including chocolate chip cake which they still rave about) and then Dave took them out for the last two dives including a night dive. They are both very excited to have their Advanced Certification. We highly recommend Dave. If you want a great personalized diving experience then you should absolutely contact Dave!