Seattle Dive Tours

I debated on if I wanted to share my experience seeing how everyone else enjoyed theirs, but since I’m relying on Unilocal so much rn for my next dive in Hawaii, I felt readers should also hear the other side.
My first booking with them for a night dive was cancelled b/​c his divemaster called out sick. that’s unfortunate but maybe they should have a backup? We had to request days off specifically for this night weeks in advance and only a few hours before the dive I get this call. He did not offer any specials/​discounts for a future booking and didn’t seem that sorry about it. Okay, whatever I’m still booking with you since you seem to have pretty good reviews. His response time was fairly good through phone and email.
My second booking started out great, they pick you up and drop you off within a certain range, I forget what. Richard met us at the spot, introduced himself, took a picture and said would see us after. We’re all suited ready to go, we start out dive and something is wrong with our divemasters suit. great. They have us go back up (without holding for a few minutes, just straight up) and he says he has to leave b/​c something is leaking in his suit or something I don’t remember. So now we’re left with this other guy that only does this as a side hobby. I don’t recall if he was even a divemaster? Luckily there was only two of us. However this guy did not know how to lead a dive, he was going so fast to get to his destination and get this dive over with that we were unable to enjoy anything. This was both of our first Seattle dive, as we’re both use to warmer tropical dives. At one point we lost the lead guy and we were just holding each other through this murky water, my friend started having trouble clearing so she let the guy know (after we caught up) that she was heading up. At this point, he’s at a lost and she goes straight up, he doesn’t help her or anything and of course I go after her without waiting. After my friend left the dive, he tried to convince me to go back down with him but I just didn’t feel safe and declined.
This all happened in less than thirty minutes, and Richard was still there to see that we came up way before our dive was over but he didn’t even bother to offer an apology about his divemaster or even come over. No discounts refunds or anything. I don’t think it was very safe for us to go with this guy at all and had a terrible feeling the whole time. If the actual divemaster had an issue, the dive should’ve ended or Richard should’ve stepped in his place. Gahh I was so upset, since we’ve planned this dive for a while (we were both worried about how cold diving in Seattle was) & so disappointed with this dive. This dive definitely ruined diving in WA for me. it was the worst experience ever. Too bad I’m too scared to dive in Settle again. My friend swore off diving in WA after this experience and her mother is a scuba instructor. –_​-​x

Richard your experience let me feel totally at ease! Your the best! Thanks for a great dive

Seattle Dive Tours is an excellent way to go, this group of professionals definitely know all of the prime dive spots, I am so glad I was able to dive with two of the top notch dive masters from this business. Just like the website states, they come to your place and take you to one of many sites for an awesome day of diving, I also took them up for a night dive, wow the marine life I was shown was just breath taking. I am looking forward to diving with these guys again in the near future thank you guys for the experience of a lifetime

I am a novice diver but had a little extra time in Seattle and wanted to go for a dive. No gear, no car, no buddy & no idea where to go I figures a little professional help was a good idea. These guys pick you up and drop off at the hotel. The equipment is good quality. Richard chose a spot that was filled with things to see and suited my dive ability. Even in West Seattle the diver site had good vis (25 – 30 ft) and we saw cools stuff like an Octopus. Good time if you want to experience what the pacific NW has to offer underwater.