The Dive Shop

A great shop with great class opportunities. I have completed refresher courses twice and each time my instructor was fantastic. The answer questions and having the pool at the same location is a great convenience.

SCUBA CLASS: First, we got a great price. We used the entertainment coupon to get second person ½ price. The instructor, DEB PRNCE, was awesome! She is real world people who puts the information in real world words, and makes sure you ‘get it’. The classes were fun and fast paced, but if I needed a little extra attention, I got. it. There were only 5 students, with 2 teachers, so attention was not a problem. I had a minor physical problem, and both Deb and Chris really went out of their way to make sure I was taken care of to the best of their ability. Really appreciated that!
THE SHOP: every employee I have dealt with has been very knowledgeable, eager to share their experiences and recommendations without making me feel like I was getting a sales pitch. They haven’t tried to ‘up sell’ me, and have even suggested renting equipment and not rushing in to buying anything until I have figured out what I like. I price shopped others, and have found them to be better priced than other stores and have equal pricing on many items to the internet. Since I prefer to shop local, I really appreciate that.

Meh. I will not have a birthday party here. We went for our kids friends party, and they sure do stuff down the food in the kids and then move you over the pool pretty quick. We showed up one minute after the official start time (I know this because I had to check my phone to make sure we were at the right place), and they were already singing happy birthday. Once we were rushed into the pool area, it was a lot of lecture on scuba, which I can understand. If there are kids that can’t scuba, they are left waiting on the sidelines for the majority of the time. Once the end time neared, the instructors were yelling at everyone to get out, but they could at least help some of the kids to take off the gear – the kids were in a panic to get out but unable to get the gear off quick enough for the instructors, who were just cleaning up and not helping. I’m sure some of the older kids had fun, but it’s not a place for everyone.

My husband and i dropped into the dive shop to get information about scuba. The staff was very helpful, especially considering that we interrupted their lunch! They did not pressure us into signing up for classes or buying gear, they simply let us know the pros and cons of diving compared to snorkeling and such. They offer a scuba discovery class that is FREE, some of the other dive shops charge for this class, so this is great! My husband and i signed up and were so excited to try it out. Our instructor was chet and he was AWESOME! my hubby and i were the only two in the class and we had so much attention and chet helped us feel so comfortable. We are for sure signing up to get out PADI OW cert! yay for scuba!