Highly recommend Beach Cities Scuba in Dana Point. Excellent service, great local knowledge, and…read morefair pricing. They stand behind their products. Skip the big online retailers and support a local dive shop that knows the area and can make recommendations based on what you're looking to do. Shop local!

Update after 11 months: It has now been 11 months since I…read moreposted this review, and we still have not received a single phone call, email, or any kind of follow-up from Beach Cities Scuba. At this point, I am not even talking about the refund anymore the fact that we could not even find someone willing to communicate with us is unacceptable. This entire experience has been extremely unprofessional. Selling courses, delaying them, failing to communicate, and then disappearing without any follow-up is not how a professional business should operate. I definitely would not recommend this place to anyone who values their time, money, or proper customer service.

I recently bought a pair of Dive'R fins and a Nice Cressi dive bag. The team at Lost Winds were a…read moregreat help helping me out with my choices of foot pockets, I decided to go with the Riffe's, which feel amazing on my feet. Thanks for your help guys. Best, Danny

The shop is clean, the staff is helpful and knowledgeable, and reasonably priced. I was a complete…read morebeginner walking into the shop, went through their course, and left feeling comfortable and prepared for ocean adventures. Eric, Zed, and Mateo have always been ready with any questions, shown in-depth knowledge, and never pressured me into buying or renting anything. I am throughly impressed and highly recommend Lost Winds.

Solid dive shop in southern CA…read more Can't recommend this place enough, the dive masters are the perfect balance of cool and informative. The dive at shaws cove is cool too!

Had a bad experience at the Dana Point location but John here was able to help me out. To be…read morehonest, after dealing with the Dana Point location, I was on the fence about continuing to do business with this company at all. But John was patient, courteous and knowledgeable and was able to help me out just in time for my trip. Next time I'm coming here instead of Dana Point!

My child has been part of the Nadadores swim team for a number of years now and I myself have been…read morepart of the Masters program on and off for the same number of years and even before we started my child on the junior team. The experience up until about a year ago had been generally good but given some recent experiences and some of the other comments posted here, I felt compelled to also share so folks interested in joining know what they are singing up for. Volunteering - I don't have a general issue with the idea of volunteering. My issue is with how it's all managed and what is expected because in many cases, it isn't clear and the staff provides little help. Parent volunteers for example have to organize timing events during away meets (BTW - mandatory timing at away events is required above and beyond the hours that all families are also required to already give) and there are no tools or any digital way of managing so it's a literal mess at every meet. If you don't at least check in, even if there are 2-3X the number of parents actually needed, you will get charged - even if you wouldn't have had to time to begin with. I also have an issue with what's expected while timing as the officials are constantly pushing on the timers to manage the swimmers, which is not our jobs as volunteer timers. I can't recall a single scenario where at least one coach from the staff was behind the timers with their teams assisting and managing. I had a scenario at a meet back in December last year where I asked a group of older kids to stop cursing during a meet and on my way out one of their parents confronted me about yelling at their kid. Not cool to put us in a position to have to police other peoples kids. I have raised this numerous times with nothing done about it and you can't just skip timing at away meets or you will get charged. Mandatory Donations - This used to be an annual thing that has now turned into a twice a year thing. I assume this is because there are "seasons" and maybe not everyone swims year-round but for those that do, you are required to donate something like $400 twice a year now. Here's the thing about donating though - when it's mandatory it's no longer called a donation. It's a way to either keep the monthly dues lower on paper than they really are or it's a way to take in revenue with additional tax advantages. Either way, it's a forced $800 a year extra in money you have to come up with and the incentive plans they used to have for the swimmers to raise money continues to be limited in what type of "donation" is counted towards this goal. Parking - There is simply not enough parking for as many swimmers that come in and out every day and especially not when they are hosting an event. As others have commented, forced volunteering puts people in the middle of policing things like the parking lot which isn't fair to those volunteers on really busy meet days. For some reason they also like to maintain regular practice schedules for the non competing teams while hosting major events which is just insanity. We no longer go anywhere near the facility during hosted events as it's not worth the headache. Pool Temp - There has been a lot of talk about the city no longer paying for the heating of the pool so its now being maintained at 73 degrees per USA Swimming regs. This is not what they advertise and certainly not what it has been for the past 5 years. This has become a common complaint now, especially for the more junior swimmers. Practice Schedules - Due to the number of swimmers and teams, the practice schedules are all over the place on a daily basis. Two nights at X time to Y time, one night at X time to Y time, two other nights at some other start and end time. It also changes by season so it becomes an exercise every few months to have to reset our family schedule around swim schedules which we have now stopped doing. We just don't swim as much now as we used to if swimming doesn't fit our schedule - which adds to the annoyance of paying much more now than we used to as we cant really get our moneys worth without having to adjust our schedules all the time. I'm sure there is some attempt at being equitable so that no one team/age group is stuck too early or too late, but this may also be a sign that there are simply too many swimmers - running practices 5 nights a week isn't needed for everyone BTW. Coaching - Some else posted previously about their experience, confidence issues, etc. and I can say for certainty that mine feels the same. 0 confidence right now in the ability to move forward. This is a team that now favors the top 1%. It was a wonderful place for a number of years and even the thought of leaving brings some heartache as the Nadadores has been part of our family on and off for 2 generations now, but this is not the place it used to be. I can only hope that the leadership and board take some time to better understand how many folks really feel and take some action.

Ever since they took over the pool, they've decided it's appropriate to blast their speakers at…read moreridiculous volumes & disturb the neighborhoods surrounding it. My neighbors & I can literally hear the announcers, mostly the guy who thinks he's announcing Olympic swimming, inside our homes with the windows shut & the tv on. They have no consideration for the people that actually live here. They've literally made it difficult for other homeowners to even sell their homes during swim season because no buyers want to live next to so much noise.

As the name implies, a good place to dive, swim, or just park your butt for the day. Parking is…read morewild, but it's worth the effort! :)

Diver's is probably my favorite spot in all of Laguna to go chill. It's... quiet, because it's…read morerelatively small compared to the Main Beach strand, but it's so special. It's usually clean and free of seaweed, and it just smells so good... no icky fish or seaweed decay odors; just clean ocean beach air. This beach only gets GOOD tanning sun during PEAK Summer hours, otherwise, it's kind of... a gamble on the tides and the time of day as to whether you can use the beach for tanning or not. It's a nice beach to NOT get tons of sun on, especially after about 5PM to sunset. It varies, of course, but that's TYPICALLY what you'll find happening. I do NOT believe this area has a lifeguard watching it (?) but correct me if wrong. I don't and haven't seen a lifeguard stand here. The next beach OVER, however does have a lifeguard watching post. This is the spot to go relax... and just sit with yourself and your thoughts. Let the tide rise a little, and then let it go out... and let your problems go with it. It's the best therapy for free you can get, I think... but, anyway... enjoy! :]

Once a Nadadore, always a Nadadore. This is a saying that the dive team means. The diving…read morefacilities are world class including dry-land springboard foam pits, trampolines and spotting systems, as well as up to date 1 and 3 meter springboards and 1-5-7-10 meter towers. Whether starting a kid out or training at the elite level, the coaches are knowledgeable, experienced and positive and they encourage that in all of their divers. They train beginners all the way through internationally competitive and even after that into Masters level diving. A great, positive, highly successful program to train with.

Peter has been providing phenomenal service from the day I contacted him about hull cleaning for…read moreour boat. His attention to detail and consistency is unmatched in the industry. By far, he is the best diver we have ever had. I would recommend Peter and his services to anyone looking to get the bottom of their marine vessels cleaned and maintained.

Peter is the best. He comes to you, makes it so easy, does an amazing job, and follows up with…read morepictures. It's the best monthly cleaning I have found for the hull of my boat in the Newport harbor. Highly recommend.

I am an advanced scuba diver. After 8 years of not diving, I took my refresher course with Sergio…read more He is very friendly, professional, and flexible. He made the experience fun and easy.

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