Phenomenal scuba courses! DAYO scuba provides a variety of courses from open water diving for…read morebeginners and those looking for a refresher, as well as more advanced courses such as cave diving, technical diving, etc. They are conveniently located in Winter Park. The business is easy to find. Website is super user friendly and organized. The shop has everything you could need for purchase or rental. My fiancé and I were **super** beginners and the instructors were patient, thorough, and extremely helpful during our course. They instilled confidence within us throughout the weekend. Their instructors are highly trained and very very friendly and helpful!! We loved the DAYO staff! They are honestly like family. We look forwarding to booking scuba trips with them. You can't go wrong with this company, no matter what your scuba needs are! Highly recommend! Shoutout to our instructor Tim.. also Mr. Ken and Jim! Amazing people!

Denise and Buzz have a great shop for all your SCUBA needs. All the instructors are avid divers and…read morelove sharing their passion for the water. We booked a SCUBA class for my son in law to get him certified for our family trips coming up. Maybe we can jump on their Bonaire trip next spring!

It is an absolute pleasure to do business with them! I've been diving since 2006 and they are the…read moremost honest operator I've dealt with in Orange and Seminole counties. The owner, Kevin, is amiable fellow who values the diving experience and takes much care to ensure the same for his students and customers. Plus, if you like dogs, he has two little welsh corgis that are friendly... I think he pays them under the table;-)

i've been dealing with Kevin for many years and I've never had anything but a pleasant experience,…read morevery knowledgeable and patient.

Fantastic service. Affordable rental equipment while mine was being serviced. Marta was super…read morehelpful and has a trusted clientele of divers. She stocks a great variety and has affordable prices. Thank you.

Mike Campbell of Castaway Scuba has an easy-going, humorous personality that lends a calming…read moreinfluence that cools years of living in the anxiety ridden streets of New York and New Jersey. We had two classroom sessions and an exam before our first dive in De Leon Springs. Squeezed into constricting wetsuits with weight belts strapped around our waists, on an unusually cold Thursday in January with low visibility in the springs, led to a highly anxious moment for Emille during the swim test. Mike scheduled the repeat dive the next Monday at a heated YMCA pool with excellent visibility and Emille passed like a pro. She swam 12 laps without pausing and we treaded water for 10 minutes like fish. After this redo, Mike joked that Emille was a "plant" that was sent there to test him. We returned to De Leon Springs with newfound confidence, and completed two dives on Tuesday, and three on Wednesday, satisfying our Open Water Scuba Certification. Our last dive was a bonus photography dive, and our first underwater Subway Handle photo session. Mike, now called "Scuba Dad" by Emille, even convinced a turtle to pose with the handle.   To celebrate our certifications, we had all-you-can-eat pancakes at the Old Spanish Sugar Mill Pancake House. We highly recommend Mike Campbell and the entire staff of Castaway Scuba to anyone in the greater Orlando area. Our schedules are chaotic, but they accommodated us seamlessly. They ordered and installed prescription lenses for my mask, and they have everything under the water.

Needed some good quality gear and I knew I had come to the right place the second I walked in. I…read morewas helped by this super nice dude named Albert. That man knows his stuff!! He's a walking chat gpt for all things scuba and dive gear. 10/10 recommend if you want a more personalized approach to your gear selection. Couldn't be happier.

I had a dive emergency! I was packing my gear two days before a trip to Palau and when I touched…read moremy Oceanic ProPlus 4 it told me my battery was very low. Just last week I tested it and it was ok. I called Seminole Scuba and they told me they could take care of it right away. I drove there and Paul had my battery changed in no time at all! He also gave me some ideas for some extra experiences while in Palau. The staff was friendly and they had a store loaded with goodies. FIVE STARS and Paul...thank you so much!

The best free diving training in Central Florida. Bob Fanok was amazing guiding us through the…read moresafety protocols and breathing techniques. Day 1 - in the pool Day 2- Troy Springs - unlimited visibility, beautiful place. Bob provided all the gears needed so you don't need to worry about. Highly recommend this experience. If you're looking for a level 1 or advanced training Bob is the right guy.

This was our second time using Birds to swim with Manatees and we will choose them every time now…read more Had an amazing experience with Captain Misty and Guide Gina. Highly recommend the 6am tour as you get viewing time before it gets really busy. I really appreciate Birds Underwater as they do a great job educating you about the manatees and how to passively observe. Made the manatees more comfortable and as a result we got to have some amazing interactions with them.

If you want to be the first on the water in the morning to see the manatees before the crowds of…read moreother people get out there, this is the place to come. We set out before sunrise and were ready to go once the sun hit the water in the morning. Our guide was the perfect mix of hands off and hands off. He showed us how to attract the manatees and interact/passively observe them, and created a shared group experience that you could partake in, but also let us wander about in our own and have intimate one on one time with the manatees, which I didn't see happening with the other groups that came out into the water later, they seemed more uptight and controlling of their groups. This was the highlight of our Florida trip and I'm so grateful we picked the best company to go with. They supplied snacks and drinks on the boat and a changing room after getting out of the water. The wet suits and snorkel gear they supplied was very quality and felt new. The main store we met at had lots of manatee goodies and snorkel and scuba gear. It was very cute and were pleasantly greeted by the boat captain when we came in in the morning. It felt like a big happy family of a crew and we had the greatest time out there. I will never forget having a manatee come hug me and try and eat my hair. We had a total love fest with each other for a solid 2 minutes, and the manatees were very interactive and curious and playful in general which made for a great experience. We were in silver springs that day and we saw so many manatees. This crew knows where to go and makes for the best experience. It's flexible to spend as much time as you'd like in the water and get out whenever you've felt you've fulfilled yourself and then enjoy sitting on the boat and watching the manatees go by on the beautiful morning.

Family owned, with awesome employees, and pretty good customer service. Always really good…read morerecommendations, and knowledgeable. Tom, the instructor, is awesome and takes you to really cool dive spots (for certification).l was referred to here by UCF and I am glad I came. I have gotten all my rental equipment from here, and have never had a problem. I just got my nitrox certification from here, and my boyfriend is currently doing his open water certification with them as well

I was searching for a scuba shop near me and I found this one. I wanted to get classes so I could…read moreget scuba certified. I order the class when I go in and they told me I will receive an email talking about doing the online classes and the dates and where I'm supposed to be for my classes. I called back multiple times asking about the email because I never got it. Then it's 3 days before the class I finally get an email but it's an email about the class getting canceled without any reason. I am a college student going to FAU so this was the only weekend I could do it and so I call them asking for a refund since they canceled on me and he says if you come in we can talk about a refund. I go into the shop and his daughter is working and she doesn't know how to do the refunds so she calls the owner which he doesn't pick up she put down my number and said I would get a call back later that day I never did. So I call back the next day and they told me to come in again I go in and all of a sudden the machine does not want to give me a refund it stopped working. So I had to chargeback on my credit card because he said I would get a refund the next day when the system is working I never got it so I charged back. This place is a scam I do not recommend it.

One of the best things about the trip was Captain Sean. He was a great guide. He was filled with so…read moremuch information and so many fun facts. He had a great sense of humor. He also knew where to find all the manatees. Also our photographer Serena was great. The photos she took were unbelievable. Well worth the money spent. Which was not a lot considering the amazing pictures we got. It's going to capture our memories at snorkeling with manatees forever. It was on our bucket list of things to do and I totally am amazed by the experience. It wouldn't have been the same without the captain in the photographer. It was just the perfect day.

Awesome adventure they took our time with us and the tour guides really take such special care of…read morethese precious manatees. We loved it!!

Haley was awesome and so was Captain Lee! They went above and beyond to make our tour amazing! We…read moresaw lots of dolphins!

Loved the experience - we went on a whim. Weather tried to be temperamental which impacted the…read moreexperiences fully but stand up company and our all worth it!

Captain Felix and Guide Mr Run were great. Sharing fun and interesting information. We saw baby…read moregators, a big Mama gator laying nearby, lots of birds and a few turtles! Also got to wave at some "canal" locals. It was the 2 hr canal tour and was a great deal. We also were able to bring our leashed Pomeranian Daisy May

It was a beautiful day for a boat ride. Our party of 4 chose 1230 on a Tuesday aboard the Rusty…read moreAnchor 18 seater. Our Captain Shawn and Guide Ran were all about safety and making sure we were well informed. The host checked us in about 1215 and we boarded along with 2 other couples. Lake Dora is the second smallest of 6 lakes in Mt Dora named after being one of the highest points in Florida at just less than 190 feet above sea level. Very interesting commentary and history. The lake is expansive but the best part was a mile long absolutely beautiful canal at times resembling the Amazon. We saw foliage, alligators, otters and birds along the way. Enjoy!