I absolutely love this Dive Shop! Everyone on the staff is knowledgeable, friendly and very helpful…read morewith all your needs. I thoroughly enjoyed my Open Water training with Tim & Jim because they made everything so relatable so everyone could grasp all the important info. Not only that, but we also met the other dive shop staff while we were completing our Open Water dives at Mammoth Lake and I feel as if I've entered into a whole new world of good friends who share the same interests. I highly recommend Divetech to anyone who is looking for a great Dive Shop or is considering giving this scuba thing a try... You'll never regret opening the doors to this exciting underwater world and you'll have great New friends here to share your experiences with It's never too late! I've wanted to do this since I was 14 and I'm 56 now!

Dive tech team is awesome. Everyone is. very welcoming. So…read moremy child's instructor is Joshua. Even though my child is just 5 years old, He takes time every week to greet her and get an update on how school is going and how her week is going before starting class. In doing that, he shows her that she is important to him . It gives her trust in him and more confidence in herself. Great job Joshua !!!

I am displeased with Oceanic Ventures. They know that I live out of state. When my order came in,…read morethey just sat on it for a month or more. Did not send it, did no call me, nothing. Then they charged me $22 tax, even though it is being sold out of state and there is no sales tax (eventually got him to say he will remove this charge, but I'll believe it when I see it!) THEN he charged me another $30 to send it UPS Ground (which appears to be $10 on UPS web page). He says the rest is his handling fee (Really? First you refuse to have it drop shipped, then charge me $20 to simply forward the mask that is already boxed in the shipping box it arrived in. Some seriously heavy lifiting, I guess, as it must weigh at least 6-8 oz!)

This REALLY is as good as it gets!! Nestled in a small brown building near West U, this place…read moreoffers the best in customer service and diving! The trainers are fun, entertaining and supportive. Oceanic Ventures actually cares about your diving experience and it shows. I was greeted by enthusiastic staff members and repeat customers. It was a nice southern feeling in the air and everyone is knowledgeable about everything a diver needs. From equipment, diving spots and more, this place is a one stop shop where the customer is #1. My instructor has been on at least 300 Diving Excursions and was very welcoming!! You don't have to be an experienced driver or a Olympic swimmer just have an open mind about the process. Everything about my experience was pleasant. I enjoyed myself tremendously and I hope to go on a diving excursion on my own in the future.

I had a great time diving with Ultra Dive. We dove Oil rig 393B. This was a spectacular,…read moreexciting, bio diverse dive. Because of the shelter offered by the rig there were things to see from top to bottom. Captain Al and his dive master were friendly and courteous. I will dive with Ultra Dive next time I am in town.

Nice boat, knowledgeable and friendly captain, great service while communicating with Carolyn…read moreduring the booking process. We should have listened to Captain Al when he said "take your seasick tablets when you feel you need it", shame on us. After more than 400 dives we thought we were immune to sea sickness, we were wrong. Will book Ultra Dive again in the coming spring, this time we will be taking some Bonine, as the Gulf can be unpredictable.

A nice selection of semi affordable equipment trips and services. A local resource I will continue…read moreto utilize and explore with!

The overall quality of instruction is atrocious, it's not an over exaggeration to say they trained…read moreus to not survive under water, instead of actually being a proficient, and safe, diver. Their DM candidates they had helping the class were weapons grade narcissists who both admitted they did the same shore dive 50 times to meet the minimum dive requirements, they said this openly! We had one decent instructor, the other who finished the course was simply NOT good at being an instructor. I then decided on a quote for gear with them and when I went over it, line by line, they were quoting higher prices than what was listed inside their shop.... seriously? Finally, I took a brand new tank, new VIP and O2 cleaned, to get it filled by them, but they insisted on it being O2 cleaned, despite it having a well known shops VIP sticker on it stamped as O2 cleaned, they clearly want to scam you out of more money. We've since moved on in our SCUBA careers as technical dive masters and now venturing into closed circuit diving; however, it wasn't without having to basically start from ground zero with another instructor to retrain us. What made me go back and write a review about this from our experience years ago is we have run into divers certified through them on the boats here in South Florida and they suffer from the same garbage training. My best advice is to avoid this place, in fact just avoid all SCUBA shops in Texas and train somewhere in Florida where diving is more prevalent and you have higher quality instructors to choose from.

I took the lifeguard certification at Gigglin' Marlin for Red Cross and I had no IDEA what I was…read moregetting myself into. The shop staff was nice and respectable and they loved their jobs. The instructor on the other hand, was unfocused, unwilling to get into the water, belittled us every chance he got, and learned nothing from him but to relax. There were moments where he left a class of nine students to teach a overlapping swim lesson... for an hour. This is just one instance where he left us unattended. The only reason we passed was a student was getting her certification and she was knowledgeable in the water. I wish no one this abominable experience, unless they train some new instructors and made sure that they did their job well instead of taking a back seat.

I recently got my PADI open water certification here. The instructors Doug and Juan get 5 stars in…read moremy opinion. They were extremely friendly, knowledgable, passionate and safety oriented. Unfortunately there were too many rental equipment issues. During the first non-pool (lake) dive my tank started gushing air uncontrollably right before jumping off the dock. This was apparently due to a busted O-ring. I understand things happen but this was extremely disconcerting as I was about to enter the water for my first "real" dive. Other people in my small group had issues as well, including someone who had a leaking secondary air regulator. This was inconvenient for the PADI skills drills (practicing switching to secondary air) but would've been a real danger if there was an actual emergency underwater. I also don't understand why they require you to buy weights for the PADI course. I just assumed that it's something all divers need to have because I didn't know otherwise, but in reality I'll never use them again because use of dive weights is included in the cost of virtually all recreational excursions. No one travels on vacation with 10-20lbs of weights in their suitcase. I spent ~$150 on weights when they could've just rented them to me. On a positive note, the shop staff was very patient taking the time to help me find the perfect fitting mask, fins, etc. If this place is convenient to you I recommend it due to the quality instructors, otherwise I wouldn't go out of my way to take classes here. And if you do, definitely look to buy used or cheap dive weights elsewhere because a weight is a weight and you'll never use them after the class.

Cloud 9 Divers is the absolute best choice for scuba certification classes and dives. Brad…read moreMorrison, owner and operator, is great to work with and extremely knowledgeable. As a former navy diver, Brad has many years of experience and has seen and experienced all sorts of situations. Because of this, he makes sure his students are prepared for mishaps and know how to handle them. He is a great and patient teacher, is very tuned in to each student, and works around your schedule instead of you having to arrange your schedule around pre-scheduled classes. My husband, my 13 year old son, and I all think Brad is great, we all feel like he went above and beyond to teach us everything we needed to know and more, and we could not be more pleased with our decision to get certified with Cloud 9 Divers! If you need beginning or advanced certification, call Brad. You will be so glad you did!

Dark Water has been servicing my boat for 3 years. Great people and great service, Thank you!read more

Solid company, excellent communication, sends you videos of work , very professional!…read more You need this company