The tour was amazing, I saw so many cute fish and other sea critters. The place is beautiful and…read morethe tour guide (Jorge) was one of the sweetest guides I've had. 10/10 service

Tabitha was AMAZING!!! She was both professional and knowledgeable. Her passion for the sport was…read morecontagious - my daughters (ages 17 and 19) are hooked and want to become certified divers now :)

Poor communication, tardy service, and a lackluster customer experience are low marks for this…read moreplace. I found the paddleboard rental offer online before I started on vacation, and I booked the rental online prior to my trip. I specifically booked my rental for two hours, starting at 9 am, thinking I would have enough time to learn, get my full two hours of paddleboarding done, and make a happy memory. Unfortunately, the shop didn't open until 9 a.m. and although I showed up at 8:45 a.m. thinking that I would be a bit early so I could learn a little bit before the start of the rental term, no one was on site until the owner of the shop pulled up after 9 am. She apologized, letting me know she couldn't find her keys and was running late because of that. Then, after I voiced my discontent with the tardiness, noting that I had booked a snorkeling trip to start exactly two hours later, she began to discuss how the lessons and rental are done by someone else and were out of her hands. She further described to me an argument that she and the person running the rental program had the night before, leading to the current tardiness of the instructor/rental coordinator. The rental coordinator finally showed up at about 9:10 a.m., making no apology or greeting me at all, but instead, heading straight back to the office. He then came out at about 9:15 a.m., and finally apologized for starting late, after which he grabbed some equipment, loaded it into a wagon, and directed me to follow him out the door and across the street to the dock, where the paddleboards were stored. From there, the paddleboarding experience wasn't bad. He went out onto the water with me and showed me the basics, and then left me to my own enjoyment. I was out on the water for about 45 minutes, before finally tiring in my legs due to the constant ebb and flow of the water. Overall, the experience wasn't a good one, and with the availability of many SUP rental locations throughout Destin, there's no reason to repeat this experience for anyone.

My friend and I had such an awesome experience with GUSU and Brett. We had never gone paddle…read moreboarding before this, so we are super beginners. The price was extremely reasonable compared to other rental places. We called and set up a meeting time and location with Brett. He was sooooo courteous to call us close to our meeting time to let us know that the conditions aren't good, especially for beginners and he's willing to reschedule with us. It was apparent that he cared about our safety and level of enjoyment more than profit. We were able to reschedule later in the day when the wind and waves died down. He gave us a quick lesson and we were off into the Norregio bay ! The wind ended up picking up so we weren't able to go down the canal but we had an awesome time and Brett made the experience memorable and fun! We'll definitely be using GUSU's again if we're back in Destin. Hopefully the weather is better and we can explore more places !

I took my 14-year-old son and his friend here. We did the 1 hr rental with three single kayaks…read more *We could have probably done two hours easily and gotten to see more of the deeper lake side & not be rushed to get back. Getting to go to the inlet side where the lake water met the ocean (& it was SO clear) was really fun, too. I recommend going at 9 o'clock when things are cooler & you might get to see more birds. Courtney and Katie provided excellent customer service. Note- The kayaks we had did not have a waterproof compartment. I double Ziploc bagged my cell phone. (I was able to get some great photos since the water was smooth & I was comfortable getting the phone out.) You might want to bring along one of those waterproof containers that you can bungee on to the boats storage cords, if you have one, though to be safer!

We had a great time kayaking! Easy to rent the equipment and everything was in great shape. We…read morepaddled out to where the lake meets the gulf, gorgeous day to be on the water. Rental stand takes cash or credit which was helpful. We will definitely go again.

It has been a bucket list item of mine for some time to learn to scuba dive. This year I decided to…read moremake it happen, I called a couple of weeks in advance of our vacation to Destin and talked to Marianne at Scuba Tech She was most helpful and friendly and managed to work around to get me into the last class of the season. Then I met my instructor Iina. She has experience and dives around the globe literally hundreds of dives. This is the kind of person I want teaching me to dive. Once we had completed enough of the class to take in our first to open water dives we headed to Dustin harbor and boarded the Mongoose. Where I met Captain and deckhand again great very nice people very knowledgeable and willing to teach. I got my open water dive license. And now I can honestly say that the underwater,high-def pictures you see on your television aren't even close to the experience of being there. If you want to learn to dive or improve your skills or even go out on a boat dive snorkel dive Scuba Tech of Northwest Florida is the only company you want to contact.

Came here as referral divers to get our first scuba license…read more John was our instructor and led us in the ocean. He was great and very helpful! Glad he was our guy. Tom was also very helpful and even had pineapple ready for us after our dive. Thank you Scuba Tech team!

The only thing that could possibly make this beautiful vacation even better is 30A Longue Vue Beach…read moreRental Service!! Wow! Shane and Brandy were so helpful and got us set up quickly, in addition I love that they service a private area on the beach, which means you have way more room (no overcrowding!) compared to other rental companies. We got front row seats facing the ocean and the equipment is in immaculate condition. (Plan to be in this seat for many days!)

Wonderful beach service! While I understand the previous reviewer's concern about endless chairs…read morealong the water's edge, and as a native Floridian, I know that this is the way of things now. While you can certainly bring your own chairs, the convenience of having a courteous,honest, reliable beach service is so helpful to families. The gentlemen who run the service are amazing. They are kind, helpful, and efficient. We recommend them most highly and will use them every time we are in the area. You guys rock!

White Diamond Beach Service is the BEST of the BEST!…read more Hidden Dunes community is so lucky to be served by these guys! They are great - especially Bill, Elliott and Michael. Known them for many years, and they are like brothers... they take care of us like family. Greet us with hugs and smiles and the best seats on the white sand beach! Love knowing that I get to see them whenever we are down there... thanks for being such great guys! Hope to see you again sooner than later. Have fun in the sun for the Grey's!!!

Rude as hell. Take up the entire beach and put their chairs out where you have to sit behind them…read moreor rent to have an ocean view. You don't own the ocean. Just tell them to screw off when they ask you to move. I proved they can't do anything about it.

We had a great time with Austin of Santa Rosa Charters. We caught many fish, and my granddaughters…read moreages 13 and 16 had the best time! Austin was a great guide and made sure everyone got to fish, and he was so knowledgeable about the area. So glad we booked with him! Highly recommend. This was a highlight of our trip.

We had a fantastic experience with Austin. Highly recommend…read more We caught a bunch of Bull Reds and some other fish. Thank you for a great time.

My granddaughter and great-granddaughter, both 16, were the last of the group to go up. My…read moregranddaughter had parasailed before and she loves it. First time for my great-granddaughter--she was scared but went anyway. Brooks took pictures and got the girls in their harnesses and life jackets, and I don't remember the captain's name. Both were very personable. My great-granddaughter did not want to be dipped. The captain asked if they wanted to be dipped. I told him only their feet. A disappointment for my granddaughter who has been up before. Was a great experience!

No information on strict policy as a tourist and traveling out of town paid almost 400 bucks was…read moreone minute late and now can't get a refund even though we got no service at all. Terrible way to run a business even taking a 200 dollar late fee would have been nice but no and no help at all to help us. Don't recommend if traveling from out of town or touring Florida