Jorge A. took my husband out for two days of diving and four great dives via the Goliath. Jorge is an excellent dive guide, did a thorough job explaining what to expect & made sure to point out all the neat things. He was also adept at making sure to document me, documenting our adventures! read more

Lauderdale Diver - Jorge pointing out a spotted eel. - Scuba Diving Near Me - Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fantastic place to get Dive Certified! Everyone is so helpful and the second you walk in someone is there to greet you and answer any questions about classes or equipment. Staff is extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Got my diver certification here April 2019 with my brother and they made it has easy as possible and was able to get it in a week between online studying, pool time and 4 dives following PADI guidelines. Rob Davis was our instructor and I HIGHLY recommend him! He was awesome, knowledgeable, experienced, and makes you feel very safe in the water. We were on a bit of a time constraint to get certified and Rob worked with us to get it done as quickly and efficiently as possible. It was a great experience and I would recommend people of all ages to get certified here at Lauderdale Diver. read more

Great dive shop. People are incredibly helpful. Always dive with them when I am in town.

My father and I have been looking for a fun and active way to spend time together whenever I visit him in Fort Lauderdale. Not only did we find an exciting activity that we both enjoy, but we found a great dive shop to help us in our Scuba journey! Ken guided us through our Open Water Certification and will soon be guiding us through our Advanced Open Water Certification! Ken has a clear passion for diving and it showed throughout his instruction. He was very knowledgeable, patiently answered all of our questions and even indugled my father in his classic dad jokes throughout our classroom instruction! Ken was also quick to ease our anxiety about our first dive and was helpful in reflecting on each dive and assessing what to improve for the next one! read more

Lauderdale Diver is exceptional. I just completed my OPEN WATER Certification and would not have been successful if it wasn't for my instructor ROB. I was ready to bail twice over the two days, and ROB gently guided me to clam and control (and one time I was choking on a mouth full of salt water 60 feet down). He is an exceptional kind skilled calm wonderful instructor. A true teacher. The rest of the gang at Lauderdale Diver was professional and super nice. I can highly highly recommend ROB and Lauderdale Diver read more

I went to this dive store because my mom was looking for a dive mask to use at the pool. As soon as we walked in, the guys greeted us as soon as we walked in. Within 5 minutes of being in the store 3 different guys offered to help us too! There wasn't a huge selection of inexpensive masks but we managed to find one that was a good deal and didn't come in a bundle like the sporting good stores sell them. There was a fairly large variety of merchandise and it was very organized. I was in another dive store in the area and they had all their repairs scattered all over and was very cluttered. So it was nice to walk in to an organized store where the staff members knew about everything in the store. Also I thought all the guys working at the store weren't bad to look at, so I will definitely be going back for my scuba diving needs. ;) read more

I have bought many things from Lauderdale diver as I grew up down the street and never had a bad experience. However recently, this last year I bought a speargun from them and the first day using it I realized the bands were damaged which caused them to snap on my first dive. I went into the store to see if they could replace my bands and they said okay. However after 10 calls and multiple false promises to this day they were never able to get bands for my gun. I called them went into the store and no one can help me get bands for my speargun that they sold me. Terrible service never going back. Don't recommend. read more

I used Lauderdale Diver to book a charter dive recently. The service was excellent, the rental gear was in good shape, and the dives were a blast! A few key points: - Their prices are on par with what I've typically paid for other charter dives on the east coast - My dive buddy and I would be flying in on Saturday night, and we wanted to dive Sunday morning. Renters usually pick up their gear at the shop the day before, but we couldn't. The shop was happy to accommodate and bring our rental gear to the boat for us. I was particularly happy that they used my height and weight to pick a wetsuit that fit me perfectly - The crew on the charter boat were professional and quite friendly. It had been a couple years since my last dive. The divemaster happily offered to check over all my gear to make sure I had suited up properly. He then followed us into the water and watched our descent to make sure everything went smoothly. A crew that is passionate about diving, safety, and good service is the kind of crew I hope for every time I dive. I originally picked Lauderdale Diver because they had the best reviews on Google. After diving with them, I can definitely say they have earned their good reputation. Thanks guys! read more

We came here for the open water certification. Sylvia and her partner were both very helpful, fun to talk to, friendly and had a lot of good information. The dive shop has a lot of cool stuff in it. It was really exciting getting to see the wrecks. The open water certification package was reasonably priced, and well worth it. Sylvia was even kind enough to offer us a ride home when she saw we didn't have a car (we took a plane to Florida, and were ubering around). Most importantly, they are good teachers and refreshers, getting my open water certification has been an easy process. Highly recommend this place! read more

Finally a dive shop that understands customer service. I bought a mini torch light that malfunctioned. Instead of giving me a hassle about mailing it back to the manufacturer, they exchanged it and.... (wait for it...) they apologized. That's right apologized for the manufacturer's defect. Now that shouldn't be a shocker, but I can tell you that has not been my experience with the huge corporate chain closer to my house. Needless to say, their service was enough to get me to come back to purchase a scuba mask, a set of knife straps, and book 2 dives. They earned my business and that's no easy task. It's amazing that I have to drive by corporate dive store to get whatever I need. Guess where I take I scuba buddies when they visit south Florida? Trust me, they earned this review. BTW, the Tovatec Mini Torch Light is awesome. I used it to search for lobsters under the reef crevices. Pleased with this purchase. read more

I called Lauderdale Divers at an airport with wifi for a dive charter 3 days later. Luckily they had one available. The process was seamless. Jeremy took down our information over the phone and a confirmation email quickly followed up. That email had clear directions on how to get to the boat dock and an exact gps location for the charter. Everything on American Dream was organized with our two tanks placed in a clear area for my boyfriend and I. It was a little tight on the boat, but that is to be expected of dive charters. No additional payments were required as we brought our own gear and all the monies were settled with Lauderdale divers prior to the dive. Great organization process, Lauderdale Divers! read more

I went in for an advanced open water refresher and walked away refreshed. Rob, the instructor, is a hoot. It's been a while since I've heard a good story teller. Very helpful when you're trying not to fall asleep on a PADI power point. He relates poignant underwater anecdotes with soft enthusiasm and a partial disregard for American English. Who could ask for more? Well, Rob is committed to making sure that you "train to standard." (My apologies for cliche military phraseology). And it kinda helps to know you're stuff when you're pretending to be a fish. I wouldn't want to use a dive shop that doesn't place a premium on safety and sensibility. You get the feeling they've achieved this when you walk in the shop. It is neat, organized, and goodies are everywhere. I could give you a double entendre here, but I don't want to get banned from Yelp yet. Anyways, I know all of my Sinai dive buddies would be impressed. I look forward to doing a boat trip with these guys in the near future. Just need GoPro gear? Stop in and check them out. read more

Lauderdale Diver just did a great job of servicing my dive computers, they even replaced the band on the spot with the proper color that I wanted. As a free diving instructor I refer for all of my students in the area to Lauderdale Diver. Professional staff and great customer service, highly recommended. read more

Lauderdale Diver - Scuba Diving Near Me - Fort Lauderdale, Florida

I traveled to Fort Lauderdale to complete my referral open water certification dives on a Thursday and Friday, and my buddy planned to fly down Friday night to dive with me Saturday and Sunday. I did not expect to have fun on the certification dives, but Ken was kind and patient, pointing out all kinds of sea life I would have missed, ensuring I had a fun and stress-free first two days underwater. Additionally, I was Ken's only student, so I had the benefit of his instruction all to myself. My buddy's flight was cancelled, and he didn't make it down until Saturday afternoon. He missed our four dives on Saturday, but Joey from Lauderdale Diver took me out on the water and ensured I had a great time. Knowing I was a new diver, he was patient with my setup and checked over everything for me. When in the water, he kept a close eye on me and ensured I was always comfortable. On Saturday, I was the only diver Joey took out on the water, and on Sunday, it was just Joey, my friend, and me. From lots of reviews of other dive shops, I gather it's rare to have such personal attention and care from a dive master. Because my buddy missed four of our six scheduled dives, Joey and Ken worked hard to try and find another spot for him to get in an additional two dives. They called other dive shops, and Joey offered to give up his night off to take us on a night dive, if he could find a spot on a boat for us. Alas, nothing worked out, and my friend only got to do two dives, but the Lauderdale Diver crew made a Herculean effort to improve his trip. Additionally, the boat crew Lauderdale Diver teams with is exceptional. Everyone on the American Dream was frienly, welcoming, and worked hard to ensure all their guests had a fun and safe time. Rebecca especially went out of her way for us. What was nearly a disappointing trip for my friend (because of the flight delay and missed dives), almost became a cursed trip. On his way back up the ladder after his first dive, he banged his GoPro, dropping it into the water. He didn't realize it had come off the strap until he was getting out of his BCD. Rebecca dove down in two different spots and miraculously found it. She found a GoPro camera at 60 feet underwater, after a current carried it away from where we surfaced. Incredible. I enjoyed chatting on the boat with both Joey and Ken and everyone else from Lauderdale Diver and American Dream. Joey and Ken stayed with me on the boat rides and told me about a lot of their experiences and answered tons of questions. I have benefitted from their years of experience. With my buddy's very late arrival, my trip could have been ruined. But Ken and Joey made me feel like I was diving with friends. They have ensured that with my first diving experiences, I felt like I was at home in the larger diving community. I don't know what more anyone could hope for. I will be back to dive with the Lauderdale Diver team many times in the future and recommend them with all enthusiasm. Thank you to everyone who made my first diving trip so wonderful. read more

Rob Davis is truly incredible to work with. His passion and extensive knowledge of diving makes him a great scuba instructor for anyone worried about their first dives. I am addicted to diving now and will definitely be diving with him again in the future! read more

I have nothing but great reviews for my experience with Lauderdale Diver, based on my personalized instruction and dives with Rob and Sylvia Davis. I signed up, and took the PADI Open Water certification initially, and then enjoyed it so much, I decided to take the Advanced Open Water cert as well. I tend to be a very on-time person, so I was really pleased that everything happened as scheduled. This is really important if you are waking up to be at the shop at 7:30 a.m. on vacation! It was also great to see that my instructors followed the PADI requirements to a T. Even though they made sure we had lots of fun, everything was taken very seriously in terms of the learning. I like to learn things right from the get-go, and my instructors really helped me do that. In regard to how things worked, I didn't have any complaints about the operations. The facility for the classroom instruction was clean and comfortable, with working technology. The pool dive was conducted at a nearby facility that was convenient. And the boat dives used operators that used the highest safety standards (role calls, etc.), and we went to both wrecks and reefs for our dives. The equipment I rented was also really good, and I got the store discount as well when I purchased my fins, mask, etc. In regard to the instruction, working with Rob & Sylvia, and the dives, I can't say enough good things. This was SUPER FUN to do! Even though it was technical, the instructors made it an absolute blast to learn and dive. Everything was covered very thoroughly (and yes, I did all my written homework ahead of time), and yet there was an enthusiasm for diving that I found really contagious. Of course it helped that I saw two turtles, a nurse shark, and a ton of underwater life. I got to dive in both calm and windy days, so I got the full range of experience. So now I feel pretty confident that I can dive in a variety of places and conditions. I had so much fun that I can say for sure - I highly, highly recommend working with the Davis instructors at Lauderdale Divers. I actually plan to get more certifications the next time I go down (such as peak buoyancy and enriched diver). As Rob says - happy bubbles! Mine sure were. :) read more

Certainly I've had some negative experiences with companies but never bad enough that I felt compelled to post a negative review online. I am posting this primarily because I want to warn anyone who has their gear serviced here to check it very carefully before diving. Recently, I had a reg, Spare Air and BCD serviced at Lauderdale Diver. While setting up on the boat, just a couple days after getting my gear back from the store, I noticed the primary reg was free flowing. The hose that connects to the reg was extremely loose and even when I tightened it down, when any pressure was applied to the hose, air leaked out. Also, a black plastic trim piece was broken, as was the rubber that held the reg's logo in place. You can watch a short video of this here: https://www.dropbox.com/photos/shared_space/lmqfv9OVKwKMZ5K As to the Spare Air, when I picked it up at Lauderdale Diver after it was "serviced," I immediately noticed a black plastic ring that screwed on to the top of the reg portion was missing. First, a guy there tried to tell me there was no ring missing. Then, after I pointed out the now exposed screw threads which should be covered by that ring, suddenly, they realized it was missing, but were sure I had dropped it off this way... Not once did they accept that, regardless of whether or not it came in to this store this way, this problem should have been fixed as part of the service. Reluctantly, Cyndi, the manager, picked up the phone and called the employee who worked on it to see if that ring could be located in the store somewhere. I believe his name was Nick. To Nick's credit, he came back to the store, even though he had already clocked out and left. (Nick was also helpful with re-rigging my speargun a few days earlier.) While Nick and I were discussing this, Cyndi focused on closing up the store. No further offer of assistance or apparent concern was relayed. Seeing that this was going nowhere fast, while at the store, I called Spare Air. The rep was very surprised that I was the one calling and immediately asked for the name of the store. She told me this was something the dive store should have seen and fixed as part of the service. Cyndi and the remaining staff, now completely focused on leaving, were half way out the door while I was still on the phone with Spare Air. I finished the call from the parking lot - ordering and paying for the missing part that should have been part of their service. After discovering the problems with the reg on the dive boat, I filmed the video linked above and called the store. Two days later I got a call back from Cyndi. She wanted me to bring the gear back in but, I informed her that I had already dropped it off at another store to be completely re-serviced. With their complete and utter failure to properly service the reg and the potential consequences that could have resulted, there was no way I was putting my life back in their hands. I forwarded the video in a follow up e-mail and asked simply that they refund what I paid for the service of these items. After five days of hemming and hawing, rather than instantly doing the right thing, Cyndi wrote that they would only be reimbursing me for the labor charges for the reg and BCD, no parts for either, and nothing for the Spare Air! My grandmother taught me that erasers are put on pencils for a reason. People can and do make mistakes. I get that. But, when it comes to critical, life dependent dive gear, such as a reg, or a redundancy system like a Spare Air, there is no margin for error. Still, I try not to judge a company or person on whether or not a mistake is made, but rather how they respond. Lauderdale Diver failed in all respects. read more

Came here at the suggestion of a competing dive shop due to their ability to repair my brand of regulator. I found the staff to be extremely patient, knowledgable, and friendly. They also give a discount to police and firefighters. Will be back in the future to buy a BC and regulator. read more

We came down to finish our open water dives from frigid Indiana. Rob was a great guide leading us through all the tests to complete certification. We highly recommend the friendly and knowledgeable staff at LD! Thank you! read more

I can't say enough good things about Lauderdale Diver, and Romain in particular. Seeking a replacement for my BCD's ruptured inflator hose, I scoured the internet and visited several dive shops, all to no avail. On a visit to FLL, I stopped by the shop with the broken piece. Romain confirmed that I wouldn't be able to find a replacement for it -- "the BCD is so old, it belongs in a museum," he said -- but was able to repair it himself with a piece of equipment from his personal inventory, thereby extending the useful life of my BCD. Thanks, Romain! read more

This is by far my fav dive shops. I did my advanced cert with rob just recently and I highly recommend him as an instructor if you're looking to get certified read more

Great dive shop! I'd highly recommend this shop.They'll set you up with everything you need from buying equipment ,renting equipment and charters. A huge thanks to Chris the instructor. He sets the standard high for a scuba profesional. read more

First time going to this dive shop. Fort Lauderdale local looking to rent tanks for mini season (also ended up spending $130 on other gear because it's too hard to go to these places and not want something new). Shop is nice, clean with plenty of supplies for all your diving needs. Most of staff was friendly, knowledgeable and courteous. However the older woman at the register needs to work on her customer service. I encountered her 2 days, the first when I rented the tanks the the second when I returned them. Both times she seemed overwhelmed, short and had a bit of an attitude problem. It unfortunately it had a profound negative effect on my experience with this place. Other than her, everyone else was great. There are however way too many dive shops in Fort Lauderdale to continue to get attitude at this one. read more

I searched for a couple of months for the right shop to get certified for myself and my two sons (11 and 14). I could not have made a better choice. Rob and Sylvie were absolutely outstanding from start to finish. I could bore you with every detail but all I can tell you is that you would be making a mistake to go anywhere else. I had in the course of the last few weeks had occasion to speak to experienced divers, a dive instructor and a rescue diver for law enforcement and all of them reacted in shock when I told them the depth (no pun intended) of detail, training and care that was taken with myself and my sons. To see my 11 year old, take all of the gear apart and put it all back together or to take his equipment off under water and put it back on or to clear all the water out of his mask while underwater was a proud moment for this dad. While Yelp is ultimately what brought me to them I wish there was a rating higher than 5 stars. read more