We love Mr. Aiden! My 2 y/o looks forward to swim class every week. Me Aiden is so patient and…read morecaring to our little one. My favorite is that he talks to her (aka coaches her) and guides her through practice. I would get so stressed bc I never learned to swim but Mr. Aiden teaching our daughter is so relieving. Pool is warm and sessions are 20min which is nice. The admin staff is very friendly too. It is a bit expensive that's my only thing but hopefully it's bc the staff gets paid well :)

Horrible customer service, did not provide service paid for. Bought scuba package for…read morecertification. First pool renovations caused delay, the un-certified by PADI, has not returned $550 paid for classes.

We took Sundiver out to Catalina for our very first day of open water certification dives with…read moreSharkey's, and they made the whole experience incredible. The crew was so friendly and attentive, especially to us newbies. They checked on everyone, made sure we felt safe, and never once made anyone feel inexperienced. That matters when it's your first open water dives. After dive two, they had HOT chicken soup waiting for us and it was actually good. Not just "boat food" good -- legit comforting after being in the water. There were also plenty of snacks between all three dives, which we definitely appreciated. Now that we're certified, we'll absolutely be back to dive Catalina with them again. Even the more experienced divers on board were welcoming and kind. It honestly felt like one big happy dive family. Can't wait to get back out there

Diving in Southern California for almost 30 years, I have a lot of experience. The crew, dive boat…read moreand overall experience were fantastic. We were on the west end of Catalina and got in 3 great dives. Attentive and smooth operation that is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Great dive shop, been coming here for years. Was good back in the day and still good. Only shop I…read moreuse in the South Bay / Long Beach area. Service is done well and fair prices.

Rude and condescending- when I complained to the owner, basically co signed his managers behavior.read more

This was our first trip on the CeeRay but certainly not our first dive trip. The boat is well run…read moreand the crew incredibly friendly and helpful. Safety briefings are solid and the food is good and there is plenty of it. I really enjoyed the trip and the experience. Thank you CeeRay and thank you #santabarbaraaquatics Stefan and Marielle

Amazing staff and the food is top notch. I have been on several dives with them and already have 3…read moremore scheduled

Love this boat. They know how to take care of every dive group they take. They treat PowerScuba…read moremembers really nice. Highly recommended.

Still a great boat, all these years later. They no longer help transport gear from your car to the…read moreboat, but that's a minor quibble. The Pac Star is, first and foremost, focused on safety. That's what matters most to me when I charter a boat. (I run the largest scuba group in California.) The captain and crew are pleasant and the food is good. (Their breakfast burritos rock!) For overnighters, the sleeping accommodations are good, though some of the bunks are a bit cramped if you're anything larger than a small man. They coax their fill system to get you to at least 3,000 psi, though its more comfortable filling LP steel tanks in multiples. Excellent pricing, especially if you book through their main charter customer, Power Scuba!

Cooke's a solid local guy and has a good team. You don't want lowball clowns taking care of your…read moreboat. He is fair, reliable, and knows his stuff.

Awesome 5 star service if you are in need of a fast friendly diver!!! I highly highly recommend…read more Thank you Cooke diving service!!

First cruise (at 64 years old). I cruised on the Carnival Radiance. 25-30 August, 2026. I paid…read morefor FTF (faster to the fun). Embarkation day was a breeze. Easy check in and quick muster drill and smiling faces everywhere. This cruise line is budget friendly to me, as I run a household alone, and have two dogs and two cats to provide for. It allows me to plan for a trip and pay 6 months same as cash. Oh my goodness...I had such a good time. Long Beach , sea day, Cabo, sea day, Ensenada and back. 5 days. There is so much to do on the ship, and then if you choose you can just read a book by yourself....and just listen to the ocean. I do not get sea sick, so I LOVED the rougher seas. It really felt like the sea was rocking me to sleep every night. I had no idea the relaxation that being on the ocean provides......in a way I am not used to. I am used to the scuba diving perspective....so this view, was a new one for me. I did not know if I would care for this ....but I LOOOOVED IT! I can not wait to plan my next cruise. My stateroom attendant MUZEMMIL was AMAZING! Memorized my name, always there if I needed anything. The staff work their butts off, and I always made sure I recognized that. SO much fun. There were many choices for food that was all included. A deli where they made things to order, Guys Burgers, Shaq's chicken, and the buffet was not too bad. All food was good, and did I mention...included.

We decided to take the Carnival Panorama Mexican Riviera cruise from Long Beach to Cabo San Lucas…read moreto celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary with our family and friends, totaling a group of fourteen people. We actually ended up paying for four of the cabins and two specialty restaurant dinners to celebrate a birthday and our 50th wedding anniversary in addition to paying for their Renewal of Vows ceremony! Having cruised for over twenty years, averaging two cruises per year, I think we are a good judge of cruise quality and what a cruise offers. To start with, overall the quality of the food is mediocre at best! Their dining room, while expecting different and better quality than their buffet, offered the same food. However, cold soup and one inch long shrimp plus meat that a steak knife had trouble cutting through best describes what we were served. Their Italian restaurant surprised the Italians in our group saying it was the worse Italian food they ever had! Their Teppanyaki restaurant was also a surprise to me. When we arrived as it was our anniversary dinner. We arrived a little early to make sure everything was set up right, after so many disappointing experiences onboard. The restaurant refused to seat us to wait for our group, and when they finally did and gave us some green tea, it was Bigalow! Not even Japanese, and only one tea bag for a pot that should have had two!! As for the renewal of vows, which as they knew was supposed to be a surprise after countless emails! Instead of calling me as promised, they sent a note addressed to my wife and I to my son and daughter in law, and not knowing any better she gave it to my wife! Thus destroying the money I spent and countless hours planning and communicating with everyone! Finally comes the nickel and dimeing for everything! This business model of theirs, which is profit over customer satisfaction and service, carried over to the photographer who was unwilling to bend on anything. It didn't matter how much money I've spent or how many cabins I've paid for or my 50th anniversary, nothing! The picture packages were too large and extremely expensive, so we went with what they called the Al a cart where you select only those that you want at the rip off price of $30.00 each. When I asked about digital copies, which were also $30.00 each, he wouldn't sell them to me because I didn't purchase a package. Having had the pleasure of cruising on other cruise lines that put customer service and satisfaction above squeezing an extra few dollars out of them, my only option was to complain to guest services. In addition to the long lines, that was a complete waste of time! They also couldn't couldn't care about anything, so I wrote to the people who worked with me on the renewal of vows. Maybe by mistake, they cc'd other people on the email chain, but it must be Carnival corporate culture to not give a damn! They refunded me 50% of the renewal amount but refused to address anything else. I presume that the people who were on the email chain could have addressed the many disappointing issues, not just mine but from all fourteen of us, but they chose to remain silent! I've now sent four follow-up emails to all people involved which I presume are at their corporate offices and finally received their response, which was that they were not going to change their decision or respond to any further emails of mine. Thank you Carnival Cruise Lines for putting a dollars above customers, and this should be a warning to anyone considering a cruise with them!

The 2025 Long Beach Scuba Show is my first scuba convention, and wow what an event! A great mix of…read morevendors selling gear, dive shops/resorts showcasing their liveaboard trips and resort trips, there was even an indoor pool for people that wanted to discover scuba! As it was a convention, there were a lot of informational brochures and swag to be had. And the gear- wow! I didn't buy any major pieces of kit, just accessories but it totaled over $300! It took an event like this to make me realize that I've been diving for quite a while now (8 years & 855 dives). Out of the 10 international dive trips I've been on, 8 of the resorts/liveaboards had an exhibit here, and the other 2 destinations had neighboring resorts with exhibits here. Great event, one to repeat and recommend! Next year's Scuba Show is 30-31 May 2026, let's go!

Great venue to hang out with the LA scuba community and get a chance to win free trips as well as…read moretry out new gear each year. Admission is very reasonable at $15/day exhibit only but given parking is about the same would try to carpool if possible. Given you can spend hours browsing, signing up for drawings or getting great deals on equipment from the shops present there's always something. The free seminars have actually been useful with more underwater photography and safety related sessions lately. Overall good for new and returning divers alike.

My son wanted to get his SCUBA merit badge for the Boy Scouts so he could go diving at summer camp…read morein Emerald Bay on Catalina. After 9 hours of classroom and 9 hours of private pool lessons at Sports Chalet, it was time for the boat dive. Three boat dives to be precise. We got hooked up with the Magician to take us to Catalina for our first open water dives. We were grouped with 2 or 3 other classes on this boat. 28 divers and a crew of about 8. We pulled in at 5:30am and took off at 7am. The layout was like other fishing charters I have been on. The crew was terrific, all friendly, experienced and willing to help us newbies. All you could eat hot breakfast, unlimited drinks, fajita burrito lunch, cake and ice-cream. We got to Rippers Cove for our first two dives then, during lunch, we moved on to Lulu's Cove. My son and I dove with one of our instructors. We had a great experience, saw tons of critters in the kelp forest and made some new friends. We got back to the dock at about 4:30. An awesome way to spend a Sunday. One more beach dive in Laguna and we are certified open water divers. I highly recommend this outfit for your day boat diving.

The most unprofessional and reckless dive outfit I've ever come across, globally. I booked a 3 tank…read moredive to Catalina Island on the Magician. Anyhow, dive day comes round I arrive to find The Magician in bad shape, very dated and in need of some refurbishment and suffering from severe rust on the bow. There are also 22 people crammed onboard. When it was time to dive we were told aggressively that there was only 20 minutes to get in the water, yet due to the cramped conditions (and a lot of new divers) it's impossible to gear up. You have to wait for other divers to get ready which takes an absolute age. The crew then gets agitated when the reality is they've clearly overbooked the trip versus the time constraints. Critically, when they give the dive briefing the dive masters just point and say 'you can dive somewhere over there or around there or maybe there' and do not guide the dives or even get into the water. You are not anchored at the dive site either. You are expected to swim to a dive site they simply half heartedly gesture at and seem unsure about. To my absolute horror the majority of the divers on the boat had a single digit number of dives under their belt and were expected to dive without any guidance. Yes, they're certified but it's dangerous to have new divers out without an experienced guide, especially as this area witnesses strong currents, poor visibility, kelp that can entangle, boating and kayak traffic and low temperatures. As a solo diver I was buddied up with a much older gentleman who had only 8 certified dives. You then become responsible for a new diver's safety without knowing the area, depth and currents due to the fact no staff members enter the water. I've never seen such behaviour globally. It's absolutely shocking. I witnessed 5 divers get into severe difficulties and get swept away by the currents, even out of sight, who then spent the best part of an hour trying to battle their way to the boat, without any assistance whatsoever from the staff apart from being yelled at via a megaphone. My dive buddy suffered from fatigue early in the first dive and we had to abandon and I pulled him to the boat. We did not dive for the rest of the day because we did not feel safe. The skipper and the staff member who is of short stature with a gap in his teeth were informed about the other struggling divers (they were inside talking and had to be notified) and I heard the skipper say "shall we leave them there?" without any kind of humorous tone. The attitude of these two people was truly abhorrent with all manner of things said when they thought no one was in ear shot and some comments about guests I daren't repeat. The staff even later told someone (I overheard the conversation) that on a previous trip, almost all of their divers got swept out by a current in the same location and that a competitor's dive boat had to rescue three of their divers. They seemed almost proud of this and said 'you could see the current coming in to take them out'. I have serious concerns that there will be a very preventable and tragic fatality with this outfit due to their negligence and a total lack of supervision. They have no idea which divers are where or where they plan to surface and when someone eventually disappears, they will have no idea where to even start looking.

What a Great Company! Imagine this if you will...calling…read morethem and they pick up , communicate and solve problems together with you! So far they have: - adjusted cleaning schedule around cruises - diver filmed underwater issues for me to forward to shipyard - pulled and reinstalled 2 propellers in water (also came back 2 weeks later to check for key binding ... I didn't even have to ask!!! -found a tiny latch hook I dropped in the water and put in my dock box... big Thanks for that one! -Stopped cleaning when they noticed I had fresh paint on the bottom. They are friendly and I know them by name now which feels good!

I have used scuba duba as my dive service for my sailboats for years, and they have always had good…read moreservice, easy payment, and quick response. On Sunday the unthinkable happened. I accidentally dropped my car, boat, house, everything keys in the marina by my slip. Thankfully Jeremiah was able to recover them before noon the next morning. Wonderful service by a great company. Thank you so much.