Deep Blue Divers

Greatest SCUBA experience of all time! The staff was extremely accommodating and flexible with my schedule. I found everything I needed at a very reasonable price. This service was recommended to me by a friend and it over exceeded my expectations, would recommend to anyone!

Ill start by saying i usually never leave reviews, Im very big on word of mouth and looking into someones eyes when they recommend me to somewhere or someone. However, this needs to be shared.
I have been diving for several years recreationally with family and friends while growing up in the florida keys. I received my diving license at a young age with an instructor named «Andres», very professional, very calm and exemplified an incredible sense of safety and knowledge at all times, in and out of the ocean. My family and I have recommended dozens of individuals to seek licensure at Deep Blue Divers for almost a decade now.
However recently, a remarkable thing happened.
A lifelong friend of mine had been petrified of the ocean his whole life. Actually petrified is an understatement. For years I have been promoting the diving experience and life style and year after year he has brushed my hopes of persuading to join him aside. Until finally a couple months ago he agreed it was time he needed to accomplish this fear. (This has taken roughly 7 years). After failing at the attempt to become a licensed scuba diver with an instructor recommended by his father, I could eventually tell he didn’t feel comfortable with the instructor.
I ended up convincing him to give it another shot and taking him to go meet Andres at Deep Blue Divers, and that same day Andres had him feeling comfortable enough to continue the licensing process and ultimately complete the course.
Today, Im proud to say that I regularly dive with my buddy, which only speaks volume to Andres’ effective teaching style and experience of teaching in the ocean. Very thankful I met an outstanding individual and instructor! Highly recommended to new divers and especially divers that need a little motivation to take the first couple steps!

David was very helpful, cheerful and honest about the possible weather conditions. He showed us pictures on his phone of where to go snorkel and what we might see. We rented a snorkel/​dive flag and a wetsuit. I thought the prices were very reasonable. Would definitely go back again next time we are in Lauderdale By The Sea.

So far so good. When I ask them if anyone is going for a beach dive they always help me out by trying to find a group of divers for me. I don’t recommend anyone diving alone due to circumstances that may occur. They would always call me back to update me if anything is available. Thanks guys!

My first time diving was at Deep Blue Divers. I’m a strong swimmer, but have always been a little nervous about diving. My experience here was great! Andres (the owner) took me diving, was very in charge and made me feel very secure and safe in an environment where I could have lost my cool and could have easily panicked. It was pretty amazing! I loved it, every minute of it! The reefs in Lauderdale by the Sea are beautiful… loads to see! Can’t wait to go again and do a deep sea wreck!
Thank you Andres and Deep Blue Divers for giving me an unforgettable experience! I’ll be back with friends and family! :)

I happened to be parking by commercial beach to go free diving with a buddy, when I saw one of the shop workers walking back to the shop with his dive gear on before the store opens. At the time I was recently scuba certified but had yet to purchase my gear, after they walked open and opened up the shop I went over and inquired about renting scuba gear, the shop worker, (I can’t recall the name) was very helpful in grabbing us gear and setting us up to go, even though the store was very busy and the phone was ringing off the hook that morning. The gear we rented was at an okay price ~60. for tank BC and reg per person we then took the gear and had a great scuba session on commercial reef.
I read though some other reviews of this shop, as a local Fort Lauderdale resident and diver, this shop, although small was nice, and provided good service. Some of the one star reviews are unwarranted, Looking at you Melissa T. You rented gear, not a tour. Hope the floatys worked well for you.
UPDATE:
After returning to the store several times, I’ve noticed the prices are unreasonable as compared to another scuba shop down the street and I’ve approached the store several times and nobody was there, due to a coffee or smoke break. Quite a pain if you’re trying to dive on a time schedule.

We were there around Christmas time ¹²⁄₂₀₁₂.
We booked with them directly. They’re also associated with some hotels.
In fact, their boat was waiting us at one of the hotels. We’re supposed to
leave at noon, and the boat was late. Then they collected payment one by
one on the boat before leaving. By the time we heading out, it was 2p.m.!!
When they collected payments, they automatically added 20% tip to the charges.
I have no idea how they could do that with such a lousy service. No time sense,
and then we run out of time on the sea before it got dark.

I went to Deep Blue Divers with my Dad and brother for a manly outing to get scuba certified. Our dive master, Chris, was extremely knowledgeable and helped us get fully certified within the 3 days we were staying there. Chris worked over time for us to do so and was willing to take us until 10pm to finish our written work (even when we didn’t want to do it hah). I have to say he is dedicated to his job and is thoroughly passionate about what he does, and it shows in the work. The only downside to DBD is that the cost of gear was pretty expensive. Goggles and Fins cost me over 200. The course prices was pretty standard as far as certification goes. I had a great time and would recommend DBD to others!

Helpful, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and polite. Andreas was very, very helpful and suggested an excellent dive plan — better than any boat divemaster! I had a blast on the beach dive. They even have a shower outdoors so you can rinse off your gear. Great vibes, good attitude, highly recommended.

I’ve been spoiled. My first two snorkeling trips were in Thailand and the Great Barrier Reef, so I wasn’t all that enthused by bf’s suggestion to go snorkeling in a town called Lauderdale by the Sea. But since I turn down a lot of his ideas (ha), I decided to go along with this one.
We walked up to the beach, thinking there would be vendors or tour groups promoting the snorkel trip. No vendors in sight. I started to have a bad feeling about this… I didn’t see a single person snorkeling.
A souvenir shop owner pointed us toward Deep Blue Divers, where Justin helped us with the gear. Mask, fins, inflatable vest, and flag for the both of us came out to $ 47. On both of my previous snorkel trips, the life vest was not optional, so I was surprised that I had to even ask for the vest, much less be charged for it.
We got out to the beach, and I spotted a flag way out in the distance where the reef was. (Snorkelers and divers are required to have a flag.) If it wasn’t for the flag, I would not have known there were 2 people out there. The sickening feeling in my stomach worsenend because if anything happened to us, no one would notice. There wasn’t a lifeguard stand in sight. I was scared. I am by no means a strong swimmer, and that inflatable vest was not going to save my life if I got swept out into the ocean. To make matters worse, my vest wasn’t staying inflated.
Bf and I got halfway out to the reef, me cursing the whole way out there, when bf decided we should just return the stuff. The water was too choppy, my vest was quickly leaking, and we both had a bad feeling about this. We kind of assumed we would be able to get a refund, but that was not the case. We found out you are charged regardless of whether or not you use the equipment (damn, should have read the fine print), and in our case, we used it for 5 minutes.
I think we should have at least been issued a refund for the leaking vest. Nonetheless, I will be disputing the charge with my credit card company. I think that’s a crappy way to do business. First of all, they shouldn’t have let us go out there when they were aware the water was choppy (Justin acknowledged it was). Second, life vests shouldn’t be optional. I’m pretty sure this is a liability issue. Third, I want my money back!!!