AJ Scuba 7517 South 74th Street, Franklin, WI 53132

"First- Jim was very knowledgeable if you have no time frame and don't care where you have your lesson, they would be ok. However, Jim teaches out of his home and it is not very clean. He is also very difficult to schedule time with. Meet him at the Mcdonalds down the street from his home to do the book work. He was late or missed times. He was difficult to schedule pool time or the "final dive" We started in April and was told no problem to complete by a trip we had planned in Aug. Nope, Jim was so difficult to schedule time that we had to finish our certification on our vacation. Which cost us an extra $200. When we return our son still needed his certification (he did not go on vacation with us) and my husband went along and because he finished his certification elsewhere, said he had to pay to dive with him. No matter how much my husband said he already paid for this dive, he would not budge. Jim has a basement store (messy and over packed) that he insists that you purchase fins, boots, etc from him before entering the pool, you cannot rent or use (borrow) his equipment (except SCBA and Tanks) We borrowed gear from friends and he would not accept the use of their gear. We later purchased our own from a scuba shop and he finally accepted with a receipt from them. We did buy masks and snorkels from Jim This post is a couple years late, I did not want to review until my son finished his certification and then I let it go, but now Jim is calling me, 2 years later, trying to finish my certification. His records are so poor that he did not note that I had to finish my certification elsewhere I would not recommend AJ Scuba to anyone"

"Takes time with you to get the right equipment."

"A really great dive operation! Top notch customer service. The boat is great, the captain is very competent and accommodating. If you want a great class or wreck dive call these folks today!"

"Very professional and economically priced."

"Let me start off with that Jim is a nice guy and seems to be a knowledgeable scuba instructor. He’s been in the business years and has managed to continue this passion even though he operates out of his home. Although this is the case I would never recommend anyone attempt to get certified with/though AJ Scuba/Jim. Getting your basic or even advanced scuba certification should never take more than a couple of weeks as it only involves a few class room sessions, some pool training and a couple of dives in a local lake or quarry. Jim stretches this process out over weeks, even months. He’ll call late canceling dives 9:30-10pm the night before. Recently on a day trip scuba diving with him, a student of his asked for help with draining their rented BCD (Buoyancy compensator device) after diving. Upon unscrewing the drain valve I was hit with the foulest smell and discovered a Petri dish of gross growth growing inside the bcd. This told me that Jim’s/AJ Scuba’s equipment doesn’t get the maintenance that is required for gear that is your diving life support. He also misplaces paper work requiring the need for its replacement. He fills air tanks too for rental and student use. Does his lack of maintenance and inattention to detail carry over to this very air you need to stay alive underwater? Scuba culture is inherently laid back and is a relaxed sport but it can can kill if done improperly and if there are gear failures due to improper negligent maintenance. It pains me to write this but there are better/safer/faster local dive shops in the Milwaukee area that will serve your scuba needs better."