Diver Dan's

"Great help from Jeremy with a new mask and corrective lenses on a busy Saturday. Also, better than online prices during the sale."

"Diver Dan's was a good local shop but have basically gone downhill the past 3 years. I purchased two steel tanks and requested they be cleaned and prepped with 32% nitrox. When I picked it up, they were filled with air. I talked to the associate and Dan that these should be nitrox, they both refused to refill with nitrox. The associated smirked and said: guess your diving air. Then further inspection I noticed they installed a standard burst disk on a high-pressure tank. Brought the tank back and they basically said "oops" with no apologies. If they can't get the fill correctly and can't install the proper burst disk, why would I trust them with servicing regulators. I just cannot recommend diver dans anymore. Was a good shop, but I guess things have changed."

"My partner and I took the Open Water certification course (accelerated weekend version). We got lots of help selecting our gear and getting fitted. Our instructors and assistant instructors were phenomenal. They made sure we knew what we were doing and also made the experience a lot of fun! Now, be prepared for a physically TOUGH and LONG first weekend of pool dives. There are a lot of exercises you have to do, the class is large, and the pool is not the most fun place to be with all that heavy gear. Tough it out, it will get way better! and all that training in the pool is WORTH it when you get to do the ocean dives the second weekend. It was magical going 20ft under right next to the kelp on our first ocean dive and seeing the cutest little snails, giant starfish, little and big fish, sea anemones, diving birds, and so much more. We felt pretty safe after all that training. The instructors always made sure we understood any of our mistakes and made us repeat exercises if we needed it. I recommend Diver Dan's for the courses or for buying gear. It's a shop built around community made possible by people who are very passionate about safe fun scuba!"

"Cheapest I found. The class, instructor and rentals altogether cost around $700. The experience is not ideal, specially the pool. There were more than 10 students with 4 instructors in one medium pool. No room or extra time to absorb the lessons and try them for yourself. You're always bumping into others or pool walls. The fact that they have everything under one roof is good and sometimes bad. Good because you have access to everything you need: class, rentals, pool, store, instructor. Bad because it becomes crowded and hard to move around sometimes with other customers also around you, waiting for your turn for rentals or changing rooms. They told me maybe 5 times that it's better to buy my personal gear then rent, even when I told them I decided to rent they kept saying don't rent, it's the bad choice. I'm still happy that I rented boots and fins. Overall it was ok, I recommend Dan if you don't want to pay more to other shops and you're local to South Bay."

"I had a great experience with this first 5 star Padi center in Bay Area. My kid did the open water diver course over two past weekends. Dan suggested and fitted the basic equipment for my kid. We got the rest of gear free with the OWD course. Now I have my buddy after waiting 16 years. I recommend Dan’s great - better than internet (as he claims while allowing to fit the mask fins gloves boots haha) - prices. The classes with Matt Vandercook and two Steves were great! My kid had such a great experience. As I am planning on my Dive Master with them next year my kid wants now AOWD, too."