Try Scuba Diving with Professional Scuba Instructor in Key Largo booking from $259.00

Try Scuba Diving with Professional Scuba Instructor

Overview

This course gives you a real scuba diving experience during which you will go out on the dive boat and do 2 dives on our beautiful coral reefs with one of our instructors. You will see uncountable varieties of colorful fish and possibly nurse sharks, reef sharks, eagle rays, turtles, goliath groupers and barracudas. We have no dangerous animals on our reefs, so you can relax and enjoy!

The price of this full day adventure includes everything you need for the experience (academics, rental gear, pool training, instructor for the whole day), and at the end of the day your souvenir certificate. All you need is a swimsuit and a towel.

Please note that you must be able to swim in order to learn how to scuba dive. You must also be in excellent health.

City: Key Largo

Sat 09 Nov

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What's Included

Professional Scuba Instructor

Everything you need for the experience (academics, rental gear, pool training, instructor for the whole day)

Local taxes

All scuba equipment

Additional Info

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Minimum age is 10 years
Must be in excellent health, see health restrictions below
Must know how to swim comfortably in the open ocean
Must fill out a medical questionnaire, please refer to health restrictions below.
Must not fly on an airplane or participate in any activity at high altitude until 10 AM on the next day.
Not recommended for travelers with ear infection or history of ear disease, hearing loss
Not recommended for travelers with history of ear or sinus surgery
Not recommended for travelers with cold, congestion, sinusitis or bronchitis
Not recommended for travelers with respiratory problems, severe allergies, or lung disease
Not recommended for travelers with collapsed lung (pneumothorax) or history of chest surgery
Not recommended for travelers with active asthma or history of emphysema or tuberculosis
Not recommended for travelers currently taking medication that carries a warning about any impairment
Not recommended for travelers with behavioral health, mental, psychological problems or a nervous system disorder?
Not recommended for travelers with history of colostomy
Not recommended for travelers with history of high blood pressure, angina, or take medication to control blood pressure?
Not recommended for travelers over 45 and who have a family history of heart attack or stroke
Not recommended for travelers a history of bleeding or other blood disorders
Not recommended for travelers with history of diabetes
Not recommended for travelers history of seizures, fainting, convulsions, epilepsy or take medications to prevent them?
Not recommended for travelers with history of back, arm or leg problems following an injury or surgery
Not recommended for travelers with fear of closed or open spaces
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (122)

Smitty875

Aug 2022

My adult sons & I were really looking forward to scuba diving while on vacation. So arriving at the pool, the pool session was cut short because the rest of the party arrived late; my boys & I needed a little extra TLC to get the hang of it, & didn't get the extra instruction. My oldest son had problems with his mask- Sharky said it was bec. of his mustache, but after 15 min & my son almost giving up at the pool, I noticed the mask was folding & had 2 small creases around the nose which was letting water in. There were a few issues that Sharky didn't catch & I had to bring it to their attention. So we got another mask for the boat trip. Our regulators were faulty, old, or something- I could only get 1/2 to 2/3 of a breath of air every time I inhaled with it; we were told that's how they are. (Later we went to a dive shop & tried out a new one- amazing the difference- you could actually breathe with it. Once at the boat we got handed off to Rocky, & the first thing out of his mouth was ' yeah this was supposed to be my day off'. Well the rest of the day went like exactly that. So Rocky tells us not to touch the coral with our feet, so we spent the majority of the first dive figuring out how find a balance of inflating the vest just enough to counteract all the weights they put in them. to not go too high, & not sink onto the reef. It takes about 1-2 minutes to see the results of incremental inflation or deflation. So then after a few minutes of frustration he takes us to the surface & threatens to end the dive if we don't stop doing all these wrong things. Well hey Einstein maybe somebody should have TOLD US all these things during the training sessions. Then once we get our bearings, we swim around the reefs, filming with our gopros. Then he yells at us that we need to stay at arms length near him. So fine, we do, we let him lead. What does he do? Sits at the bottom in the chair position & goes nowhere. WTF dude.... No attention to detail, yells at us for things we weren't trained on, tells us to stick with him, then sits like a bump on a log. I have plenty of video clips of that. Once we got halfway through the first dive we had a pretty good handle on things. As I look over, other instructors are cruising around with their students going all over the place- nope not us; we're sitting in neutral trying to stay stationary, yet remain horizontal in the water to not get scolded. Then getting out of the water onto the boat was the fun part. Rocky mentioned he may tell us to get away from the boat if we get too close- well guess what; when we got topside, the waves were pushing us into the boat. We were told to hang onto the tag line with one hand & our fins were in the other hand. Guess what happens when there's nobody holding the end of the tag line to keep it tight? We're all getting pushed into the boat & the tag line is wrapping around everything (my son got his hand cur from it). So they're yelling at us to get away from the boat- guess what? kicking with all your might in your bare feet don't do sh** against 3 ft waves. Finally somebody figures out the tag line is just floating around. Hey what a great ideal- somebody pull the tag line out tight so we don't get pushed into the boat- DUH!!! So before anyone bashes me, I've been an instructor in some capacity most of my adult life. Percussion, teaching kids, teaching martial arts for over a decade, & I've been a nationally certified ski instructor / snowboard instructor for 23 years. So yeah I know a thing or two about instruction. These guys did not that day. They are good divers & know their stuff underwater, but that never means they know how to teach. Sparky was ok but Rocky offered little instruction. That day we went & laid down $750, we most definitely did NOT get our money's worth. That is a sh** ton of money for us, & I'm still pissed about the whole thing. At our ski resort we give more personal attention to students that buy a $15 group lesson than these guys did for us spending $250 each. They need to check their regulators / get better ones, & spend more time in the pool- we arrived early that day & still got the VERY bare minimum of instruction / practice in the pool; almost no practice in the pool. I highly DO NOT recommend scuba fun. Never again.

Response from Host

Aug 2022

We are very sorry to hear that your family did not have a good experience, as we strive to provide the best possible experience for all our customers at all times. We certainly did speak to all the staff involved, and we definitely took away a few things from your account to improve upon. While we completely acknowledge your disappointment in the scuba diving experience with us, we also need to address the bigger picture here and point out that many things you were not impressed with happened to keep you out of harms way. If students e.g., who are briefed to stay close to their instructor at all times, "wander" off too far away, the instructor needs to make sure they remember to stay close to him/her. And yes, at times, this requires a clear verbal reminder at the surface, or spending more time on practicing buoyancy in the water rather than "cruising" along the reef if a student has difficulty maintaining buoyancy. It helps avoid unnecessary contact with fragile marine life. Just imagine a beginner student in a skiing class going off-piste several times trying to explore on their own. Would you let that student continue a behavior potentially harmful to themselves or the environment? We regret you chose not to do the second ocean dive that day to further explore the reefs, which would have given you the extra time to explore and which may have helped end the day on a somewhat better note. A lot could be added to explain. In short: some things that day were simply beyond our control (e.g. late arrivals, challenging surface conditions), and some things you touched upon (extent of training, proficiency) couldn't be addressed more in depth due to the nature and schedule of this course which is highly regulated by agency/industry standards. Other things, minus derogatory parts, we took to heart and we will work on betterment.

joelsB9179UW

Dec 2021

We had an incredible experience using Scuba Fun for our family scuba and snorkel adventure. We had great communication and very easy booking from Yvonne. They are very responsive, which I appreciated. Half of our party did the Discover Scuba and the others snorkeled on the same boat. We had an amazing Dive Instructor, Zach. He was patient and made the entire experience fun. I would highly recommend booking you on or underwater adventure through Scuba Fun. You won't be sorry. We will be booking with them when in Key Largo again.

jtrenton

Oct 2021

I can't imagine how our trip could have been better. My wife and I did the "Discover Scuba Diving" experience, which is for newbies and involves a morning training session in the pool and two dives in the afternoon. Zach was our instructor and he was great. He had what I think is a perfect disposition for an instructor -- relaxed but intent. Our boat was admittedly packed but the crew was very professional, not to mention hilarious.

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