Top Scuba Dive Shops in Hawaii
#1 - Liquid Cosmos Divers
#2 - Kona Honu Divers, Inc.
This Kona dive shop holds all you need for fun and adventure. From finding the perfect mask to the best regulator you'll find it here. We also have custom-designed apparel you won't find anywhere else. Going home with a dive tee is a must and you'll find the best ones here.
#3 - Wailea Scuba, Surf & Paddle or Ultra Dive
#4 - Hawaiian Diving Adventures
#5 - Trident Adventures LLC
Come hang out with Trident Adventures’ amazing Crew and dive lounge at the Aloha Tower Marketplace . Enjoy our newly renovated dive shop, views of HPU's campus with restaurants and cafes overlooking the Harbor and Pier 9. You will need to enter the parking lot labeled visitors at the entrance of Aloha Tower Marketplace in front of Old Spaghetti Factory. Pull up to the parking gate and take a ticket to lift the gate. You have 15 minutes free parking or will receive a ticket validation good for one hour with a purchase from our store. All other guests will pay the regular parking fee when exiting or at the parking station. We look forward to having you aboard!
#6 - Epic Diving Adventures
Epic Diving Adventures dive plan is to create the BEST and Most Epic diving adventures and experiences that we are all looking for. We are based out of Kauai Hawaii. My favorite Island in the World. However I too still like to see the rest of the amazing underwater experiences of the World. Join us ... for your next Epic Diving Adventure
#7 - True Blue Charters & Ocean Sports
#8 - Kona Diving Company
Kona Diving Company is a family-owned-and-operated full service dive center in beautiful Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. KDC was founded in 2010 with the goal of providing an intimate, personal diving experience with unparalleled standards of service, Aloha and — most importantly — fun. We pride ourselves in organizing tailored underwater adventures and education for divers at every level of experience, from wide-eyed newbies to the most jaded tech-heads. All dives are led by one of our fantastic team of instructors, providing a personal guided tour of Kona’s best sites, and ensuring you get the most out of every dive.
#10 - Black Rock Scuba
#11 - Green Dolphin Dive Shop
A Japanese-run scuba diving center with an office in Waikiki, Hawaii.
The staff is Japanese, so you can dive with confidence!
#12 - Mauna Lani Sea Adventures, Inc.
We invite you to discover some of the best diving found in Hawaii. Our professional and courteous staff will provide you with an excellent experience from the moment you arrive at our private dock. We offer small dive groups and keep our ratio at 6 to 1 for certified boat dives. We have over 24 dive sites that are a short boat ride away. Our on shore surface interval allows you to disembark and enjoy a warm shower, hot drinks, and some tasty snacks. Our beginner programs offer the opportunity for you to discover scuba for the first time in a safe and friendly environment. We also offer certification courses, specialty and private dives ( prior arrangements required)
#13 - Dive Maui / Hawaiian Rafting Adventures
Dive Maui is a small, family-run and owned, boutique, eco-tour operation that focuses on quality over quantity. We believe that ocean activities like scuba diving, snorkeling, and whale watching are near religious experiences best enjoyed in an intimate group. Our guests often become like family, taking advantage of diving and whale watch packages to join us for multiple excursions year after year.
Join us for shore dives, boat dives, PADI courses, and whale watches.
#14 - Manta Ray Dives of Hawaii
#15 - Aquatic Life Divers
#16 - Living in the Flow Diving
We are a small PADI Dive Center based out of the Hyatt Regency Spa and Resort on Maui's Kaanapali Beach. We focus on small groups and family dives.
#17 - Blue Wilderness Dive Adventures Corp.
When people dive the Kohala coast for their first reaction is amazement. Our reefs are pristine, untouched, and virtually undiscovered. This is indeed the prime diving destination on the Big Island of Hawaii. The terrain is varied offering canyons, arches, swim through lava tubes, and plenty of caverns to explore. The Puako reef has a vast display of green sea turtles, a manta ray cleaning station, and an abundant display of garden eels. North of Kawahai we find large schools of fish and beautiful fields of coral. This is where the wildlife come to escape the hustle and bustle!
Besides, this is where you want to stay when you visit the Big Island of Hawaii. All the best of Big Island accommodations are within minutes of our retail store & dive sites.
In fact, there are many snorkel and shore diving options in the backyard of your hotels or vacation rentals. We can tell you the best spots for whatever activities you have planned.
#18 - Kohala Divers, Ltd.
#19 - Maui Dreams Dive Co.
#20 - Reef Pirates Hawaii
#21 - Dive Kauai Scuba Center, Inc.
Currently we don't have a formal store front as we've outgrown our previous one. This location is our offices and dive locker. You're welcome to come visit, but we typically will provide detailed directions for you to meet us directly at the dive sites or boat harbor for your dive tours!
#22 - Sunshine Scuba
Sunshine Scuba opened in Honolulu, Hawaii on May 1, 1991. We have been recognized as the world's first "CDC" dive shop under Japanese management and still hold the "CDC" rank over 30 years of business. Being a Career Development Center, our shop meets the highest requirements for training PADI Professionals and offer career-oriented programs to prepare scuba diving professionals for employment in the dive industry. Four Course Directors currently reside at our shop, two of whom are Platinum Course Directors (the highest level of the Course Director). Over 1,300 students have graduated as Dive Instructors from Sunshine Scuba so far.
#23 - Bubbles Below Scuba Charters
Bubbles Below Scuba Charters is your Kauai West Side diver group! We of course will make your trip about you so going South is always an option too. Our store houses a few basic pieces of gear to purchase and t-shirts as well as scuba novelty items, most important is the first inter action with the Bubbles Below Team! We're gonna get you checked in with a smile and confidence your gonna have a great day! Around the corner to the marina and the boat with the dive team, it will continue with the best of the west underwater tour guides and the jokes (some funny, some will leave you shaking your head that you did actually just hear that!)!
#24 - Fathom Five Divers
Being a full featured shop we carry a wide selection of SCUBA gear and accessories, camera, apparel, books, and more. Don't forget that Fathom Five offers underwater digital camera rentals with full flash and strobe light capabilities. We offer full rentals for Snorkeling and body boarding as well! We are proud to offer Enriched Air/NITROX for all of our Enriched Air certified divers. If you want to learn about or try Enriched Air/NITROX then you can do a Discover Enriched Air dive or take a full class and become certified in this safe and healthy way to dive.
The diving on Kauai is unsurpassed in beauty and adventure. With each dive, we are still amazed at the ever changing world down there. We've listed below some of our favorite dive sites on Kauai. They all have unique features but we urge any diver visiting our island to use a guide when diving.
As of now we have over 26 different boat diving sites and were finding new ones every day. We'll try and list the most popular here but with so many its almost too much to put on the site.
#25 - Surf N Sea, Inc.
Since 1965, we have specialized in small group dive tours catering to the specific needs of our customers, from seasoned veteran divers to first time divers. We work hard to provide each diver with the maximum enjoyment possible and memories that will last a lifetime! We offer professional guided tours to the best dive sites on the island. PADI Certification Courses from Open Water Diver through Divemaster. We also provide Introductory Dives for those who want to experience the underwater world without going through a certification class.
We are situated right on the beach in a protected, semi-private bay where the trade winds prevail! We are easy to find and offer ample free parking just steps from the store and the beach!
#26 - Aaron's Dive Shop
Aaron's offers daily boat charters 365 days a year. We have a variety of different boats, but our specialties are the 6 -12 passenger boats, which allow our customers the greatest flexibility, comfort and diving possible. Our certified Instructors and Divemasters will personally escort you on your dives. We are the only dive shop that dives all four corners of the island, offering a wide variety of unique dives. Custom dive charters can be arranged--tailoring your EVERY need, from novice to extreme adventure!
Our PADI-certified dive school teaches courses to everyone from the complete novice to dive instructors and professionals. Being a PADI 5 Star dive school means we have to work hard to ensure that YOUR training is up-to-date and thorough. PADI training is a must for all divers. The course content and certification will allow you to dive just about anywhere in the world!
You will receive quality instruction and training from Aaron's Dive Shop, whether you are doing an introductory discover scuba dive, obtaining an open water certification or making a career in diving.
Visiting Hawaii and want to learn scuba? We can arrange a training schedule to meet your vacation timetable. EVEN if you are planning to visit the other islands, our referral program allows you to complete your certification training at various locations throughout the Islands!
Are you already learning to dive? Complete your training while on vacation in Hawaii.
Aaron's Dive Shop has certified over 15,000 scuba divers.
#27 - Scuba Luv Maui
#28 - Seasport Divers
All of the boat dives are guided tours led by our experienced and highly trained dive guides. We keep the groups small, maximum of seven certified divers per guide. If you don't have a dive buddy we will pair you with the guide. We have high quality rental equipment from SCUBAPRO and dive computers for all certified divers diving from the boat.
Seasport Divers participates in the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program. Sometimes called a resort class, this program allows Non-Certified divers to experience the thrill of the underwater world with an Instructor right there by your side. Participate in a short lesson and then perform the skills you learned with the gear on in the pool. Swim around for a while and get comfortable and now your ready for the next step . . . the ocean!!
#29 - Prodiver Maui
#30 - Lahaina Divers, Inc.
We have space available in our upcoming IDCs! They begin on Sept 20th or Nov 4th. Register now our website!
Established in 1978, Lahaina Divers is a PADI 5-Star Instructor Development Center, providing Maui scuba diving excellence. 12+ dive options including Molokini crater and Backwall, hammerhead shark dive, Lanai cathedrals and coastline, sunken ship wrecks, turtle reef and more. We do it all! We operate the most comfortable and most reliable boats, Dominion and Dauntless, 46' Newton specials with twin Cummins 430 horsepower diesel engines. Our dive center is located in the heart of the historical town of Lahaina on the west side of Maui. In addition to diving the most sites of any operation on Maui, we also offer multi-dive discounts, options for disabled divers, Divemaster courses, PADI IDCs, Open Water certifications, referral completions and other professional dive training.
#31 - Blue Dolphin Charters Ltd
#32 - Lanai Ocean Sports Management
Trilogy Ocean Sports is the only full service dive operation on the island of Lana`i. To give you an idea of the type of diving youll find on Lanai, Skin Diver Magazine called Lanai one of the ""top 10 dive destinations in the world"". Trilogy is one of the most established ocean recreation companies in Hawaii and has been operating on Lanai for over 35 years.
We offer a full range of products for scuba diving on Lanai: 2-tank dive charters, introductory dives, certification classes, as well as host of other ocean and island activities. Lanai offers world class diving in an old Hawaiian atmosphere, and the charm of Lanai is only surpassed by the many unique dive sites. While the Cathedrals are by far the most famous of the dive sites, there are a host of world-class dive sites beyond First Cathedrals and Second Cathedrals located only a few minutes from our Dive Shop on Lanai. (see dive sites) While you are at the Trilogy Ocean Sports Lanai website you will find all the scuba information you need as well as the tools required to plan your next vacation. Come dive Lanai with us and you’ll discover a Hawaiian island like no other!
#33 - Body Glove Cruises
#34 - Aloha Scuba Diving Company
#35 - Aloha Scuba Diving Company
Welcome to the Aloha Scuba Diving Company Ohana! We are a family owned and operated 5-star PADI Instructor Development Center (IDC). We take pride in our reputation for our hospitality, commitment to safety, and unmatched diving instruction. The Aloha Scuba Diving Company shop is located in Central Oahu in the town of Wahiawa, and our dive boat docks at the Ala Wai Harbor in beautiful Waikiki, Honolulu. We offer the chance to dive at the most beautiful dive sites in Hawaii and the world.
#36 - Molokai Fish & Dive Corp
Along the entire South side of the island of Molokai lies the longest fringing reef in Hawaii. Seldom visited by divers, this natural sanctuary offers some of the best diving and snorkeling in the islands. Pristine waters that team with wildlife including several species of rare fish and coral. Green sea turtles, rays, several types of sharks and colorful reef fish abound, as well as the numerous whales during the winter months. Based on weather and water conditions and the wishes of our guests, each trip is organized to provide the best possible dive experience. Several spectacular two tank sites are available, like the reef wall at Pala'au or any of several blue holes.
#37 - Big Island Divers
We hold our crew to the highest industry standards. Every staff member is certified to administer CPR, AED, emergency oxygen, and first aid. They are all required to attend live emergency scenario training on our vessels on a regular basis, which has been praised by local Emergency Medical Service providers. We ensure drug-free vessels by requiring all boat crew to participate in our random drug testing program. Additionally, we conduct regular performance evaluations for each employee. These efforts are part of our commitment to you to make your experience with Big Island Divers as safe and enjoyable as it can possibly be.
#38 - The Hawaiian Dive Company
#39 - Maui Dive Shop
Maui Dive Shop prides itself on provided the best of fun and safe charters for both divers and snorkelers. Our high-end SCUBA pool allows us to provide a unique opportunity for divers to try out SCUBA and test out skills before going into the Big Blue. Our House Reef is an excellent location to conduct checkout dives or try out SCUBA diving for the first time! Once your certified, join us on a dive trip on our gorgeous vessel, the Maka Koa!
We specialize in small group, SCUBA diving trips to Molokini every day of the week. Maka Koa is our Pro 48' Dive Boat that takes up to 24 divers out of Maalaea Harbor. It's our V-Hull, twin-engine, jet driven vessel providing comfortable seating and amenities for a quick, safe, convenient ride to each dive location. Our boat is equipped with two marine heads (bathroom), fresh water shower, padded seating, hot and cold food, beverages, towels, reef-safe sunscreen, and all necessary safety equipment. Knowledgeable crewmembers will provide in-depth onboard briefings to familiarize you with the boat, our equipment, the dive sites, and the spectacular marine life.
#40 - Aqua Zone, LLC
#41 - Dive Oahu
#42 - Dive Oahu - Navy Exchange
#43 - B&B Scuba
#44 - Waikiki Dive Center
#45 - Scuba Shack Maui
The Scuba Shack provides brand new dive and snorkel gear for guests not having their own. We treat our guests well with new, state-of-the-art equipment. The BCD's are the newly re-designed weight-integrated Pro QD+ with the NEW Sea Quest Sure Lock Weight System. We complete the system with the best and most dependable regulator made the Aqualung Titan and the computers the crew uses to monitor the dives are Suunto Cobras.
The Instructors & Divemasters of Scuba Shack would love to take you on a custom guided underwater tour of some of the greatest hidden secrets around Maui. Some of the best diving around the island is right off our shores. Some of these sites are not accessible by boat. Let us enhance your shore dives with a guide that has the local knowledge of these sites and the know how to find the rare and unique aquatic residents of the area.
#46 - Grand Blue
#47 - University of Hawaii at Hilo
#48 - Hawaiian Scuba Shack
We offer scuba, snorkeling , paddling, surfing, kayaking & spear fishing excursions and training. We also have retail sales, rental includeing technical diving gear and repair. Our store is open every day from 8:00 to 5:00 for your convenience. We have a 24hr convenient drop off and pick up of rental gear.
#49 - Breeze Hawaii Diving
Hawaii diving is full of colorful reef fish and the ever popular Green Sea Turtles. Breeze Hawaii dives on both the island of Oahu and also the Big Island. See the different dive sites of Oahu or Kona