Gold Coast Scuba

We called them on a Monday afternoon with no reservations and Mike was completely accommodating to take us snorkeling! He let me be neurotic about my own mouth piece. He and Dave are a great team. Mike was a wonderful instructor and guide. He was patient and informative. We highly recommend them!

The best Dive shop in the area, Steve is such a nice guy. He keeps the rental gear in mint condition. I absolutely recommend it.

Steve, Dave, and Mike are all great!!! I found this snorkeling company on Groupon while planning my best friends birthday weekend in Miami. I called Gold Cost to get more details about the Groupon before I made the purchase. They were very nice and they ended up making room for me and my group only a week in advance. On the day of our snorkel I had a transportation issue that made my best friend and I miss our 10am snorkeling appointment. I called and Steve told me it wasn’t an issue and that they had room in the 1:30pm group. Talk about great customer service! When we finally arrived –which we were a little late (got there around 1:50pm) everything was fine. Mike was getting everyone dressed in their snorkeling gear and wet suits. We signed our waiver, they took a credit card for incidentals, and they checked our groupon — -it took about 45 minutes or so for my group to suit up, get a tutorial, watch a video then head out. I informed Mike I wasn’t the best swimmer and he told me if I needed to I could hang on to the flotation and flag device that made boaters aware there were snorkels near. We finally walked over to the beach and got in the water and headed out. There was no boat – we simply got in the water and swam out further and further. We put our flippers on in the water which was kind of hard but we made it work. Before we got too deep in the water, Mike made sure we were all comfortable. Mike’s gf also tagged along and she was so sweet !!! I was really nervous and she made sure I was ok and told me to let her know if I needed help at anytime. We were only supposed to be in the water for an hour –but it seemed much longer. It was very cool to see the original coral reef, the coral reef that was being grown by scientist, all the different fish, and just being in the water. Towards the end I did get a little exhausted and I had to hold mike’s gf hand to get back to shore. Other than that— my best friend had an amazing time and so did I. Mike even handed her a jelly fish while we were snorkeling for her to hold and he took pictures of everyone and emailed them to us for no additional charge. Thanks Gold Coast scuba for making a memorable weekend for us!

I wrote a lengthy review on Trip Advisor but wanted to add a good word here too. I can’t say anything new that hasn’t already been said by other reviewers. Bottom line is if you’re looking for gear, they have more than you can imagine for their size shop. If you want to get certified, DEFINITELY go here. I live in Boston and I picked this place out, spoke to them on the phone and planned my vacation around getting here to do my open water cert. I am so glad I did. If you live in the area, these are the guys. And even if you don’t, it’s worth planning your trip so you can visit them, dive with them or get your certification from them. Top notch.

This is a privately owned shop and I have always dealt with Steve the owner. He has always been very accommodating to all of my requests, which have been nothing short of complex.
Business hours are very flexible to allow time for the regular 9 to 5 person to get to the shop on time any day of the week.
Gold Coast also runs one of the most active dive clubs I have seen via
. There are constant group charters and beach meetups happening for the solo diver to easily pair up with a person or group.
Steve also carries a wide variety of dive equipment and takes trade ins no matter how old your equipment is. (he took a regulator that i had that was 20 years old)
Steve also provides the most economical method that I have found for getting different certifications. Open Water and Advanced Open Water certifications are discounted heavily if you put a group together. We put a group of four together for our open water certifications and with all gear included it came out to around $ 199. This includes a pool session and two beach dives and two boat dives with a certified PADI instructor to complete the checkout dives. It is obviously more cost effective for the instructor for the day and shop makes four new clients, not to mention, you will not find another school for this price anywhere in town. Trust me i looked.
Overall, nothing but pleasant experiences with Gold Coast and they are conveniently located across the street from the Commercial Pier which offers a great beach dive location for the inexperienced diver to gain confidence and skills in shallow waters.

Called Steve on the way to beach and he graciously had our tanks VIPd and ready for the dives. The Relay for Life setup at the park was very pleasant and Gold Coast Scuba had a nice table setup with water, info and a few raffels. We entered the water abeam the park swam east past the pier and turned south for the pleasent drift along the reef and surfaced on the beach at Datura. Brian was kind enough to swing by with his truck and pick us up to go do the next dive. Overall great dive and had many marine encounters; sea turtle, rays, a shark, eels and a bunch of fish. Thanks Gold Coast!

When I first walked into GCS I felt welcome. Great staff great prices. I wouldn’t go anywhere else to buy my scuba gear. Steve and Brian are very helpful in the shop.

There are many things about this shop that I love. I found them through their meet up club in 2010 after I got my open water certification. Since walking into their shop they have trained me on over 10 more certifications including my Divemaster/​Master Scuba Diver and Tec 40 certs. Not only is their staff knowledgeable and helpful in all things scuba related, but they are just a great bunch of guys that really care about their clients. I trust them completely in guiding me to become a safer diver. I have met so many people through them that I now call my friends and will forever be grateful to them for how they changed my life.

Customer service is great. Great instructors and great place to learn to dive and great prices. Shop is always willing to help and provide exceptional service.

I came here a novice in scuba diving, left two weeks later an expert. Brian and Steve are amazing. Customer service is exceptional and they are very hands on with your diving needs. The dive sites near by are amazing. I saw sting rays, eels, exotic fishes, turtles, nurse sharks and caught lobsters all in one trip. These guys will blow your socks off and meet all your diving needs!

Thought deceivingly smallish compared to others this has got to be one of the most friendly best equipped helpful dive stores around with the added bonus of having a knowledgeable staff as well as a complete offering of instructional courses and even social programs for like minded divers.
The store is orderly, neat, obviously well managed and contains a complete line of equipment for most any diving needs. I purchased a diving mask here some years ago but was more recently here when a friend purchased a line of various equipment including a diving suit and hood. He had only had 4 previous dives so the expertise was really important in getting him outfitted correctly which they did.

This small business deserves more than five stars simply based on their customer service centered business practices. They are just great, honest guys. They run their store and foster a small but very active group of divers. They obviously love what they do, they feed of the enthusiasm of their customers and they are eager to always do right by them. Theirs is a small store and they don’t have a wide variety of equipment to pick from; but they stand by what they have. They rent and fill air tanks and from what I understand are waiting to get all the necessary paperwork to start filling and renting enriched air tanks.

I got certified here by Tom Carpenter. I was back after my certification to rent gear — unfortunately they only had a medium BCD vs. Large which made my dive a bit uncomfortable, but kind of out of their control since I didn’t call ahead. The guys in the shop are very friendly, and the rates are really competitive.
One experience that really stands out is a visit to rent gear for a shore dive (I live in Miami, and my dive buddy lives down the street from the shop) and when we arrived, the shopkeeper let us know that the conditions (while not obvious from the weather we saw) was way too rough for shore diving, and preferred that we didn’t rent the gear. While I was disappointed, I was very grateful for their candor and honesty.