Good Life Divers

I cannot say enough good things about my experience with Danny Rivera. I was PADI certified years ago, but wanted to take the full certification course again, as I was planning a dive vacation in August.
As an instructor, Danny gets straight A’s!
PROS:
Extremely well prepared-​equipment, lesson plans, teaching sequences
Confidence inspiring
Professional
Friendly
Patient
Clear instructions
Efficient
Responsible
Knowledgable
Enthusiastic
CONS:
None
Danny got me up and running after our first phone call, using the PADI online program. We got into our pool dives and then open water dives within days of our first contact. He provided me with extra materials for an area I needed, and readily shared his extensive knowledge of scuba and of the sea life and landscape available here on the north shore of Long Island. I met students who had taken lessons elsewhere, and were so glad they switched.
I cannot wait to come back and take some advanced certification classes and improve my skills and abilities with this talented teacher!

Danny is one amazing teacher, a great instructor and professional at what he does which is shape and mold someone with zero experience and give them the confidence and ability to go out there and dive anywhere.

Danny is professional, friendly, and very easy to work with! I used him for a diver refresher course and my friend did his diver certification. We will use him again in the future for some advanced courses! He was extremely organized and on-​time with all of the scheduled pool dives. The classes were one-​on-​one which made the experience easy and efficient to get through. All in all a great experience.

Very happy with Good Life Divers.
Danny Rivera is a very through and patient scuba instructor. My son (who is 12 years old) wanted to learn to scuba dive and I was very nervous to let him embark on this adventure but Danny put us both at ease right away. Danny answered all of my questions and I always felt confident in his abilities as an instructor. He always answers his emails in a timely manner. Being a nervous mother I had a lot of questions!
Danny has a genuine passion for diving and it shows in his instruction. He takes diving very seriously and expects his students to do so as well. Danny is always on time and keeps in contact with you in regards to lessons and open water dives. Scuba diving is a serious sport and must be treated as such and Danny makes that very clear to all of his students.
In addition he sent us a quick video of our son’s first lesson complete with music! I would definitely recommend Good Life Divers if you want to learn to scuba.

I had my son and his friend there for the «Discover Scuba» class. Danny was just great! He was very accommodating to fit the class into the kid’s busy schedule. When we got there, he made the kids feel at ease and let them know they were in capable, experienced hands. He treated the boys as serious as he would have treated any adult he was instructing.
The boys really enjoyed the class, it is a great introduction to scuba diving. Danny taught them the basics and gave them some underwater experience as well. This class is well worth the money. The boys will now be continuing on to the open water certification classes. I feel very comfortable leaving them in Danny’s hands for further training.

I couldn’t be any happier working with Danny and Good Life Divers!
As a scuba diver, I have been looking to expand my knowledge by taking a PADI Full Face Mask certification course. As a Distinctive Specialty, a Full Face Mask course is hard to find. My usual dive shop doesn’t offer the specialty certification so I had to look elsewhere. This is how I found Good Life Divers.
Danny at Good Life Divers is a Public Safety Diver and a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer. Danny is an experienced Full Face Mask diver and a pleasure to work with.
From the beginning, every interaction with Good Life Divers was extremely positive. Danny was great to work with as my dive buddy and I scheduled a private Full Face Mask course at Dutch Springs in Bethlehem, PA. Danny sent us the readings prior to the course so everything in person was a review and application of what we learned.
Out of the water, Danny is very easygoing. He listened to our concerns and questions before starting the classwork portion of the course. Once we started the course, it was apparent that Danny was experienced and knowledgeable.
Once in the water, Danny drilled us on removing and replacing our mask and bailout procedures until we could do it as second nature. Once we mastered that skill, we did it with gloves and a hood. Danny continued to increase the skill level until the easy skills were effortless, and the difficult skills were second nature.
Danny is one of the most thorough instructors I have worked with. He worked with us until we were extremely comfortable diving with our Full Face Masks and taught me some very valuable skills that I can utilize in the rest of my diving.
I would recommend Good Life Divers to anyone looking for personalized instruction in the tri-​state area. Danny was a pleasure to work with, a pleasure to learn from, and I hope our paths cross again in the future!

I don’t even know where to begin. I don’t think I I can justly praise Danny and Good Life Divers enough.
I had about a month to get open water certified prior to my trip and needed someone with flexibility in there schedule (i wasn’t able to train or do open waters on weekends), i needed someone who really knew what they were doing (the other guys out there are ancient and I felt they was just were just going through the motions when I spoke to them) and mostly i needed someone who would give me one on one attention. The thought of being with a large group of people and having no idea what to do scared the crap out of me.
I had a ton of questions and Danny answered them all quickly and thoroughly and made me feel comfortable. He did this even when he was out of the country on a trip with his family. Even after being certified I still email him to ask his opinion on things. He is and always will be there for you.
Danny is such to down to earth, humble, and very funny guy and now knowing his real experience and what he does for a living outside teaching scuba classes, there is NO ONE else out there you would want teach you.
I felt completely safe. He made sure all of my skills were mastered. He is so patient, amazingly so in fact. I never felt rushed. He was so flexible with his schedule for me, he even made extra time for me when I needed to try open water again.
Danny made time to actually take me shopping (what guy does that in the real world) to show me what I really needed and got me the best prices for everything.
Please please don’t call one of the dive shops to get certified. They are out for business of it. The money is all they see. Danny wants you to dive safely and make you feel comfortable, he wants you to love every minute of the experience. You can’t beat his prices either, and I checked a ton of places out before I made my decision.
My one regret, I can’t take him and his wife with me on all my diving trips.
Find him on Facebook, find him on the web, he constantly updates both. Just find him and don’t go anywhere else. You won’t regret it. I promise.