Force E Scuba Center

Today, Friday May 6^th, I arrive at the store 7:56 and the store is dark. Friday closing is marked 8pm on the door. I open door (not locked), no one is inside then the little guy with curly hair an glasses yells «we’re closed» from across the parking lot. He walks up looking at his watch saying its after 8. I show him my phone which clearly shows its before 8 but he insists his digital watch has the correct time. I get it, it’s Friday and you’re probably going out or something, but at least don’t be a di$k about it. Poor customer service which is a first for me here. Gary and the other staff has been great, but this kid is a douche. Not coming back.

Dove with south florida diving headquarters yesterday. My BCD was autoinflating during the dive which had never happened before and one of my dive buddies who is also an instructor for force e dive in pompano beach reacted so quickly she gave me extra wait and assisted me although she was there for her own leisure. Had to write a review on how amazing of a diver she is. Laura Kloetzer is the best!!!

Staff is very friendly and accommodating. Stores are all clean and organized. They were also able to special order and price match a online retailer on a wetsuit for me. Great customer service. When in south Florida, it is my dive store of choice.

This is my only Dive shop. Excellent and friendly staff with great service. Sam Fretz has been my instructor and dive buddy since I re-certified…now finishing DM with him.

Force E hits it out of the park again! I am from Colorado and wanted to check out the diving in FL. I was working my way from Jupiter FL to Miami. I already wrote a review for the Force E in Boca, now let me tell you about this location.
I don’t know what management is doing but they are doing something right! The staff at Force E are very friendly and welcoming. I talked to Max for probably an hour plus about diving, photography, and local dives. He offered to go with me and show me around. What a great experience. You can tell these guys really enjoy SCUBA.
Excellent customer service!!!

Gary and his team have provided superior service throughout my diving 10 year tenure in Pompano Beach Florida. From Christmas gifts of refills to emergency tank visuals for mini lobster season, you can’t go wrong. Get certified, stay safe and spend some time chasing lobster and shooting slow Hog Fish Snapper.

Friendly, knowledgeable, helpful staff! Have questions about diving/​dive gear, these people can help you out!

This is the best dive store in Florida. Great products, great selection, friendly and knowledgable staff, great prices. They also have awesome hours.

Fantastic, friendly and helpful staff. Lots of selection. I will be back next time I’m traveling. Thank you so much!!!

Took the PADI courses online and then this past weekend, I did my pool dive and open water dives with Sam F. to get certified. He’s awesome. A very nice person, well-​traveled, patient, has a chill, surfer vibe, but most importantly, he takes your safety and knowledge very seriously.
I’d recommend using Sam for anyone in the South Florida area that wants to get certified. Thanks Sam, and thanks Force-​E.

Force E is a top notch dive center. Gary and crew are very accommodating, friendly and professional. My wife and I got certified here and I’d recommend them to anyone.

Called about 2 weeks in advance to book a trip and then again a few days out to book a second trip on the same weekend as the first trip. We arrived at the shop the night before our first trip to find out that our group hadn’t been added to the book and all the spots had since been filled.
The staff was nice enough to make a few calls and get us on another boat. They were also helpful in getting one of my friends outfitted as she had no equipment.
I would use them again but when booking a dive trip through them make sure whoever you talk to puts your name down in all spots it needs to be and that you get their name just in case.

Force-​E Scuba Centers is not only a scuba retail shop, it’s a place for local divers to hang out and to keep diving. They have lots of great events ranging from dive education, ocean conservation, local ocean projects, and parties. If you go to their website you can see their event calendar. They even have a Meet Up group which helps me stay involved with whats going on at the stores.
I also like that Force-​E will post the local dive conditions both on their website and their Facebook page… so many times I look at the NOAA site and think wow the diving is not good, but when I check with Force-​E I get the actual report and realize NOAA got it all wrong.
I also like the No Fear Guarantee that Force-​E has… it’s great to know if I don’t like a piece of equipment that I purchased that I can trade it in for something that will make my diving more comfortable.
Overall, I really like Force-​E Scuba Centers and thank them for making me feel comfortable and like family.

Long-​time dive shop in Pompano Beach with locations in West Palm Beach (Riviera Beach) and Boca Raton. They have good selection and knowledgeable staff. Air fill cards and Nitrox cards are a good deal. Their Pompano store just moved from Atlantic to US-​1 between Atlantic and Copans (East side of the road). The location is much larger than their previous location and easier to get into and out of with tanks. Highly recommend this place for divers of all experience levels.

We booked a dive with Parrot Island through Force E this past weekend. I showed up, paid $ 55/​person for the dive. That price seems to be the going rate for a boat dive when you bring your own gear.
They don’t charter boats themselves, but they hook you up with a bunch of boats from Fort Lauderdale up to Singer Island.
As I waited for my dive buddy to show up, I realized that my mask was MIA. I went inside, and was surprised by the large selection and great prices on the masks! They made sure I took my receipt with me, so that if I didn’t like the mask for any reason, I could return it. It was nice to get that kind of service.
We carpooled to the boat from the dive shop. After dives and dinner, we got back. I saw the open sign was still on, so I went to drop off my tanks for Nitrox fills. As we were walking up, the open sign was turned off. The guy working (I can’t remember his name) opened the door for us and said he couldn’t do them tonight, but he’d have them ready by tomorrow. I told him not to hurry, because I wasn’t diving again right away. I got a call at 8:45 this morning saying my tanks were filled!
The do Nitrox mixes on site, so you can get anything up to 36%, which is nice.
I’m sure I’ll be back — and not just to pick up my tanks :)

I took the PADI refresher course in preparation for diving down in Key West. Rodney was my divemaster, and he went out of his way to fit my schedule, meaning getting up at 6 am to go through some skills before 2 boat dives. He’s super patient, detail oriented, and knows how to build your confidence so you can relax and enjoy your dives.
The shop was a normal dive shop, prices about average and will a good selection. The gear was ok, but had a small leak on the coupling where the octopus connects to the BC. I’m a big guy and go through air quickly, so every pound of pressure is vital, and this robbed me of a little. I’d say I would give the place about 3.6 or 3.7 stars, so obviously I had to round up.

this place is alright.
gear:
for purchase: they have all the regular stuff available and deals going on left and right. i went into the store during new years time and they had a gear packaged sale going on that i thought was alright.
rentals: this is the real tricky part. they had some PRETTY fancy bcds they rented to my friend. however, my bcd was a piece of 50+ year old crap! i seriously even asked if i could get another one because the cloth holding one of the straps down seemed like it would disintegrate once i hit 100 ft under water!
they didnt have another one in my size that would accommodate my reg/​octo set up. (my octo hose is integrated with the bcd fill hose thats USUALLY located on the left shoulder, but their fancy bcds werent the usual types so i was stuck with this ancient scary-​will-​it-​work bc…)
the prices? for tanks, weights, bc and boat boarding passes for four dives came out to approximately 190 for me.
not bad, but not great.
he took off 10% on the boat boarding pass because my buddy and i both booked 4 dives each
i wish it were 15%…
gary was a nice guy. he was accessible and even let me borrow a shortie wetsuit free of rental charge because he noticed i nearly froze to death.
the place is good and clean. i like it.
did the place go above and beyond other dive shops? not really
but gary, the owner sure did.
go and enjoy yourself!
dive dive dive!