Adventure Scuba Center

For divers that haven’t been to the shop in the last year or so, I recommend they stop by and check it out. In the last year Scott and Amy have really got it cranked up. They have a lot of classes going (both PADI and NAUI programs), have more gear in stock, more staff, more instructors, dive masters etc. It has definitely taken over as the number 1 dive shop in Reno.

They certified my daughter for NAUI open water. Super friendly, helpful and patient. The rental gear was in great shape.

My husband and I just went through our first NAUI dive class to get open water certified. I’m not going to lie, it was an intense process but by the end, we felt very prepared and comfortable with the skills we had learned and practiced. Scuba is an intense sport and can be dangerous so feeling comfortable with the equipment and in the open water is pivotal. Amy and Scott (the owners) were fantastic and walked us through the entire process. Their instructions were very clear on how to get through the workbook and e-​learning. We «commuted» from the SF Bay Area (we have a place in the Tahoe area) and they were very accommodating. The open water dives in Lake Tahoe were so much fun! We had a very small class so we were able to get a lot of hands-​on instruction from the Dive Masters/​Instructors but bottom line, we feel so confident now. We are booking our first dives away from class in Bali in a couple months and I can honestly say thanks to Adventure Scuba, we feel great and so excited! Don’t even waste your time looking into other dive centers in Reno; just book your classes here!

I took my open water scuba certification with Adventure Scuba. It was awesome. My instructor was Marcus, the owner. He was great and very personable. Made sure that we (students) learned everything we had to learn. He also made me feel very comfortable which made the diving experience 100 times better. At the final lake tahoe dives there was another class from another Reno scuba dive shop. I talked to some of the students and they all seemed disappointed with the class and service they were receiving from that place. Made me even happier to have chosen Adventure Scuba. I can’t comment on the shop itself to much. The prices seemed reasonable. I purchased my fins, snorkel, mask, and boots from them and the prices were good.

I’d decided to give these guys a shot when the other dive place in town, Sierra Diving Center, didn’t really impress me but they must be as rude, as they were to me, with every customer because this place was dead.
Not only did the woman attending us get really snotty when we said we were taking a class elsewhere, but then she repeatedly refused to let us just SEE the BCDs they had, since «The students in OUR class get first choice.» She then continued to tell me why I may not even get the size I need from their shop if it gets picked by one of their students — which isn’t really a good way to sell products, and then told me to come back on a day I had already informed her I was out of town for.
Rude, condescending, will NOT be going back there again.