At Aquatic Ventures, we pride ourselves on being a small, family-oriented establishment passionately dedicated to the personalized and warm experience of a close-knit community.

Unlike corporate big-box dive retailers, we prioritize individualized service, foster genuine connections and create a welcoming atmosphere where every customer is treated like a valued member of our dive family.

We take pride in our commitment to transparency and customer satisfaction; we never oversell, ensuring that your purchase is based on genuine needs and tailored to your specific requirements.

What Customers Say

“Aquatic Ventures is a professional business with a family atmosphere. The quality and condition of the gear used was awesome.” — Abbott D

“Thank you guys! From Cary to Zach, Moe, Tori and Grant! All awesome people and great teachers.” — Jay B

“After the first day of training in the pool we knew we were hooked and decided to go all in and purchased our equipment and suits through the AV shop.” — Greg R

“My boyfriend and I received our scuba certification through Aquatic Ventures today! We embarked on the journey last month and the company was nothing short of wonderful.” — Sarah L

“The team at AV made my friend and I feel very comfortable with the experience of learning to dive.” — Jason S

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Welcome…

Aquatic Ventures is south Florida’s top-rated dive center for certification from SDI, TDI, ERDI, FRTI, PDIC, and PADI. If you’ve always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures, or simply see the wonderful world beneath the waves this is where it starts.

Aquatic Ventures has trained more divers than anyone else in south Florida. The reason is our experience and expertise, and our second-to-none customer service. We have the most experienced instructors. They will take their time to guide you through this exciting experience.

Aquatic Ventures offers all levels of scuba dive training.

For the person who wants to try scuba before actually signing up for scuba dive lessons, we offer Scuba Discovery experiences.

For the person ready to become certified divers, we offer the Open Water Diver course.

For those of you who are looking at going deeper and diving longer, ask about our advanced level classes and specialty diver certifications.

If you have been out of the water for a while, and looking to get back into it, we offer a refresher class to get your skills and knowledge back up to dive quality.

For our out of town friends who have already begun their open water training elsewhere and are looking to finish their scuba diving certification here in sunny Fort Lauderdale, we offer referral training.