Underwater Sports Diving Centre

I recently completed the PADI Deluxe Open Water Course with Underwater Sports Diving Centre, and cannot praise them enough! I have already booked in to do my PADI Advanced Open Water Course, as well as another Specialty PADI course. NOTE - I do not have any affiliation with, or receive anything in return frrom USDC for this review. It is completely honest and unbiased, and is based on my own experiences with this business.The Instructors and Dive Masters from Underwater Sports Diving Centre are absolutely fantastic, with an extremely strong focus on the safety of their students. Small class numbers (6 students) and dive groups (2 students per instructor/Dive Master) made the students feel extremely comfortable, relaxed and most importantly, SAFE!Underwater Sports are an extremely friendly, professional, safe and enjoyable PADI Dive Centre, which is evidenced not only by the number of return customers I have seen, but the number of students who continue their diving education with further PADI diver training (myself included!).Whether you simply want to experience recreational scuba diving and get your Open Water dive ticket, or are looking to start (or continue) along the path of Advanced, Specialised or Professional PADI training, give the team at Underwater Sports a call!If you are looking to buy equipment, their fully stocked showroom has a massive range of top quality, reputable brands, at very competitive prices. The USDC sales staff (who are also highly experienced divers and PADI instructors) provide fantastic advice, without the high-pressure sales pitches that I have experienced at many other major dive shops in Adelaide. They value return business, so they're goal is to give the best service and products to ensure that their customers stick with them for years and years (which they do!).They also carry a full range of spare parts for EVERY brand they stock, and offer affordable, professional and CERTIFIED servicing for dive equipment, as well as offering a great range of MODERN hire equipment that is meticulously maintained, and extremely quick tank refills (including enriched air).The USDC dive boat, 'Aladdin' is an impressive and comfortable vessel, perfectly set up for divers - either students during dive courses, or certified divers during their frequent dive excursions.I highly recommend joining the USDC Dive Club for a small annual fee, which not only provides you with very generous members discounts on purchases, rentals, refills and excursions, but also a number of events throughout the year, ranging from 'Club Dive Days' on a range of amazing dive sites, 'Social Days' to meet the other members, to 'International Dive Holidays' at unbelievably affordable rates. I saved more on my first purchase that the membership cost me!Essentially, these guys do everything, and they do it exceptionally well. Don't just take my word for it... go and visit some of the other dive shops across Adelaide (and Australia), and then head in to Underwater Sports to see for yourself just how amazing they are!Visited December 2016

The team here at Underwater sports run an excellent service including hire, purchasing support and advice, and training. Completed my open water with them and they were a wealth of knowledge and made the training enjoyable and educational. I felt like I came away excited to dive more but equipped with all the skills needed to be safe and enjoy it! A must use for anyone looking to buy gear, get training or even book a trip!

I completed my open water here in 2021 since then I have gone on dive in many other centres and done my advanced open water. And I can say this centre was far better than all the rest, great intructor (Rick), lovely dive sites and top notch equipment. If I lived in Adelaide or anywhere near it I would do all my dive training with them. And very reasonably priced.

Did our open water course through Underwater Sports and it was phenomenal. The staff were amazing and the locations they took us were spectacular. Great community of people and a very friendly environment to learn in. Would 100% recommend if you are wanting to do your open water course and have a blast whilst completing it!

I recently completed my PADI Open Water Diver course with Underwater Sports and I recommend them highly. Their team is extremely knowledgeable and helpful, and I look forward to diving with Underwater Sports again soon.

worst service I have ever seen. ZERO if possible.just as a response to your reply. I 'm wondering how do we know if a mask can fit without trying it? You just complained when we take the first mask off with a quite rude attitude when we wanted to try the mask, then we didn't want to try anymore. That's why we didn't buy the mask. By the way, we said 'we want a mask and a snorkel', I'm sorry if this leads to misunderstand that you think we didn't want to buy anything.And I'm quite Impressed by your words after we paid for the snorkel: Don't touch the masks if you not buying them.Last words, serving the customer should be your job, so does cleaning the masks.

My wife and I had a trip planned aboard the M/V Rodney Fox out of Port Lincoln. We were staying in Adelaide for a week first and hoped to make a shore dive at the Rapid Bay Jetty to photograph Leafy Sea Dragons. After watching videos of dives there, my wife wanted to dive from a boat instead. I found Underwater Sports Diving Centre and contacted Jolie. She was extremely helpful with arrangements for tanks and weights as well as directions.We boarded the boat and set up without a rush as if we were diving at home on our own boat. Dave made sure everyone had plenty of room for the short ride to Rapid Bay.Our guide, Wayne found three Leafies within the first five minutes. For our next dive, Wayne took us to the giant cuttlefish and the other resident critters at the Aquarium. We were able to photograph everything we hoped for on this trip in just two dives!We had an amazing day with wonderful people. It was fun, relaxing, and likely the highlight of our trip. We plan to contact Jolie and Dave the next time we are in South Australia.

Genuinely can’t say enough good things about the folks at this shop. After having an average experience somewhere else, underwater sports was recommended to me. They helped me finish my training and are highly professional, and incredibly well organized! My partner and I recently attended one of their dive trips to see the cuddlefish and had such a wonderful experience again with a very well organized and professional operation. hope to dive with them again soon!

Dave and Jolie maintain excellence within the dive community in South Australia. They have your best interest when looking to start diving and purchasing dive gear. Extremely knowledgeable and approachable. I don’t trust anyone else with advice for anything dive related. I was able to complete my Open Water Course with 1:1 lessons with Instructor Rick which was extremely valuable. Boat dives with UWS are also extremely valued and don’t leave you feeling like “just another business number” unlike other dive charters in SA. Can’t recommend the supportive team at UWS and their members enough.

I have been diving with underwater Sports since the beginning of summer 2022, and they have been absolutely fantastic! They only sell quality gear and make sure it is the perfect match for your body/style of diving. Couldn't be happier that I've found such a great team