Itinerary
Give scuba diving a go on a 5-hour introductory course in Oahu. Get fitted with equipment and head
out to the boat to learn basic skills as well as a few diving dos and don'ts. Visit a dive site where you’ll
spend some time getting comfortable in the water. Afterward, explore the underwater world of a coral reef alongside your expert instructor, and swim in an area known for sea turtles, eels, octopuses, and other fascinating marine life.
Stop At:
• Waikiki Dive Center, 424 Nahua St, Honolulu, Oahu, HI 96815
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424 Nāhua St, Honolulu, HI 96815, USA
5 hours(approx.)
Returns to original departure point
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Traveler shoe size option and a T-shirt size upon booking.
Must review medical questions in advance so that you have time to obtain a consent from a doctor's office for you to go diving. You are required to present the doctor's consent. Free cancellation is up until 24 hours prior to the scheduled trip departure time, Cancellation, change or rescheduling due to delay in clearing medical, late check in beyond 15 minutes or failure to comply for safety advice will incur full booking cost..
Must remain sober. No drinking is allowed prior to go diving. We reserve the right to deny anyone's diving trip should safety concerns arise. No refund is eligible if cancelled or denied within 24 hours of the trip check-in time or during the dive trip.
+ While safety comes first, fun always follows. Please plan and reserve your dive schedules accordingly. Do not consume alcohol or anything that may cause drowsy, lethargic or impaired decision making before attending the activities. We reserve the right to deny attending activities for any divers or snorkelers for any reason. No refund or free rescheduling will be extended. + If you are going to do a shallow coral reef two-tank boat dive (40-60ft), you should not be catching a flight within 18 hours. If you are going to do a deep dive (60-100ft), you should not be catching a flight within 24 hours. You are responsible to email or call us regarding your departure prior to your scheduled diving trip + For beginners, non-certified divers or new students, it's your responsibility to carefully review the PADI discovery diver information and medical questionnairesand. Cancellations due to absence of required Medical Statement after the cancellation period forfeit any reimbursement. + Dive or Snorkeling Trips (FOR PARTY OF 4 OR LESS): We require 24 hours advanced notice of cancellation for a full refund. Cancellation, change, medical issues, late check-in or reschedule requests made less than 24 hours in advance will incur in full booking charge. No refund or free rescheduling will be given. Please understand that the instructor's time is pre-arranged and blocked days prior to ensure safety compliance for crew and diver ratio. Please arrive on time. There is a 15 minute cut-out time. If you or your party do not show up by 15 minutes after the scheduled check-in time, your trip will be automatically cancelled and without refund or free rescheduling. + Private Charter, Group Students or Party with 5 or more: Please let us know what special event we can help prepare in advance. Cancellation policy is different from the individual bookings. It is free cancellation up until 21 calendar days prior to the scheduled trip. Within 21 calendar days to the scheduled trip, 100% of the full booking charge will incur. Please kindly understand we have turned away other divers and additional opportunities in keeping the booking exclusively reserved and blocked.
Avoid booking the dive trip within 18 hours of flying. No refund is eligible if failed to comply and/or when the dive trip is denied to protect for customer's safety. Always advise directly if you are flying within 18 hours. All participants will be required to complete a health questionnaire prior to diving. Some pre-existing medical conditions (eg asthma, heart conditions, etc) may prevent you from diving, please consult your doctor
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : jasonlU5467AP
Very fun. Saw many turtles, coral, and fish. Dive leader Christian is very knowledgeable! Gear was also provided. Boat had water and snacks provided.
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Posted On : 2024-05-06
Posted By : markhN1617JY
Spent two awesome days 4 dives competing my Advanced Open Water Diver course including Nitrox certification. Cristian was my instructor throughout and made everything easy to understand and kept things fun but professional.
The entire crew at Waikiki Dive Center was great and easy to work with.
Enjoyed myself so much I signed up for more.
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Posted On : 2024-05-03
Posted By : miriambQ6350BD
Friendly and knowledgeable crew. Excellent instruction for a refresher dive with helpful and attentive follow up throughout the outing. Knowledgeable about the local species and their behaviour.
I highly recommend the Waikiki Dive Centre!
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Posted On : 2024-05-02
Posted By : jeffreyf845
Had a great experience with Jim and Josh obtaining my open water scuba certification. Jim Was very knowledgeable and is very safety oriented. I appreciated that he was looking out for my experience and not “letting things slide”. For the integrity of the certification, he made sure that I genuinely had command of the skills and knowledge. I highly recommend getting your Scuba certification from this operation.
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Posted On : 2024-04-27
Posted By : Freedom33963898090
Dive master was fun and knowledgeable but put safety first. Was a revert dive for us and Josh was a great teacher and super patient
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Posted On : 2024-04-27
Posted By : W264UAbethj
Waikiki Dive Center worked with me to get my Padi Open Water and Advanced certifications. One dive was canceled due to adverse weather conditions, and they were very flexible to ensure I got the dive I needed before I left. The instructors are knowledgeable, professional, and great to work with. Safety is paramount at Waikiki Dive Center, and I knew I was in very good hands. The dives were well run, and each was a fabulous experience.
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Posted On : 2024-04-18
Posted By : jeannebZ3657NP
Saw some ocean life but not what we hoped for. Perhaps the next time we can see more. The water was a little bit rough. The five team did an very good job overall.
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Posted On : 2024-04-10
Posted By : kimjD4920OS
Chad, Jim and Captain Oshi were great to dive with. I will recommend them to family and friends. I saw turtles an eel and a variety of fish.
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Posted On : 2024-04-09
Posted By : jose_s
Being a inexperienced diver I was ecstatic to indulge in the experience knowing it would be the highlight of my excursion. I found my self juxtaposed by the seemingly detached instructors displayed by a expedited first dive leaving me with a measly understanding to diving, with obscure and confusing hand gestures and frustrating instructor the group was separated in to two groups for our second dive.
Our second dive was an experience I will never forget though frighting at first a overwhelmingly joy fills the body as you see the waves above fishes glide pass all the different colors and sea life an experience I shall not forget… but alas our experience was cut short before reaching our underwater destination not making more than 3/4 the journey we return to the ship and wait for the second group to arrive waiting at least 10-20 min. The journey had been cut short and we arrived back to the shop early at least a hour and a half earlier then we expected our trip was half of what I expected I was not satisfied with the instructors I will not be booking with this shop again
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Posted On : 2024-04-09
Posted By : KGardner235
Pros:
Captain Yoshi was great, took safety seriously, and was very helpful.
Dive Instructor/master (not sure) Josh was really friendly and enthusiastic.
Saw some beautiful, massive turtles - such wonderful creatures.
Cons:
The rest of the experience.
We were initially hesitant about doing the shallower reef dives as certified divers, but were reassured it was the best option for our level (open water certs, 10 dives over 18-months). Communication prior to booking wasn’t great and we wish we had gone with our instincts and booked a different dive. Here’s why:
We were on the 9:45am reef dive, and it was two full hours before we were on the water. Everything was tailored towards either the two uncertified divers (we had to sit for a 20-minute discover scuba video), or a group that were there to snorkel and observe conservation efforts. The two hours were unbelievably disorganised, there was no communication, we didn’t know what was going on, didn’t know who our instructor was going to be, weren’t told anyone’s names, where we were going, how it would be structured, or what the hold up was. After the two hours of waiting around and the 10 minute drive to the dock, we eventually made it out on the water. Once there, we were introduced to our scuba instructor (sadly not Josh!), who took us out for about half an hour. Our tanks were over half full at the end of the dive. During our first dive, the instructor sped past two huge turtles without pausing for us - we would have liked to have had some time to pause and observe them chilling on the reef (they really are incredible!) without losing our instructor in the process!
Having spent all that time sitting around at the dive shop waiting for some communication, we were pretty disappointed during our surface interval to find out we weren’t moving and we would just dive the same area again.
Prior to the second dive, I noticed my second tank was less than half full and the o-ring had blown out, and when I brought this up with my instructor he didn’t come over to help - thankfully Captain Yoshi came to assist me. On the second dive, I struggled to equalise going down, so paused and ascended a little - the instructor had already sped off so I was not able to alert him and entirely rectify the situation. Once again, our tanks were at least half full at the end of the dive, and we spent the last five minutes of the dive looking for a dropped weight from a different group.
To be honest, it really felt like we were just there to fund the conservation expedition: we sadly didn't learn anything on the dive, our dive instructor didn’t do a debrief (we saw an eel but have no idea what kind it was), we were ignored for most of the time and are still waiting for an email with the dive details as we don’t have dive computers (information we requested as we were leaving - 5 days ago).
Overall, very dissatisfied, and feel like we wasted our time and our money. This was our first time diving on O’ahu - we would not recommend this dive shop if our experience is typical. At the start of our trip we were considering also signing up for the pelagic bioluminesent dive but needless to say we changed our minds pretty quickly after this experience.
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Posted On : 2024-04-03
