Sunshine Scuba School-Largo — Attraction in Largo

2022 Experience - Brought kid 2 this year. Like the first, he is 11 and was a little worried about learning. Bob and Heather provided the same in-depth experience and treated him like an adult. Putting together a full gear set 12 times (correctly), it was actually about 16-17 times but he had a few mistakes. Hours of pool session working basic skills and then 4 ocean dives to further work skills. The boy is so proud now. Bob is always knowledgeable, always hard working, always on top of things, and provides local color commentary like no other. He was treated as part of the crew when we dove the Narcosis Dive Boat and was always willing to lend the crew a hand. Like my last experience, I cant say enough about Sunshine Scuba school. Other adult divers on the boat commented on my boy's buoyancy control and how good it was. "thanks Bob!" If you want to coast and get a "quick cert" look somewhere else. If you want you or your kids to actually learn and have skills this is your place. And for people in my age group you will appreciated Bob's "old School" approach. My 11 year old called commented the "old gold is best." Will be back with kid 3 soon and looking forward to move dives with Bob.

2019 Experience - My 11 year old took his first dive in the Red Sea earlier this summer. He loved it. We planned to spend most of August in Clearwater Beach so we decided to get him certified while there. My wife found Sunshine and signed him up without ever having met Bob or Heather face to face. our boy took the on-line portions before we traveled to the area. As soon as I met Bob I knew we would get along. There was no coasting in the class or treating him like a kid. Bob expected him to learn all the skills just as if he were an adult. He set a high bar and expected it would be met. this included class room, pool session, mental and emotional maturity, and physical strength. This included setting up and breaking down different sets of gear 12 times since we told Bob we were likely to be using rental gear. I appreciated that Bob wanted to make sure our boy was prepared for any situation that might arise. I was travelling in and out of Clearwater for work travel and Bob was quite flexible and worked with us to ensure we had everything completed before we had to leave. He met us 3 hours north of Clearwater for two dives in a spring, adjusted when the weather didn't cooperate, and arranged a charter boat to some ocean dives where we saw two Goliath groupers (AWESOME). Through it all Heather was also there to give an encouraging word and ask him questions to help him retain the knowledge. If you are looking for a quick cert and to coast through, you best find another shop. If you want to learn about diving in FL, be sure you are prepared, and hear some great stories about cave diving and diving history in FL this is the place for you. I will be bringing back my other kids when they are old enough. and I am certain Bob will make sure they are prepared and improve my...

Nobody matches service the Bob at Sunshine Scuba provides. I don't buy buy much gear anywhere else now because he can meet the Internet prices and outperform them on service. When I bought a new transpac, he spent more than an hour helping me figure out how and where to stow/attach the gear I bring--then he dove with me to fine tune the weighting for different gear configurations. When one of my regulators was accidentally crushed, he lent me an equivalent one so I'd still have a full backup set while I waited for the replacement to arrive. I've lost count of the times he's gone out of his way to be available when visitors needed a no-notice gear rental or do a quick repair or offer a money-saving tip or otherwise go the extra mile to keep me diving and keep me diving safe. Once he even dropped off tanks at my house on his way home when my schedule got away from me. And he offers a veterans discount. Closest dive shop to...

I just had one of the best experiences at Sunshine Scuba that i have ever had at a dive shop. I had been using another dive shop in the area for many years and had bad experiences the last several times which forced me to look for a new place. I found Sunshine Scuba on the internet and decided to get them a try. I had two regulators that had various issues and instead of dropping them off and having to wait a week or so for them, Bob the owner asked me what the issues were and took the regulators and me back to the shop, fixed them while i waited, explained what he did and gave me some hands on things i could do to keep them working properly. He didn't want to charge me but, i insisted on tipping him. In my opinion, He is there for the customer and not tying to sale you something that you dont need if he can fix it. Give this place a try, I think you will be very...