Oahu Diving, Honolulu HI

I highly recommend Erik with Oahu Diving! I read lots of reviews about how great it would be for first time divers, and it truly was. We had a small group with two separate instructors, so I felt super comfortable as someone who had never dove before. They do a great training in the boat and prepare you well for how you’ll feel once in the water. Personally, this was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had! It was such an adventure to go scuba diving. We saw a bunch of sea turtles, a small shark, an octopus, tons of fish and sea urchins. Erik took great photos of everyone and sent us our individualized ones. Simply amazing.

Edited to update: I loved it so much, I took another group for their first dives here when I came back the next year!

Had a blast diving here. It was my husband and I first open water dive after getting certified. No complaints great for divers not to experienced. P. S make sure you guys tip the crew they are there to keep you safe.

This was my first choice to book because of the reviews, when we arrived everything was amazing, at the first stop the instructor was really intense and had zero patience, so if you are a person who is going for the first time avoid him, I think his name was Walter and if Walter it was Capital that is another story, we were two couples for one instructor and he only make his job, zero empathy. While we stayed on the boat waiting for them to return from the dive, the capital really cared about us and gave us what we needed to be close to the boat floating. We paid the photographer at the last minute and he charged us extra and in my memory I only have videos of the other couple. Our friend Capital have the day, thank you. The good thing is that I booked another place the next day, I was a little nervous because it cost a little less than this descent, but sometimes less is more. An instructor went there for the two of us and I went down without any problem.

Fantastic! 5 stars! The staff were fun passionate and very well versed on diving! The took care of us to make sure we knew all the necessary skills once we got in! They took care of all the tanks and I will never forget this! Definitely recommend! PS. We saw a gigantic sea turtle! So fun

Def recommend this for group dives and a more intimate dive experience where you're not in a big scuba group where you won't see as much down there! Erik also brings his go pro and is a true pro at capturing amazing pictures of the group while also finding marine life (we saw a number of turtles, an octopus and even a baby shark!)
He safely brought out a group of 7 of us (2 recently certified open water divers) to a 100 ft wreck dive and we all had so much fun. Super reasonable price for our group to get our own boat charter as well and do two separate dives.

Cannot recommend him enough- definitely will dive with him again especially to harder dives like wrecks!

Absolutely amazing experience. I had some trouble in the beginning with breathing too fast. They were very patient with me and helped me through it. Went back down and had one of the most memorable experiences of my life. Highly recommended for a group of friends!

Booking process was easy, check in experience was great. Then came the trip absolutely amazing. I did the deep dive then snorkel (also had divers) trip. Same crew Capt Sean, DM Violet, and my guide DM Miranda if booking in the wiakiki area i highly recommend Dive Oahu.

Good group of people at Oahu dive shop. Would highly recommend this shop to anyone who is looking for a diving adventure. The available rental gear is top of the line.

Best dive ever! Professional, fun, and memories to last a lifetime!

We have been diving all over the world (including a dozen dives in Hawaii) and found the best experience with Erik at Oahu Diving. Erik is laid back and incredibly professional. He made the experience fun and educational for all of us.

We had three younger drivers with varying degrees of skill and experience with us, and he was an outstanding instructor. Erik was the most patient and considerate teacher and dive master we have encountered. Our teens learned a ton from him. They were comfortable and in very safe hands as we dove.

He also shared amazing professional level photos he took of what we saw and our family.

In all, these are some of the fondest memories we have of diving over 20 years.

Erik made the dive fun, safe, and just amazing. We can’t recommend him and Oahu Diving enough. There is no doubt we will dive with him again!

We did a beginner friendly dive with eric and loved it! He was so flexible and the locations he took us to were incredible.