Columbus SCUBA Inc.

The staff of Columbus Scuba is top notch. Very friendly, knowledgeable, and always willing to help. Highly recommend Columbus Scuba Inc for all of your diving needs!!

WHAT a great experience, from initial contact to open water certifications. Three of my friends and I set up a private open water certification class. Shelby, at Columbus Scuba, managed to find pools, teachers, and time for four women with nutty schedules. Not sure how she did it. Our confined water dive teachers were Doug and Skid. Both of them were fantastic in completely different ways. Skid could probably explain nuclear physics to me and I'd understand: that man can teach! Doug patiently put us us through our patients, tolerated my nerves, endless questions, and made sure we had our skills down 100%. Super chill. After confined water dives we went on up to Gilboa Quarry. One word: Shelby. She is ridiculous, amazing. Her confidence is infectious. Her knowledge inexhaustible. Her patience is off the hook. If she told me to jump off a cliff, everything will be fine, I'd jump off a cliff and everything would be fine. Along with Shelby from the shop we had the calm assistance of Brad. That guy quietly helped me in 100 ways with a cheerful smile on his chill face all the time. I think he smiles through his regulator! Jackson, new to the shop, also joined us and was loads of fun, full of good cheer and enthusiasm. Gabe from the shop was all over the place all the time, full of information about everything from scuba travel to certification requirements to shop hours .... You can't stump him. What fantastic ambassadors for scuba; I can't imagine better employees! From start to finish the entire experience was great. If you're think about scuba, pick up the phone and JUST DO IT!

Columbus Scuba and their instructors are thorough, competent, excellent teachers from start to finish. We worked with different teachers along the way and each of them shared their love of scuba, their respect for the sport and continuously offered helpful tips and ideas beyond the textbook situations. Shelby was warm and friendly from the first time I reached out over the phone. As an instructor, she was outstanding. Very creative in her teaching style, generous with her time and made sure that everyone in our group understood what was expected. Each of us walked away with a deep understanding of diving and the joy of scuba ! Could not recommend Columbus Scuba more.
Thanks to everyone at Scuba especially Shelby, Andy, Brad, Gabe, Doug and Skid. All delightful professionals who make scuba safe and fun.

I enrolled my 10 year old granddaughter at Columbus Scuba, Inc. and any fears were quickly diminished. The care, attention, confidence building, skills and technical knowledge taught all while keeping a 10 year old engaged and having what amounted to be a fun and fantastic learning experience that will forever be incorporated in so many ways in this child’s life are invaluable in so many respects. Professional and fun. An absolutely amazing experience with a top notch group of wonderful staff. If you want to Scuba Dive this is the place to go. 100% recommend Columbus Scuba, Inc.

Took the PADI advanced open water course in summer 2022 as my first course with Columbus Scuba Inc; Shelby, Matt, TC, and Kevin were absolutely fantastic; I could not have been more impressed by the quality of their teaching. Thorough explanations about all the variables and considerations for each type of dive we were learning, contingency plans, and lots of opportunities for questions, made this a very immersive weekend that I gained everything I was hoping to from. Another diver also experienced an unexpected complication underwater and Shelby got them through it flawlessly. Instructors were constantly offering me helpful feedback both in and out of the water throughout the weekend, and the sheer frequency of that feedback reinforced best practices for diving as the familiar habits I now turn to. These folks seriously know what they are doing and are such a fun group of people - I can't wait for my next course with them!