📍 2 Wharf Street, South Dunedin, Dunedin
📍 Address: 2 Wharf Street, South Dunedin, Dunedin 9049, New Zealand
📞 Phone: +64 3 466 4370
🌐 Website: diveotago.co.nz
Had such a great experience here. I just stopped by to buy a wetsuit and the staff were fantastic. Thank you so much!
Great store-side crew and instructors — friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. But I have to give 2 stars, as unfortunately, customer support via email has been frankly pretty poor and slow.
Best dive place in southern hemisphere! Bravely shoving away sea lions, ice bergs, whales (true! Southern Right Whales mooching around Otago Harbour last week). They have good facilities, excellent instructors, and some good local dive sites - including a kelp forest and dive wrecks at Aramoana. And if 9 degrees is too cold they do great overseas trips every year.
Went to rent gear 10 minutes after rolling into town and was met with friendly and knowledgeable staff who made the process as easy as it could be. The gear worked great and we had a great dive. The staff stayed late to let us return the gear same day which was a lifesaver. Thank you guys!!!
After years of wanting to dive, I finally enrolled in an Open Water course at Dive Otago. Their friendly and knowledgeable staff made me feel comfortable in the water from the start. The lessons were well-structured and informative. I enjoyed it so much I very quickly also enrolled in the Advanced Course here. I highly recommend Dive Otago to anyone looking to start scuba diving!
In the 1st term learnt how to control my buoyancy using my breathing and BCD. How to adjust my trim underwater with the placement on my weights around my body. There was also the use of navigation underwater with a compass. These were the few things I felt affected my time underwater become a better experience. In the 2nd term I really hope to see my skills I've learnt so far become honed down so that I can feel more confident as a scuba diver later in the year as I move forward to an instructors level. I've had some great instructors teaching me, so far through the year; Anthony, Emma, Liz, Jackson, Lily and Matt. Who all I have spent some time with, Matt has done a great job at sticking with our class through the 1st term at Dive Otago. I also felt Lily had Liz had done a great effort into teaching the class in our rescues. One of my favourite dives I've done with Dive Otago has been my 1st time at Wellers Rock, particularly to do with the mass amount of aquatic life you'll find there. That day it had also been great visibility, compared to what we had been at Aramoana in previous dives. Aramoana has also been a great Dive Site, we have seen other types of aquatic life and the visibility can be pretty well on the odd day!
The first time I came across this business I had zero knowledge of anything to do with the diving world. Each of the staff members I have dealt with have been extraordinary people and the culture of the company is clearly outstanding. They brought me along in a safe and comfortable manner and have been treated as a friend every time I enter the shop. This business has a winning formula and is staffed with truly special people.
I recently completed the Diploma in Professional Scuba Instruction at Dive Otago. The staff were extremely knowledgeable regarding the course material, dive sites, scuba gear and maintenance. The instructors were super supportive throughout the course. I can definitely say the Milford trip was a highlight!
Anthony was super helpful with setting us up with tanks. We had a beautiful dive at Aromoana. Thanks!
Dive Otago Ltd is located at 2 Wharf Street, South Dunedin, Dunedin 9049, New Zealand
You can contact Dive Otago Ltd at +64 3 466 4370
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