Oakville Divers

I obtained my scuba diving certificate through Oakville Divers. It was an incredible experience. The sessions were immensely informative, and the Oakville Divers Team was more than supportive. It was an overall pleasant experience!I would recommend Oakville Divers to any individuals interested in obtaining their scuba diver certificate. They are accommodating and will work with you to be successful. My gratitude to the Oakville Divers Team for providing me with the skills and information to be an effective diver.

Is the best place to shop around for scuba and snorkelling gear, Julie is the best, Rob always has the best intend for the customer and in general, the staff is very knowledgable and im sure they can assist you with any problem you have, as they did with me, :D definitly coming back to the best scuba store in the GTA!

Not sure what these last reviews are about, but I have to say that I had a great experience with Oakville Divers. I found Rob friendly, and knowledgeable. There is a reason they are serious about their work. It’s to keep you safe, and give you the best experience. I highly recommend.

What an amazing experience! Rob is the best instructor. His knowledge, patience and respect for this sport is incredible. I would highly recommend Oakville Divers to anyone interested in learning to dive.

I did my PADI Open Water Certification with Rob and the team at Oakville Divers. Rob and his entire staff were fantastic to deal with. From the thoroughness of the class work to the fun of the hands-on dive experience this is a course that I highly recommend to anyone wanting to enjoy the sport of diving.

I got scuba lessons for my nephew for his birthday, and we just completed our open water (certification) dive yesterday. Fantastic experience. The classes were great, and the in-pool sessions helpful for practice - but the thing that impressed me most was the people and the sense of community.Rob & Steve and the team are great people who teach and help. I think this sport can be gear-snobish and technical - but they were so down to earth, friendly and willing to go the extra mile to make sure you learn and have a good experience.Would definitely recommend to anyone. It was a great activity for us to do together, and we'll be back for more dives!

My experience was terrible. Robert is an awful instructor, impatient, rude, condescending. He expects you to know everything from the online course and video and doesn't follow the practice of showing you how the skills are done, letting you watch him do it, letting you try and then discussing afterwards. If you ask questions you are talked down to. If you can't ask questions, isn't that dangerous?At the end of the pool session, he changed his mind underwater about what we were going to practice (we were supposed to practice skills but he apparently decided underwater that we should just scuba). Eventually after 5 minutes of watching him do nothing, he signaled to surface. At the surface he then got mad at us for not participating. When the other participant pointed out that we didn't know he had changed the plan, he said that he was the person in charge and that if we were going to talk back we would fail.I would have got out and left several times during the session except I was afraid he would follow or insult me. I also didn't want to leave the other woman alone with him because he was so unpleasant. I didn't know my co-diver previously but we both agreed in the changeroom that it would be dangerous to continue the course with him. We have both gone on to other dive shops to finish up.I do take it seriously but there should also be some wonder and enjoyment in Scuba. You will not get this with Robert.Julie in store is a lovely person however.

Rob has to be the worst instructor I’ve come across. The 5 students of his I talked to warned me about it. It was worse.Rude, demeaning, condescending would be a gracious account of his demeanour.His students were fearful of even asking questions because he would consistently criticize and gaslight" them.Plus students complained that some critical skill tests were not supervised and missed for them.My brief 5 minute encounter with him confirmed it

My experience was bad enough that I switched to a different dive shop to get certified. I ended up paying twice to get certified once but switching to a different dive instructor was the best thing that I did. My experience and the quality of instruction betweeb the two dive could not have been more different. Read the more recent reviews so that you know what to expect...

I signed up for scuba lessons. Never have I done it in my life. I've been wanting to do this for both 15 years. I got recommended to Oakville divers by a friend of mine who is a certified rescue diver and he introduced me to Rob. He's probably one of the best instructors I've ever had in anything. Actually, the personality is spot on. He's direct and blunt but remember. The scuba diving is a dangerous sport and you need somebody that's going to tell you how it is. It may save your life, but I will be continuing my certifications with this location I'm very pleased on everything so far.Ask for Julie. She works also in the store. She is amazing answers every question same thing tells her how it is very very kind, has no issues answering phone calls and answering questions and I have a lot of them so thank you to her as well