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Got certified with this shop and do not recommend. Initially thought it was ok and was just annoyed by all the hidden fees attached to my Groupon. But after recently diving with a much better shop and talking to more experienced divers, I realized that Beach Cities Scuba was just not good. I did my open water dives at Laguna
First there were too many people to one instructor. Both days it was 5/6 to 1. When one student had an issue, we all were just stuck waiting. Spent 90% of my dive on my knees in the dark, SoCal has no visibility, waiting for my instructor to come back.
Told not to bring stuff to beach because no one there to watch stuff. And dive shop didn’t provide anything either. Which means we had zero food or water during our surface intervals between shore entries. No water!!! And finally when done you have to carry all your equipment up the hill. I was exhausted and frankly a little woozy while the shop guy lectured me that I put BCD on wrong hanger when cleaning all my gear. And we were hurried along so they go start next class.
My instructor was nice and think did a good job with so many students but it was just a bad situation.
Felt like a scuba assembly line, like they were just trying to get every penny out of me and didn’t really care about the dive experience.
Maybe those who did boat dives had a better time but after all the hidden fees attached to Groupon, I couldn’t justify forking over another $140 for boat. - via 