Great Ocean Adventures is a PADI 5-star IDC dive centre located in Victoria, British Columbia and managed by dive professionals with over 20 years of diving experience. We specialize in SCUBA equipment and accessories, as well as surfboards and specialty gear for cold water diving.
Dive courses are on now and start every couple of weeks. If you've wanted to try scuba diving, or are already certified and looking for more fascinating or challenging diving experiences, see what our Course Calendar has to offer.
We want to take this opportunity to say thank you most sincerely to all the great friends, suppliers and customers who have supported us, trained with us and played with us for the past six years. We are proud to be your dive shop!
Effective immediately, the next stage of growth for the business will be under the leadership and ownership of Dave Healy of 'Beyond Deep Diving', an established company specializing in technical dive training. Dave brings his years of technical experience to the shop, as well as new suppliers (look for Dive Rite and DUI gear in stock... immediately!) The store will have Nitrox as well, including a Nitrox bank.
It is going to be a very exciting time at the dive shop - there will be new programs, new equipment, and new faces - so please drop by and meet Dave and Erin – they are looking forward to it!
We are very excited to have the new Oceanic Data Mask in the store!
Lose those hoses! The Datamask provides an in-mask mini-LCD display that presents all your critical dive data, including current depth, dive time, cylinder pressure and dive time remaining. It can be seen regardless of environmental conditions, and has audible alarms, adjustable back-lighting, diver-replaceable batteries, a USB interface for downloading dive data, and the list goes on! See here for more information on this mask, then come in to the store and try it on. It's as cool as it looks!
We are making our second trip to Thetis Island this year on June 20-22. This is a fantastic dive weekend with Andy Lamb, photographer and author of Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest, at his Cedar Beach Ocean Lodge.
Spots are limited, so sign up ASAP! See our destinations page for more details.
We are happy to introduce the long-demanded pre-paid rental cards! By renting your gear this way, you save 25% on wetsuit or drysuit rentals! Details:
Get yours today and save 25%!
Now you can complete the Knowledge Development portion of the PADI Open Water Diver Course online through the new eLearning program! Do the book-work online, then get the practical training from our awesome instructors here at Great Ocean Adventures.
See our eLearning page for more information.
And don't forget our Sunday morning drop-in dives. Meet at the store Sunday mornings at 10:00 AM for the free guided drop-in dive! No registration required - just show up and go diving!
