Design your own Experience
in your own time, at your own pace.
Experience Concierge Scuba Diving on Catalina Island!
This is Scuba, by Design
Explore Catalina Island Underwater
Glide through Catalina Island’s stunning kelp forests with options for power scuba diving, night dives – even catered lunches during your surface interval!
Guided
Diving
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Scuba Diving
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Adaptive
Diving
Mermaid Experiences
Learn to Dive
We offer every level of PADI Recreational scuba diving certification and PADI Mermaid classes, plus 17 scuba Specialties at Catalina’s Casino Point Dive Park – even Professional training!
Adaptive
Recreational
Specialties
Professional
Mermaid
Why Choose Us?
Our Environmental Commitment
Everything we do is centered around sustainability. Whether it’s reducing our impact by making sure our products and gear are eco-friendly or joining in Catalina Island’s ocean conservation efforts, we take our personal responsibility as scuba divers seriously.
Come join us for the Experience of a Lifetime!
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Hear it from our Customers!
Having someone with empathy and so much passion as your dive guide is very rare. She made us feel like family as opposed to just being cattle.
Shaharil A.
Becoming a mermaid and having someone make you feel beautiful and majestic is an experience like none other!
Jenny T.
This is the best hands down cert I’ve ever taken. I needed an EO2 certification and found Ruth & Larry who offered the DAN version!
HB W.
It was much harder than I anticipated, and I was very overwhelmed and frustrated with myself, but Lisa was very patient and helped me get through it.
Vicki C.
Lisa was the ultimate professional, patient, credible and people person. This course wouldn’t have been successful without her people/ psychology of learning skills.
Mike R.
Lisa was great! We had a small group with different ages and experience levels, and she gave individual attention based on all our specific needs.