Kocher's Diving Locker, Ltd.

Proudly serving and training divers for over 55 years, Kocher's Diving Locker is the largest and busiest PADI Dive Shop in Canada. Based at 2745 West 4th in Vancouver, this PADI 5 Star IDC centre fields 10 PADI Instructors whose friendly, professional teaching helps newcomers and seasoned divers alike explore the underwater world safely. Courses and group dive trips run all year round, with instruction offered in English, Spanish, French, Mandarin and Ukrainian.

Courses, dive sites and what's on offer

The PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) Course is available from USD 162, taking roughly one hour. Closer to home, the team heads out to BC Coast dive sites including Porteau Cove Provincial Park, Mermaid Cove, Cultus Lake and Buntzen Lake, where divers may encounter sharks, whales, turtles, eels, molluscs and crustaceans, corals, anemones and more.

As Vancouver's largest and best-stocked dive shop, the centre offers air fills, nitrox, equipment sales and servicing, plus scuba, kids' and freediving rentals. On-site you'll find a classroom, retail shop, free Wi-Fi and parking. It suits anyone ready to learn to dive or to keep exploring, from first-timers to active club members.