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Pacific Wilderness, Inc.

Santa Catalina Island, United States of America (USA) · Dive Center★ 2

from USD 275 / person

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Type
Dive Center
Team
20 PADI Instructors

Highlights

  • PADI 5 Star IDC
  • 20 PADI Instructors
  • 1 courses & activities
  • 3 languages spoken

About Pacific Wilderness, Inc.

Since 1953, Pacific Wilderness has been Southern California's trusted dive shop, guiding divers from their very first breaths underwater to open-ocean exploration around Santa Catalina Island. A PADI 5 Star IDC centre with 20 PADI-certified instructors, it's built its reputation on all-inclusive beginner classes with no hidden fees, taught in a heated indoor training pool.

Courses and diving

The PADI Enriched Air Diver course runs from USD 275 over approximately one day. Beyond training, this is the largest and most stocked dive specialty store in the greater LA area, offering equipment sales, in-house service and repairs, air fills, and Nitrox, Trimix and mixed-gas fills.

Local dive sites include Casino Point Dive Park, Bird Rock, Point Lobos, Malaga Cove, Long Point, Veteran's Park, Farnsworth Banks, Crescent Bay and Cabrillo Beach, where divers may encounter sharks, whales, turtles, rays and ocean fish. Trusted by public safety teams and welcoming English, Spanish and Japanese speakers, it suits everyone from first-timers to experienced divers seeking dependable local expertise.

Courses & prices

PADI Enriched Air Diver
1 day (approx.) · Open Water Certification required
USD 275

Marine life

SharksWhalesTurtlesOthersOcean FishSharks and Rays

Facilities & amenities

Onsite training poolOnsite classroomRetail ShopAquarium/Deep PoolDive boatFood & DrinksParkingOther

Location & contact

1719 South Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, California 90731-4728, United StatesOpen map ↗

+1 310-833-2422

Reviews · 2

★ 22 guest reviews

★ 1 · Ron Jackson · 2011-07-18

I put my reg in for an inspection only. The work order has several boxes that can be checked for work the customer wants, i.e., OVERHAUL, ANNUAL INSPECTION, and OTHER EXPLAIN BELOW. Only the ANNUAL INSPECTION box checked. The employee at the shop at the time I gave them my reg assured me no work other than an inspection would be preformed and if more work was necessary I could accept or decline the extra work. I was quoted a price of $25.00 for the ANNUAL INSPECTION. I was told I would be called if the reg needed repairs and would be called when it was ready to be picked up. Pacific Wilderness never called to say it was ready and they never called to receive authorization to make any repairs. Pacific Wilderness made repairs for which they had never received authorization. Pacific Wilderness stated "We do not call when your stuff is ready and if it needs repairs we just go ahead and make those repairs and that is what we did." The older man at the shop on the day I picked up my reg gave an analogy of; "When you put your car in for service and they see it needs other repairs the dealership makes those repairs." I do not know where he takes his car, but a dealership cannot make repairs without explicit written permission or permission received by phone. The attitude of we do what we want is egregious and the prices charged for the unauthorized repairs was high.

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