Whether youre a North Florida resident or going to be enjoying an extended stay in the area, scuba lessons enhance your enjoyment of Floridas natural springs and miles of gorgeous coastline as well as enabling you to later explore diverse bodies of water and marine life around the world. There is no better place to begin this journey than with Sea Hunt Scuba Offering over 20 levels of certification through PADI courses (Professional Association of Diving Instructors), from beginner up to professional, Sea Hunt Scuba provides years of experience, an unparalleled indoor scuba training facility, heated indoor pool, organized diving trips, and scuba equipment sales, rental, and repairs. Instructors Steve Bohanan and Curtis Deyo have over sixty years of combined certified diving experience, and have each been instructing for over twenty years while broadening their own diving expertise. Curtis Deyo additionally has over thirty years as a repair technician of scuba equipment. Each employee of the facility and dive shop has a wealth of diving experience so you will always be surrounded by quality advice and guidance, whether youre shopping for scuba gear, bringing some tanks in for diagnostic testing, or taking a class in technical diving. PADI Courses from North Floridas Only PADI 5 Star National Geographic Dive Center Sea Hunt Scuba is North Floridas only 5 Star PADI Dive Center as well as a PADI National Geographic Dive Center. For those in Jacksonville seeking scuba lessons, a short trip south to St Augustine is more than worthwhile. "The PADI 5 Star Dive Center membership level is awarded to progressive PADI Dive Centers that excel in providing dive consumers with a full range of diver education programs, equipment selection, and experience opportunities and that actively promote aquatic environmental awareness. A PADI 5 Star Dive Center is active in its community presenting a professional image consistent with, or better than, the norm of the marketplace. These dive centers embrace PADI System of diver education and are committed to providing customers with quality products, services and experiences." The instructors and staff of Sea Hunt Scuba are extremely passionate about continually exploring various underwater locations around Florida as well as internationally, frequently hosting organized trips. North Florida offers diverse and fascinating fresh and salt-water diving locales for your classes and day trips. Explore the natural habitats of manatees, dolphins, and sharks as well as enchanting shipwrecks off of Floridas historic first coast. Day and weekend dive trips to South Florida and around the state take place a few times per month. Begin classes now to be able to join them on one of the biannual international scuba trips, such as Australia, the Pacific Islands, & the Caribbean.