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Scuba Marco offers PADI scuba training that includes the PADI Open Water certification, Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver, Enriched Air Diver, Specialty Courses, and Divemaster. The program also provides in-pool refreshers, Local Dive Trips, and Drive & Dive International Trips, along with specific Open Water Diver, Advanced Open Water, and Rescue Diver courses.
• Ages: 10–18 years old
• Schedule: Group Open Water training can be completed in as little as 3 days, with classroom, pool, bay, and boat sessions offered in multiple class blocks across the year.
Scuba Marco has been serving Southwest Florida since 1998 and uses PADI (Professional Association of Dive Instructors), described as the world's largest and most recognized training agency. The shop can certify students as young as age 10 and offers courses through Divemaster, using PADI online E-Learning. Scuba Marco usually runs smaller classes with a maximum of about 4 students and has well over 30 years of diving instruction experience. Its stated motto is, “No Hurries No Worries, No Troubles Just Bubbles!!”
One parent described the instructors as excellent teachers who updated skills and confidence through a PADI refresher course and in-pool refreshers. Another parent reported that their child completed a private 3-day Open Water certification with a day in the pool, a day in the bay, and a day of diving a wreck and a reef in Ft. Lauderdale. Other testimonials mention kids enjoying their first time diving in the Gulf, divers earning multiple PADI certifications including Enriched Air Diver and Advanced Open Water, and participants noting the professionalism, patience, and expert instruction of staff members such as John, Jessi, Jeff, and Craig.
Last updated February 18, 2026.
• Ages: 10–18 years old
• Schedule: Group Open Water training can be completed in as little as 3 days, with classroom, pool, bay, and boat sessions offered in multiple class blocks across the year.
Scuba Marco has been serving Southwest Florida since 1998 and uses PADI (Professional Association of Dive Instructors), described as the world's largest and most recognized training agency. The shop can certify students as young as age 10 and offers courses through Divemaster, using PADI online E-Learning. Scuba Marco usually runs smaller classes with a maximum of about 4 students and has well over 30 years of diving instruction experience. Its stated motto is, “No Hurries No Worries, No Troubles Just Bubbles!!”
One parent described the instructors as excellent teachers who updated skills and confidence through a PADI refresher course and in-pool refreshers. Another parent reported that their child completed a private 3-day Open Water certification with a day in the pool, a day in the bay, and a day of diving a wreck and a reef in Ft. Lauderdale. Other testimonials mention kids enjoying their first time diving in the Gulf, divers earning multiple PADI certifications including Enriched Air Diver and Advanced Open Water, and participants noting the professionalism, patience, and expert instruction of staff members such as John, Jessi, Jeff, and Craig.
Last updated February 18, 2026.
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