La Jolla dive - La Jolla, California

Stefan Schweizer

I went on 2 dives with Anita and had a fantastic time. The dives were well organized and the gear in good shape. The canyon is really exciting. I did both the day and night dive and we even watched mating octopuses.

Annie Smith

I went on an amazing night dive at La Jolla Shores with the new owner, Brian Zach. Highly recommend this shop. Zach was so much fun to dive with & pointed out TONS of critters I likely would have missed. He provided plenty of information leading up to the dive so I knew what to expect & even reached out the day of to further coordinate. I will definitely be coming back to check out La Jolla Cove sometime soon!

Brandon S.

I did a two tank dive with La Jolla Dive. Julian was our dive master. He was professional, knowledgeable, and competent. Water temp was mid 60's, visibility probably 10 to 15 feet. We saw lots of various fish including Garibaldi, many lobsters, a horned shark, and some fun interactions with curious seals. One diver was a bit rusty and anxious. Julian did a great job calming her down and getter her to feel comfortable enough to continue the dive. It was a great morning. Thanks.

Muratcan Zor

Had a really good experience with La Jolla Dive. Due to the water conditions needed to make some scheduling changes and the shop was flexible to accommodate.

They day of the dive Julian was very helpful, prioritizing safety and making sure everyone has a good diving experience. He was there early getting everything ready. All the rental equipment was in good condition. Would definitely recommend to others!

Tomini Fashina

I had an incredibly negative experience with this company. We were in a dive group last year with an unsafe ratio of divers to instructors - about 1:10. The Dive Master (Julian) was unapproachable, mean, and forgot to give us our weights. We paddled out 500 meters from shore getting ready to descend, and my partner and I realized the instructor did not give us weights. Julian shouted at us and told us to paddle back and abandon the dive. We reported this to the company and were told we would get a full discount for a 2-tank dive for 2 people to apologize, valid for 2 years. We emailed them 3 times and sent them endless Whatsapp messages, only for them to ignore us. We had to pay $325 to book a 1-tank dive for 2 people with another company as we are only in town for the weekend. Absolutely disappointing, unacceptable and unsafe.

Go Away

Did the two tank La Jolla Beach walk on dive with them. It was a mess at the beginning, dive equipment was not working, apparently no one tested the rental BCD for one of the divers and it wasn't working. Multiple divers were missing sets of gloves. Dive master Julian was a jerk to put it nicely. He couldn't find his car keys and flipped over my bag looking for them crushing the hat I laid on top of my bag into the dirt and just left it that way. In general he was also just an unpleasant person. Dive sites were good though so I would definitely recommend doing this dive just with a different company.

E J

Really disappointed in this experience, especially for paying for a 2 tank dive for 2 people for nearly $500. We had Julian who asked us the day before to show up at 7am instead of 8am for "parking" so we had to make a couple changes to our trip plans to ensure that we can drive hours to La Jolla and get there on time. Once we showed up at 7am, Julian didn't even show up until 730 and was completely antisocial and rude the entire time. My boyfriend is a Dive Master who wanted to see the kelp forest, which was the whole point of booking this experience. I've grown up in SoCal and am used to swimming in the Pacific, plus did my dive lessons in Laguna. Julian just walked to check the surf and said it's not good. Then 2 people, a dad and son, showed up AND JOINED OUR GROUP without us ever being told of this! They showed up at 8am. Even worse is the dad/son group were completely new to diving, literally their first ocean dive ever, first dive after certification in a lake in Colorado, and they were both extremely nervous. They had a 1 tank dive. Julian forced us to go do a sand shelf dive on the beach without offering us a reschedule for a proper dive. His attitude was annoyed and angry, like he didn't even want to be there. Just avoiding all of us the entire time, walking away without telling any of us anything, and only coming over to any of us to be condescending. It was as if he was expecting my partner to do his job for him but then turns around and lectures my partner for helping me get suited up then goes on about how he doesn't like my personal gear that I had even though the rental gear he was giving us was all torn up. My partners tank didn't even have a plug to show it was full and Julian didn't care. My partners rented BCD also had issues with inflation as it would get stuck in the inflate position which required him to constantly emergency deflate to maintain buoyancy. After the first dive Julian was made aware of the bcd issue and he didnt care, didnt change my partners bcd. My bdc was too big for me but Julian didnt care. The dive was murky and Julian didn't care about any of us. The dad/son didn't know how to equalize and kept signaling how they were having issues the moment they descended. Julian didn't care about their signals and kept swimming off. He blasted past all of the animals that I was finding because he just wanted to get the dive done. He wouldn't stop for anyone which resulted in my partner and I losing sight of him since there was only 3ft visability and it took seconds for him disappear if I found an animal to point at to my partner. We ascended since we lost the rest of the group and Julian and the dad/son ascended after a long while and they were extremely far away from us. Julian failed to even realize that we weren't even with them for the entire time! The dad and son both had huge bloody noses from lack of equalizing the entire time and Julian just told them off. Then told my partner and I off saying he was giving us leniency for distance since my partner is a dive Master but we are still under his dive insurance. Once the other group left we had a longer second dive and I found every single animal aside from Julian finding some octopus. Don't even get me started on the misogynistic comments coming out of Julian's mouth and how he would go on complaining about his wife and son. Really disappointed in this activity, and honestly we could've brought our own tanks and easily have done this dive ourselves for practically nothing. Definitely NOT worth the price and it was not what we paid for. They should be more cognizant of pairing people based on experience level. The first dive was a complete waste of time and money because of the inexperienced dad/son who Julian had join us without informing us. Just because my partner is a Dive Master doesn't mean we were paying for our first tank dive to babysit other divers in a murky basic ocean dive. The photo is us waiting and trying to call Julian to see where he is at but he never answered or responded to our calls and texts.

Dean Gunnell

My wife and I dove with Julian and David and had a great time. They made it fun and were very helpful even when it’s been awhile since we’ve dove. They are big on safely which made everyone feel comfortable going out with them. Thx for a great experience!!