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Top 25 Recreational diving schools based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 469 recreational diving schools headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 6,877 professional contacts across them, including 323 with verified work emails. Key Largo is the largest hub.

This list covers recreational diving schools headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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469Companies
6,877Contacts tracked
323Verified emails
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The 25 largest recreational diving schools based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 469 recreational diving schools based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to recreational diving schools: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceRancho Santa Margarita, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026n/a4,423 contacts →

Partial evidence

“PADI® (Professional Association of Diving Instructors®) is the world’s largest ocean exploration and diver organization, operating in 186 countries and territories, with a global…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2Indirect evidenceStuart, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200213 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a global training certification company that relies heavily on electronic education and media platforms to bring vital Differentiated Instruction and Credentialed…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3Partial evidenceRiverview, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026n/a183 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI Worldwide) is a premier recreational dive certification and membership organization headquartered in Riverview, Florida…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4Indirect evidenceOmaha, NE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500130 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Diventures was founded in 2009, with one location in Omaha, Nebraska, and has expanded to eighteen locations across twelve states.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5Indirect evidenceSeattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SEATTLE, WA Est.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6Strong evidenceLake City, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026n/a74 contacts →

Strong evidence

“IANTD Is The World's Largest Scuba & Rebreather Diving Training Organization Of Open Water, Nitrox, Enriched Air (EANx), Overhead Environment, Cave, Wreck, Recreational…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7Partial evidenceHigh Springs, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5054 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing excellence in diving through high-quality education, global collaboration, and exploration.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5030 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Your one stop source for everything underwater.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9Partial evidencePompano Beach, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5027 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Force E Scuba Centers is recreational SCUBA company based out of South Florida, United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10Strong evidenceHonolulu, HI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-20025 contacts →

Strong evidence

“At Dive Oahu, Inc, we offer PADI recreational scuba diving training from the Discover Scuba Diving experience to Rescue Diver and PADI Continuing Education courses to broaden your…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11Indirect evidenceBrookline, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-1021 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For over 30 years, East Coast Divers has been providing people in the New England area with world class scuba experiences.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12Indirect evidenceHilliard, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Premiere facility for all water related sports.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13Strong evidenceGoodyear, AZ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-1019 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Commercial Divers International is Arizona's first surface-supplied diving, underwater welding, and hyperbaric medicine training school.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14Partial evidenceRochelle Park, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Blue Water Divers is a full service SCUBA diving facility in the New Jersey/New York area.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15Indirect evidenceColorado Springs, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-20015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Underwater Connection, in Colorado Springs, has been your local, full service dive shop since 1989.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16Indirect evidenceHonolulu, HI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Island Divers Hawaii is Oahu's Favorite Spot for Divers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17Indirect evidenceAlpharetta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SeaVentures is an SSI Diamond Level Training Center located in Alpharetta, GA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18Indirect evidenceKailua Kona, HI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Full-service dive center on the sunny Kona coast of Hawaii Island.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19Indirect evidenceVirginia Beach, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-1014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Lynnhaven Dive Center has been in business in Virginia Beach for 35 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20Indirect evidenceRaleigh, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Gypsy Divers was founded by Margie Rhodes and Dave Farrar in 1984.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21Partial evidenceWashington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5012 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Blue Planet is a different kind of scuba diving organization, aimed at providing the best education and experiences to divers in the Washington, DC area and beyond, while…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22Partial evidenceKailua Kona, HI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Jacks Diving Locker is the largest scuba diving and snorkel education and retail facility on the Big Island of Hawaii.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23Indirect evidenceBrookfield, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in January Aquatic Adventures, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24Partial evidenceMalibu, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Your scuba diving and freediving store for your lifetime and the next generation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25Partial evidenceKey Largo, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-1011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“There are many places to dive in the world, with the types of diving as diverse as the locations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

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Recreational diving schools based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026
4.7%Verified-email coverage
14.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
1.9%Largest-city concentration · Key Largo
Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
321
11-50
133
51-200
12
201-500
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 469 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among recreational diving schools, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “recreational diving schools”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names recreational diving schools), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among recreational diving schools, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 323 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names recreational diving schools, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many recreational diving schools are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 469 recreational diving schools headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

PADI, headquartered in Rancho Santa Margarita, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most recreational diving schools?

Key Largo leads with 9 headquartered companies, followed by Fort Lauderdale (8) and Honolulu (8).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 323 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 469 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.