Tanks-A-Lot Dive Charters - Clearwater, Florida

Chris Z.

Let me preface this review by saying I wish I could give them a 4.5 stars rating. Coming from Baltimore, I understood that Clearwater (CW) Beach was a place for enjoyable beach life. Setting expectations, the diving here doesn’t have vibrant reefs or an schools of multicolor fish - Florida and Clearwater Aquariums are better for that locally.

I come annually to CW Beach on holiday to escape cold, wet Baltimore in March.

What you will get on site is a crew of solid divers/sailers eager to help out. Cpt TJ, DM instructors Dallas / “Llama” & Matt are all solid people I’d dive with again.

Water was 71’F (which I find chilly) so they let me borrow a 7mm wetsuit. They provided weights and tanks as well.

Dove with them yesterday and last Friday. Was able to see a Goliath grouper, schools of hundreds of fish and various crabs. Reef itself isn’t in great shape and visibility was mixed but the dive sites we hit (two wrecks and two ledges) still made for a good diving experience.

If you’re eager to learn spearfishing, “Llama” is even more eager to teach it to those who have their buoyancy well-controlled!

Looking forward to diving with them (“2Shea Charters”) next time, and perhaps learning spearfishing in doing so!

(I pulled half of a star in rating b/c being short-staffed, nobody answered my calls/texts in advance to answer my Q’s prior to the dive.)

Ben O.

The boat, crew and experience were nice. Everything that the crew could do within their control was well taken care of. Went to 2 dive sites barge and circle of heros. Saw some nice fish at both sites.

Joshua S.

The great experience we had with Tanks-a-lot started from the easy booking process online. Easy to see which dates and times are available on their website. Received confirmation email, was able to text any questions and get a timely response. Once we arrived at the dock on dive day, communication was clear and fitting of our rented dive gear was easy and seamless. Once on the water our dive guide Chris and Capt Donny we’re both awesome helped foster a relaxing dive environment. Our dives were the Circle of Hero’s and a ledge more inland to help with vis. The only thing that cant control was the visibility but I know if they could they would. Thanks for the great experience we will be back.

Joe R.

Very pleased with Capt TJ, Dive Master Cory and Tanks-A -Lot. We dove the Airplane Barge and Circle of Hero's on 8-21-20. I arraigned everything over the phone (text) from Iowa. After calling, I immediately got a text stating they were "offshore" and started the planning for the dive. Capt TJ was very flexible with some changes we had on our part and arranged the best day and time to go out with a changing weather pattern.

Great communication on the weather and told about the one hour boat ride in 2-4 seas before we committed to the dive. Dives were good but weather cut down on visibility. Dive Master Cory (and Capt TJ) gave a great dive briefing and got us in the water quickly under heavy seas. Cory pointed out several marine creatures and talked about them after the dive. Everything was very professional and very safe.

I would definitely recommend Tanks-A-Lot when diving in the Clearwater area.

Jose V.

Eric and Captain Donny were fantastic! Once they figured out that I was a total newbie, they bent over backwards to make me comfortable and put me at ease. Eric even buddied up with me to show me some cool stuff at the airplane barge wreck. Incredible!!! Can't wait to go back. Great guys! Highly recommend! Ten stars. Thank you!!!

Kevin

Highly recommend this company for your next scuba charter! People are very friendly, you feel like you've known them your whole life. Brought us to great scuba spots and saw many Goliath Grouper. When I was getting back onto the boat I dropped my GoPro and it sunk down to the floor 66 ft. I couldn't believe I had done that and was disappointed in myself for having done so. Tracy (captain) was super nice and asked one of her divers if he would go back down and search for a couple minutes to see if he could find it. Keith went down and came back up 10-15ish minutes with my GoPro in his hand!!! It was incredible as visibility was relatively low and it had drifted 60 ft on its way down. Still can't believe he found it and that they were kind enough to spend some time searching for it for me. Couldn't be happier. Arthur was also very helpful and gave some great advice. Thank you all 💯

G S.

Came for scuba diving from South Georgia. My twin boys (13) just became certified divers… and we needed an experienced diver to handle us, mainly them.
SUZIE (?spell) was just wonderful. Attentive, careful, pleasant and patient with the teenagers… next time we will request her by name. Excellent place

Mandy P.

We had a great dive trip here. The captain and crew were great. The water was a bit rough, but we had a good dive, anyway!