Aquatic Adventures Ohio - Columbus, Ohio

Larry T.

Went with Aquatic Adventures and Zone Travel on their Greece trip September 2024. It was an amazing experience. Lots of diving and tours. It was a busy itinerary and I was ok with that. There had to be adjustments made to the original plans due to going to elevations after diving. Christian Tamte and the dive shop at the resort we're able to make adjustments to the schedule to accommodate our safety as divers which was most welcome by the group. I will travel with Aquatic Adventures and Zone Travel again.

David H.

Love this shop! The people are EXTREMELY knowledgeable when it comes to scuba and the types of trips they offer range from in-country (think Bon Aire Mine) to Live-aboards to tourism. I recently had a great tour of Greece with plenty of diving and sightseeing, offered by AAO. This is at least my fourth trip planned through them and I have at least one more. Looking forward to next year's offerings.

Graham W.

I have just finished a dive vacation in Roatan organized by Aquatic Adventures.
It was fantastic, and not just the diving.
The group was a mix of new and experienced divers who meshed very well and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Jessica M.

I did the SDI Dry Suit certification with instructor Richard Martin. It was a great course and Richard was an excellent instructor. 10/10 for safety, thoroughness, friendliness, and quality instruction. Looking forward to diving and learning more with Richard and AAO!

Eric M.

This trip was amazing. 1st dive trip ever, and I couldn't have asked for a better location. Weather was perfect. The resort (Mayan Princess), was fantastic. The trip participants were truly great. Thank you Aquatic Adventures Ohio for setting this up and answering every and all questions we had leading up to it. We appreciate you guys. You're shop is extremely knowledgeable and everyone there is fantastic. It's nice to know that you can ask questions to anyone there, including Katie, the owner. And get the answers you need. Would definitely travel with you again!

Ben S.

Every time I walk in here the staff is helpful and friendly. They’re never pushy, or irritable with customers like some other dive shop employees/owners can be. I met the owner here and she was awesome to work with as well!

Their prices are very competitive, and they have a great selection of top notch brands. The store is very clean, organized, and their pool area and locker rooms smell great. Very clean everywhere. I really hate using a locker room / pool that stinks, or looks dirty.

I recently took their Advanced Buoyancy class, and the instructor’s name was Jack. He was very kind and patient, and thoroughly explained everything he was teaching. He was also very patient with us while we were in the pool completing the tasks he gave us. I learned a ton about how to control my buoyancy with all of the new gear I recently purchased.

I will definitely come back to this place based on my current experiences, and their prices!

Skylar B.

Just finished my first dive trip to Roatan. Excellent experience, great colleagues to dive with. Thanks for organizing these trips. As anew diver with only 6 previous dives I wholeheartedly recommend diving with Aquatic Adventures. I feel confident under the water and can't wait to schedule my next dive.

Aaron S.

Dive shop looks really nice, prices are competitive with most online dive shops, and the in shop help was really good. But my experience trying to take a class with them was awful.

Had been emailing them for over a month to try to get the class done, took 2 weeks just to get the info on how to go get the online course work (which I picked up within 2 days of the email and completed 2 days after that), and then they just completely left me hanging on the checkout dives. Emailed them the day I finished the class, took nearly a week to get a response about possible checkout dates, set tentative dates, then never heard back. Been more than a week now since I've heard anything from the instructor when we were supposed to be doing the checkouts this past weekend.

Finally got sick of waiting more than a week for replies and went through Cookie's Scuba for the checkouts. Chris was amazing and even though we first got in contact on Friday, he had me done with the class Sunday, one of the most intense and well structured classes I've ever taken. I'll be using Cookie's from now on for all of my SDI and Tech classes.

I get things come up, and that they're busy. But either say you cant do the class and don't take my money, or keep me updated. Just not responding to emails after you already took my money for over a week is utterly unacceptable.