Are you looking for Black-owned scuba dive shops? Supporting locally owned businesses is one of the best ways to give back to the dive community. Black-owned dive shops account for less than 10% of all dive shops in the USA. After hours of searching and numerous Facebook posts, these are the ones I found. If you know of anymore, please leave a comment so that I can add it to the list.
Black Owned Scuba Diving Shops
Only 8.8% of Scuba Divers are Black, but that is slowly changing. Recently, Tara Roberts, a scuba diver who explores slave wrecks with the organization Diving With a Purpose, played a huge role in highlighting the unique water activity to a more diverse audience. But there have been Black scuba divers throughout history. Carl Brashear was the first Black Master and the first amputee Navy Diver in US History. Dr. Albert José Jones is a marine biologist and created the country’s oldest Black diving club, Underwater Adventure Seekers in Washington, D.C., in 1959, and co-founded the National Association of Black Scuba Divers, in 1991. He is considered the “Dean” of African American diving. Lastly, Shirley Marshall-Lee was the first certified Female African American scuba diver, beginning her water career as a lifeguard in a Black-Only Pool in 1952.
“Only 8.8% Scuba Divers are Black but that is slowly changing.”
Becoming a scuba diver opens up a brand new world. There’s so much to see and once you get started, BAM you’re a scuba addict.
There are not a lot of Black-Owned (at least one Black owner) Dive Shops in the United States and Caribbean. I look forward to this list growing. Please comment other Black-Owned dive shops if you see one missing.
| Dive Shop | Location | Website |
| Magnum Scuba | Chicago, Illinios, USA | https://magnum-scuba.wixsite.com/mparnell |
| Rich Coast Diving | Playa del Coco, Costa Rica | https://richcoastdiving.com/ |
| In Too Deep | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | https://itdscuba.com/ |
| Scuba Center & Outdoor Rec | Solomons, Maryland | www.scubacenterandodr.com |
| Barbados Blue | St. Michael, Barbados | https://www.divebarbadosblue.com/ |
| Antigua Scuba School | St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda | www.antiguascubaschool.com |
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