Lake Ontario Local Scuba Dives for the Scuba Diving Season 2013 . Friday Night Lady's Dive for FREE in Toronto and the GTA with Oakville Divers. The First Premier Boat Diving Operation in Western Lake Ontario offering scuba diving service since 1999.

Socialize with other scuba divers. The Oakville Divers Vessel Orkney Isle dive the ship wrecks in clean and clear fresh water.

Oakville Divers has discovered dive sites and ship wrecks within the Oakville area of Lake Ontario, but our preferred ship wreck is the Jesse-Anne, a 100ft x 30ft barge resting upright at a depth of 60ft to the deck, 70ft to the clay, rock bottom.

Oakville Divers mooring makes it a safe and easy dive for all divers. Perfect for training, practice and exploration dives. Other Ship Wrecks include the Jeannette M, the Crash and Salvage, Tyger 3, and  Patrol # 25 and we will add more as Team Oakville Divers discovers them.

Check out our photo's and video's on our main page to see the fun dives. Our Oakville Divers Facebook videos and pictures updated every few days

When do we offer Oakville Divers recreational boat scuba dives ?

** Thursday , "Friday Lady's Dive for FREE" , Saturday morning and afternoon dives , Sunday afternoon dives **

We are scuba diving on 2 scuba tanks Dives ( = 2 Scuba Dives) every Thursday and Friday evening at 7pm.

(meet at shop at 6:30 So you do not have to rush after work to get here to the Oakville Divers Scuba Diving Shop).

Saturdays Scuba Diving Morning at 9:00 am.  2 tank scuba dive ( Booked Scuba Oakville divers meet at shop 8:00 am).,

Saturdays Scuba Diving 1:00 pm. 2 scuba tank Dive (booked scuba divers meet at Oakville Divers Scuba Shop)

***  SORRY we do not dive on long weekends. FAMILY DAYS      **********

The Orkney Isle dive boat also has when available time for private dive groups, scuba diving clubs, scuba shops corporate events and ship wreck hunting with our Side Scan Sonar. Private Training Dives contact Oakville Divers 905-842-8881 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Our Custom Dive Vessel 'Orkney Isle' has been our excellent dive platform for over 35 years of safe scuba training for thousands of scuba divers.  Since the invasive species zebra mussels were introduced they have improved Lake Ontario West's underwater visibility.

We now operate weekly private local open water scuba  , advanced , technical , specialties certifications and fun dives from Oakville Harbor.  The Orkney Isle berth is 50 meters from the front door of our Oakville Divers Scuba Shop with free parking for our guest fun divers.

The Orkney Isle has is fully equipped with Radar, GPS, Oxygen for divers, steps of the back end to 8 inches from the water and easy safe entries, large dive deck, platform and ladder, room for all your dive goodies such as underwater photography cameras , underwater video housings , dive boxes, dive bags, dive lunch coolers, extra scuba tanks, pony tanks and redundant scuba bailout systems, Twin Tank technical rigs,  Re breathers, All your dive gear.

Large dive benches for plenty of room to stretch your legs. Our large solid deck rides the waves in comfort, no wave pounding sore backs, no damaged dive gear.  No cramped gear pile lots of space for comfort. A larger more stable dive vessel and platform for easy entries and exits. The Orkney Isle also has a washroom commonly known as a marine head on board [ no need to embarrass yourself on a little boat ].

Oakville Divers Boat Diving is far superior to shore diving or confined area quarry scuba diving for open water certification dives, scuba specialty dives and fun diving generally. Shore or quarry dives it can be difficult getting in and out of the water. Underwater visibility is often very poor. Parking close may be difficult. You may have to carry the dive gear a long way.

There can be a long surface swim out and back to reach the dive site. Oakville Divers has always used dive boats for ease and comfort of our, dive students and customers. Boat diving certifications are better for all students as they learn in real life open water dive conditions. Oakville Divers boat dives cause less stress on the diver loading up and getting the dive gear ready,  easy entering and exiting the water, no long surface swims. Safe, fun and easy,

Do I need to book in advance? How do I sign up?

The best thing to do is drop by the shop and say hello and meet Robert, Jules and the staff at Oakville Divers Scuba Shop. Dropping by the shop gives you that comfort level of knowing who you are diving with.

The next best thing to do is call, email, or stop by in advance and book your space with a payment Visa or MasterCard . Scuba Rentals etc. logic says.... MUST be sized, booked and paid in advanced. We always pre-size to make it easier for our customers safety, with a good fit of all the diving equipment. 'Rob's rules' say 'write the sizes down in your log book' so all future dive rentals will be quick and easy.

Please bring in your divers c-card (divers certification card) and dive logbooks to make sure we have your cert on file for this year's diving. Divers Liability Waivers also need to be signed for EACH dive day (as they are dated, signed, two pages for each days diving).  Contact info cover form only needs to be filled once a year and is kept on file for the whole season. The boat release and Diver liability waiver form must be filled out each day of diving.

What time do the divers meet?

Divers should meet at the Oakville Divers Scuba Shop minimum at least half an hour before departure time in order to pay balance of dive booking or scuba rental, complete and or sign dive waivers and pick your required scuba rentals. Then off to the dive boat and let's go scuba diving. Divers also can come early relax and set up any time on the dive boat after checking in the dive shop. Relax before the dive, pick your spot and load your scuba diving gear leisurely.

* NOTE: Rentals must be sized and booked in advance. * Do this to ensure the proper fit of all dive rentals for safety and comfort.

How much do the Oakville Fun Dives and Rentals cost?

DO IT RIGHT  DIR Ask and pre book any equipment required for specialty dives. Twin tanks or double tanks, wing Bcd, back plate harness and twin regulator rentals for the Technical Diver intro programs .

How Much Should I tip the Dive Boat Captain ????

Captain Rob TIP$$ he says for his tip bring food. snacks, fruit trays, drinks (non Alcoholic) to share with the other divers. It's a surface interval social ice breaker. Let's make it fun on Oakville Dives. Ask our Capt if you want to learn more about dive boats in Ontario.

Do you offer Padi Advanced or Padi Specialty dives?

Yes we do.

Our Padi Certification Dives are conducted weekly in hands on real life dive conditions in the fresh clear Open Waters in Lake Ontario aboard our large fully equipped Custom Dive Boat. Padi Courses Offered by Oakville Divers are  Night Diver, Rescue Diver, Deep Diver, Search and Recovery Diver, Underwater Navigation, Dive Master, Dry Suit, Safe Scuba Basics, Fresh Water Orientation and much , much more. We are also Naui, Acuc, Cmas, Dan, EFR, UDT, Iantd Certified Instructors.

Sign up for our PADI Advanced Diver Course on line with Oakville Divers and save on 5 open water boat dives for $249.00 Special  (on line course fee and rentals not included and c-card fee required for advanced cert). Ask our staff for details.  [ sign up and then come aboard and do the 5 dives to become fully certified.

or ...

Sign up for one of our Oakville Divers Padi on line Specialty Courses and save. Each specialty requires a certain amount of dives for certification. See our scuba training section for details (on line course and or text , c-card extra).

Waivers and forms can be downloaded from here ( http://www.scubaontario.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=135&Itemid=122 ) or are available at the shop.

What if it's raining? - That Very Rarely Happens

We typically go out scuba diving rain or shine. The only exception is lightening, large waves or extreme winds. Dive and Scuba Rental Credit will be offered for dives prepaid that have been canceled. If you are unsure, please call the scuba shop and we will let you know if we are going or not.

Also follow 'Rob's Rules'  learn more about dive planning look up our main page in links and find the one marked weather. Look at the King City Radar it covers most of Ontario's weather for dive sites.

Then look up marine weather, Look up local weather at your home location and proposed dive site. When you arrive early go down to the harbor and visually check the conditions for your dive that day.

Now think about your dive plan and what are we going to be doing on this dive. 'Plan your Dive, Dive your Plan' a good habit to get into and practice while diving with Oakville Divers.  Ask our resident diver Robert to help you out, he is always trying to get people to be better safer divers.

Thank You

Safe Diving

Team Oakville Scuba Divers

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