Subic Dive Shop
The Arizona Dive Shop is located in Barrio Barretto, Subic Bay Philippines. We are just a few minutes from the Subic Bay Free Zone and Olongapo City. Our Subic Bay Dive Shop is part of the Arizona Resort which has 33 air conditioned rooms, the best food in the area, and a great view of the bay.
Our Subic Bay Dive Shop is a full service PADI Instructor Development Center offering all PADI Dive Courses including the Instructor Development Course, Technical, Trimix, Sidemount and of course Recreational dive courses. We also offer Equipment Sales & Service and Repair, boat tours and commercial diving operations. We specialize in wreck diving along with technical diving and providing high quality PADI training programs.
We accept most major credit cards, US Dollar, Philippines Peso, Euro, Australian Dollar and Swiss Franc.
Our shop is open daily from 8am to 6pm and our boats leave at 9AM and 2PM each day for 2 dive trips.
For all PADI divers, if you do not have your certification card or have lost it; not to worry, as we can look you up on the computer with your full name and birthdate. For other agencies please bring your certification card to verify proof of training.
Departure Times & Procedures
We meet at the dive shop at 8am for the morning trip and 1pm for the afternoon trip to complete necessary paperwork, equipment set up and leave by 9AM. The boat is back by 1pm, and heads back out at 2pm for the second trip.
Our Subic dive shop dive boat in on the beach in Subic Bay Philippines
A few things that would be handy to have on the boat are:
- Sunscreen
- Hat
- Hair Bands
- Waterproof bag or pouch
- Rash Guard
- Diving Torch
- Sunglasses
- Towel
If you don’t have these items we do sell them in the shop.
All dive trips include a complimentary hot snack, cold juice, coffee, drinking water and a hot towel to refresh after each dive.
We also offer Nitrox up to 40% at a small additional charge to maximize dive times. If you complete your Nitrox training with us we offer FREE Nitrox for your whole stay.
We have over 25 sets of AQUALUNG/APEKS/SUUNTO rental equipment meaning we can also accommodate larger groups. We also cater for the smallest and largest of divers.
What we do very well is customer service. We take extra care to ensure all our guests enjoy their stay with us.
Meet the Arizona Scuba Diving Team
Individual Bio’s
Our team has members from the Philippines, Austrailia and Europe. We have decades of combined experience in the diving industry both in the Philippines and abroad.
Jamie H. Cox #638315
Jamie hails from South East London and began diving 20 years ago whilst traveling in Thailand. He got hooked on diving and decided soon after that a career as a dive educator was for him. Jamie became a PADI instructor in 2006 and has worked in Thailand, Malaysia, Jordan and the Philippines. He has certified over a 1000 students from Discover Scuba Diving right through to Tec Trimix and has won 5 PADI of Excellence awards for his teaching and in 2007 won the PADI Top Achiever award. In 2012 Jamie completed PADI Course Director training and is also a PADI TECREC Trimix Instructor Trainer.
PADI Course Director | PADI TECREC Trimix Instructor Trainer
Country: England | Age: 45
Dives: 8000+
Shaun Notley #641717
From Essex in the UK, Shaun entered the dive industry in 2001 after having learned to dive in 1999. In the time that has passed, he has worked many roles in the industry – Owner and Manager of Dive Centers, full time dive technician, compressor mechanic, recreational & technical diving instructor as well as a surface supplied commercial diver. Having been heavily involved in the UK wreck diving scene and identification of unknown wrecks Shaun feels right at home in Subic Bay given the vast amount of quality wreck diving we have here with Arizona Dive Shop. Shaun enjoys teaching a wide variety of classes including several self-written PADI approved programs. Shaun is a top class equipment and compressor technician teaching PADI programs, his own PADI Distinctive Specialties and also for respected Australian agency TQS. Anyone thinking of undertaking a class in either of these fields should look Shaun up here at the Arizona Dive Shop. You won’t be disappointed.
PADI MSDT Instructor | TQS Level 3 Technician Trainer
Country: England | Age: 31
Dives: 5000+