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Keith Chesnut and the Staff of Sierra Diving Center want to thank you for visiting the Reno/Sparks Area's most complete and comprehensive SCUBA diving center and web site. We hope you'll find it informative. Sierra Diving Center of Reno is your Gateway to Lake Tahoe and excellent high altitude diving and the only PADI Dive Center in Northern Nevada!.
Best Price Guarantee - If you find a product we sell advertised for less from any authorized dealer, bring us the ad. We'll match or beat the price! Adaptive Scuba - Sierra Diving Center is the only Dive Shop in Reno to offer scuba programs to the physically challenged and disabled diver. Our staff includes H.S.A. Certified Instructors and Divemasters.
Best Price Guarantee - If you find a product we sell advertised for less from any authorized dealer, bring us the ad. We'll match or beat the price! Adaptive Scuba - Sierra Diving Center is the only Dive Shop in Reno to offer scuba programs to the physically challenged and disabled diver. Our staff includes H.S.A. Certified Instructors and Divemasters.
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Remember the State of Nevada requires all divers to remain within 100 feet of a dive flag any time they are in the water snorkeling or scuba diving. This includes dives that originate within swim areas but proceed outside the marked swim area even if the diver remains submerged. Fines can be substantial as can the risk of an encounter with a boat prop.
Discover the beauty and the magic of Lake Tahoe Diving. We offer a full range of diving services including Altitude diving instruction, guided dive tours, equipment rental, dry suit training and rental, air fills, enriched air (Nitrox) fills, Trimix and instruction. Give us a call to schedule your Tahoe Adventure.
Keith Chesnut and his staff are the largest, most professional staff of Certified Instructor Trainers, Instructors, Assistant Instructors and Divemasters in Nevada to meet your every instructional need! Largest selection of manufactures and suppliers to provide you with the best equipment, selection and value available!
And who better to train the you than the professionals at Sierra Diving Center. As a PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Center, we have been training diving professionals for over 51years. With an on-site staff of 2 Course Directors, 3 Master Instructors, 5 IDC Staff Instructors, 10 Master Scuba Diver Trainers and 4 Instructors we have the largest Instructor/Divemaster training staff in Nevada.
Explosive failures each year demonstrate the need for technical cylinder inspector training. In 1999 there were eleven cylinder failures, in 1998 there were ten cylinder failures. Each of these catastrophic failures was preventable by a quality visual inspection with proper formal training at our VCI Workshop.
Reviews (24)
Jason Standish
Dec 28, 2021
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Chad Morabito
Dec 27, 2021
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William J.
Oct 12, 2021
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Dustin Carotenuti
Apr 05, 2021
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Teela King
Feb 01, 2021
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Wonderful experience every time I walk into the store. To be fair it's the only dive shop I've ever patronized. I chose Sierra Dive Center to get my SCUBA certification before my wedding/honeymoon in Belize. I sent emails to both certification centers I found in Reno and Sierra Dive Center gave me all the information I thought I needed to make a decision. My first visit to get signed up Mark was very friendly and helpful even though I rushed in right before close on a Saturday evening and walked me through everything and helped me download all the apps to make my class and home learning more efficient
Jordan Needham
Jan 04, 2021
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This place is awesome, not only are all of the staff very very friendly but they are obviously extremely technically skilled and knowledgeable in their craft Tristan and Mark have answered every single question I could come up with. It's refreshing to know that Top Notch customer service still exists and you can find it at Sierra Dive Center. I'll never go anywhere else thanks guys!
Cheri W.
Sep 21, 2020
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Awesome dive shop! Great communication from Keith - we were coming from out of town, so we had to arrange everything over the phone and email. Keith was super helpful and made sure that we got all our questions answered. We did the altitude certification with Chris, who was very friendly and knowledgable! He spent a lot of time scouting dive sites given beach closures, and communicated all site changes to us in plenty of time. We truly enjoyed spending the day with Chris and he went WAY out of his way to be helpful. Rental gear was in great condition. We will be back!! Thanks for an awesome experience
Julianna L.
Mar 13, 2020
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Gavin F.
Sep 21, 2019
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The management at this place is horrible I set an appointment six weeks out for scuba lesson they called me four hours before and canceled saying they failed to get a instructor for me when I complained they said oh we know we know I asked to speak to a manager they said he was out I asked them to have him call me and they never did absolutely horrible service go to adventure SCUBA and Sparks it is much better
Krystal F.
Jul 28, 2019
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Betsi B.
Jan 05, 2019
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The husband and I would not trust anyone else to service our gear. We don't even live in Reno but go out of our way to ship gear to Sierra Diving for service. The owner and staff are 100% professional and knowledgable and provide great communication. They also work very hard to accommodate our timeline (i.e. if we have a dive trip coming up). We have truly enjoyed being their customer for the past 5+ years and highly recommend Sierra Diving!!
Flemming Paschal
Dec 07, 2018
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Planned my vacation around learning altitude diving. I'm always wanting to learn more about SCUBA. Sierra Diving Center worked with me to get the most out of my experience. Over three days, six dives above 6,200 feet, and it was awesome. Keith and his Dive Instructor, Ryder, tuned the dives to what I wanted to do. There were some set-backs, but we worked through them. No rush, no stress, smooth diving. The way a vacation should be. I would highly recommend this dive group if you want an awesome experience.
Kelley Johnson
Oct 06, 2018
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These may be the cheapest place in town but not worth the savings. I tried diving with these guys was conversing and they where "finding me someone to dive with." Said they would call me back twice and then they just never answered or returned my calls. Save yourself the headache and dive with Adventure Scuba Center in town. Worth the little bit extra money to know they will not ignore you or waste your time. They have yet to call me back and have been here a week. RUDE.
War K.
Dec 10, 2017
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Best place to go if you want to learn scuba diving. staff is helpful knowledgeable and walks you through everything you need to know and leaving no detail behind. I truthfully never met so many people that are so friendly and they go out of their way and just to help you. Wish I could give more than just 5 stars if there's any place that deserves it more it's this place so far I've been certified three times with Sierra diving and I can't wait for my next adventure. thank you so much! You are truly awesome people and I couldn't be happier!
Kelsea R.
Sep 15, 2017
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Over the phone we were told $375 includes everything in getting your scuba certificate. We're in the second week, only two days left of class and we have spent hundreds more than originally told. We even asked if that's included rentals and air! It is absolutely mind blowing how much they fooled us!! We are absolutely disgusted with how much they have screwed us when it comes to money. It 100% feels like they did it on purpose.. telling us $375, while knowing there are so many more costs involved when you have to rent. Some of the worst service I have experience in years.. they clearly
Mike Nelson
Sep 02, 2016
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I give this place an A+. As a former US Navy Diver, PADI Divemaster and Commercial Diver who once operated a small diving business myself, I can testify that this facility is top notch. Keith is a solid professional who I have no doubt will make your diving experience a pleasant one. He has everything a diver needs and his prices are great. Check out his merchandise, I did and I found it to be VERY reasonably priced. If he doesn't have it in stock, he can get it. If you're in that area, I don't know why you'd go anywhere else!
Janet I.
Jul 29, 2016
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Jim C.
Aug 18, 2015
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My wife and I took the Altitude Specialty class this weekend from Sierra Dive Center. Our instructor, Jerry DeVore, is a rock star who made the experience one of the best we've ever experienced underwater. We are advanced divers with over 200 dives each but altitude diving brings new issues and Jerry solved all the problems. After a thorough explanation of the technical aspects, we were suited up in the water when my wife discovered she needed ankle weights for proper balance. Jerry took off all his gear and walked up on the beach to ask other dive groups if he could borrow this rather esoteric
Jasmine K.
Jul 08, 2014
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I recently went to Sierra Diving Center to go through the Advanced Dive course and had a great experience.
I was really nervous about taking the course having not been in the water for some years. The staff and instructor were patient, encouraging, and very knowledgeable. They helped me refresh my skills and the course was awesome.
The shop atmosphere is much like many other dive shops, and you can tell SDC has been there a long time. Don't be deterred by the old shop- these guys are great.
Prices at the shop were very good for both rental gear and the course. I'll be signing up for
I was really nervous about taking the course having not been in the water for some years. The staff and instructor were patient, encouraging, and very knowledgeable. They helped me refresh my skills and the course was awesome.
The shop atmosphere is much like many other dive shops, and you can tell SDC has been there a long time. Don't be deterred by the old shop- these guys are great.
Prices at the shop were very good for both rental gear and the course. I'll be signing up for
E. L.
Aug 14, 2013
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Ralph L.
Nov 21, 2012
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Excellent dive shop! I completed three specialties with this center on two different trips to Lake Tahoe. The first time, they put together a PADI Altitude and Nixtrox class for me, the second trip I completed PADI Search and Recovery. All certification dives were done in Lake Tahoe. I found their prices to be very reasonable, their rental equipment was excellent, and the staff/instructor was very professional. I strongly recommend Sierra Diving Center.
Jasper Allen J.
Apr 03, 2012
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I have used Sierra Diving Center as my primary dive center for about 3 years now. I must admit I love the place. Keith Chesnut and his staff have taken great care of me. Keith is very fair and when there has ever been an issue he has made sure that I was satisfied.
I have done several specialty courses through the store with several instructors and have been satisfied by their training and knowledge. Overall Sierra is a great place to learn to scuba dive or even continue your training.
I have done several specialty courses through the store with several instructors and have been satisfied by their training and knowledge. Overall Sierra is a great place to learn to scuba dive or even continue your training.
Thano E.
Sep 27, 2011
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I was reading the one review on this location as i was at the store. it spoke of someone having problems with the telephone business. i too had telephone issues. i was told on the phone that the wetsuit i wanted to rent was 10$ a day. after reading the review i went about my business of renting the wetsuit. come to find out the prices quoted to me on the phone was wrong. after speaking with the salesman about the price being different than i was quoted i spoke to a manager. the manager asked who i talked to on the phone and after talking with the employee he showed me, and explained to me
Nicholas W.
Aug 02, 2011
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This review is based on once experience with the center. Maybe if I go back to them again I will update it with something better. However, I called two weeks before I was going to be in the area. I requested if they would be able to put together an Altitude diving course on the weekend. The person on the phone gathered my information and never called back about being able to hold the class or not. Recommend not conducting business on the phone if you are going to work with this company. Happy diving!