Rick’s Diving Locker

Rick’s Diving Locker, is a full service scuba diving center serving north San Diego County since 1968, we are family owned and operated!

PADI 5 Star Instructor Development/National Geographic Dive Center

Entry level through Instructor training, equipment service, rentals, air, Nitrox fills, local and exotic dive trips and PADI Diving Society Memberships.

Rick’s Diving Locker offers only top quality equipment such as: Aqualung, Deep See, Sea Quest, Apeks, Atomic Aquatics, Tilos, Sea&Sea, Underwater Kinetics, DUI, Cetacea, Trident, Deep Outdoors, Sea&Sea, Intova UW Cameras and more.

Why Dive with Rick’s Diving Locker?

Rick Nare– Owner, Operator and Instructor – Rick Nare has been owner and lead instructor of Rick’s Diving Locker for over 20 years. Rick is a PADI Course Director with hundreds of students certified and over 2500 logged Open Water dives. He is also an instructor trainer for NAUI and SSI. Rick has worked as a Safety Diver on several Hollywood feature films such as The Rock, True Lies, Free Willy 1 and 2 as well as a Gun’s and Rose’s Video and a Ford TV commercial.

PADI Instructors – Instructors at Rick’s Diving Locker have over 30 years of diving to offer students the best diving advice and PADI professionalism.

Expertise – All of Rick’s Diving Locker staff have experience in all areas of diving. Collectively there is over 120 years of SCUBA Diving experience. The advise and direction given to customers come for divers sharing their personal experience in Photo, Dry Suits, Nitrox, Re-Breathers, Spear Fishing, Deep Dives, Wrecks, Oil Rig Diving, Travel, Shark Diving and more.

Class Sizes– All classes are limited to a maximum of 8 students. Many dive shops will go well over 8 students but Rick believes in smaller class groups for more student-instructor interaction and a more personalized experience

Course Offerings – All PADI courses are offered! Entry level SCUBA Diving as well as Advanced, Specialty and Instructor level courses.

Diversity – All areas of SCUBA Diving are in one shop…Recreational SCUBA, Re-Breather, Photo (Blue Abyss Photo with Dave Hinkel), Spear Fishing, Nitrox and travel.

Equipment Offering– State of the art equipment from ATOMIC, Aqualung, DUI, Sea and Sea, JBL and more!

Trips – SCUBA Diving adventures from diving in the local waters of Southern California to the tropical waters of the world.

Call: (760) 746-8980
Email: ricknare@sbcglobal.net

Address:

945-L W.Valley Parkway, Escondido, Ca 92025

Store Hours:

Mon-Fri 10am to 6pm
Sat 10am-5pm
Closed: Sun/Holidays