Scuba Diving

Who can dive?
Just about anyone can become a diver. Scuba diving is an equal opportunity sport open to men, women and children of any race, religion, or national origin.

What do divers do?
Scuba divers do more than check out the fish. Depending on your interests, you can specialize in a skill for your own pleasure or make diving a career option.

Recreational Divers are the largest group of divers – those who dive for the fun of it. Once you get your certification, you can further your diving education by specializing in a skill. Some specializations include night diving, fish identification, search and recovery, underwater photography or videography. Careers include divemasters and instructors; instructor trainers and examiners; resort, dive center and live-aboard personnel.

Where do divers dive?
Scuba divers dive wherever there is water: oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, quarries, waterways, canals, mines, springs, abandoned oilrigs, and old missile silos.

When is the best time to dive?
Any time of year is a good time to dive. Just because it is fall or winter, it doesn’t mean you can’t dive.

Myrtle Beach Diving

Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand area offers a wide variety of spectacular scuba diving sites. Here you'll find artificial reefs, WWII ship wrecks, Civil War ship wrecks, and multilevel ledges. The visibility varies from day to day, but averages above 20 feet inshore and reaches as high as 100 foot on the offshore trips. With an abundance of marine life and the possibility of finding a genuine Civil War artifact, Myrtle Beach gives divers an exhilarating experience each time they are in the water. Warm climate, clear water, and a diversity of reefs and wrecks are just a few of the reasons the Myrtle Beach area is the place to explore the underwater world.

Diving on the Grand Strand is some of the best around. With summer air temperatures averaging above 85 degrees and water temperatures above 75 degrees, you'll never have a better experience than the one that you have with Wise Dive Instruction. From Wilmington, NC, down to Charleston, SC, Scuba Divers can expect to encounter a wide array of marine life on the many natural and artificial wrecks that abound this area known as
Long Bay.

Your Instructor

Dan Wise

Beginning at the age of 12, diving in the Florida Springs, Dan Wise now has 9 years of Diving experience and 5 years of Full Time Dive Industry Experience. Dan began his professional career at Coastal Scuba in Myrtle Beach, SC working in the shop and taking divers to the many artificial and natural wrecks along that coast. Starting as a mate and training for his Dive Master status, he worked year round, taking an average of 20 divers a day to the wrecks and by the age of 17 was placed in charge of charter operations. Soon after, he completed the ScubaPro Technician Program and began rebuilding scuba systems out of the shop. In 2003, Dan received his PADI Instructor certification and immediately began teaching and certifying students at levels of PADI Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, Master Diver, and Dive Master. He also teaches the Discover Scuba, Resort Scuba, and Snorkel Diving programs. Along with extensive knowledge of Deep, Wreck, and Boat diving, he is also trained to certify in Underwater Hunting and Photography specialties. Dan's goal is to give every one of his students the confidence, comfort, and skills to enjoy their new found Love of scuba...and in every instruction, to have a safe, fun, and exciting adventure. Call is today at 843-241-8670!