Florida Springs |Learn to Dive

Florida cave country is lucky to be home to a vibrant cave and tech community, including many highly accomplished local divers who teach both recreational open water and advanced technical/cave courses. A non-comprehensive list of recommended local instructors can be found below.

Learn to Dive

Curious about diving? Want to do a “try dive” in a pool or springs, or ready to get your open water certification? We recommend the following local independent instructors, all of whom are active local cave divers who also teach top notch recreational diving programs for brand new divers .

Advanced Open Water & Specialties

Already certified and interested in progressing? Get your advanced open water or rescue training, or explore some of the specialties, such as drysuit, deep or cavern, with local cave divers and instructors. If you’re looking to level up your own diving, High Springs is the headquarters for GUE and local GUE instructors offer frequent recreational and technical “Fundies” courses.

Technical and Cave Instruction

While our springs guide is focused primarily on recreational diving, many listed above also offer tec courses (including cave/cavern). Below are additional local technical instructors for those interested in branching out into technical cave or cavern coursework:

Scuba diver exploring a clear blue underwater spring in Rainbow River beneath a lush tropical forest