Courtesy of Sea ExperienceWith the award-winning team at Sea Experience as your guide, you can make daily scuba diving or snorkeling excursions to nearby reefs and wrecks.
Fort Lauderdale Beach is the quintessential South Florida coastal scene: a vibrant, fun-filled strip with soft sand, clear water, colorful lifeguard stands and a palm-lined promenade perfect for enjoying laid-back vacations. Plus there are upscale amenities offered by nearby shops, restaurants and rooftop bars. But beyond all the topside beauty and attractions is a secret underwater world—one where skyscrapers turn into coral reefs, twinkling lights transform into colorful reef fish and luxury yachts become big fish like sharks. What if your next vacation adventure incorporated not only all the fun and relaxation that defines a beach getaway but also included scuba diving on the reefs and wrecks just offshore? The award-winning team at Sea Experience offers quality, access and convenience—all while they unlock the best of Fort Lauderdale’s underwater gems.
Location, Location, Location
When you’re on a Sea Experience dive excursion to one of the many popular sites off Fort Lauderdale, Florida, you will be exploring an underwater “metropolis” like none other on the U.S. East Coast. You’ve heard it before: location, location, location. Currently located at Bahia Mar DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel on Fort Lauderdale Beach, Sea Experience is steps away from everything you need in a scuba diving vacation. The dive and glass-bottom snorkeling boats are at the resort’s marina, so the boats are just steps away from your room, as are the dive shop, gear rental facility, classroom and pool. The retail shop is open seven days a week.
Pier Sixty-SixSea Experience will be relocating to Fort Lauderdale’s brand-new Pier Sixty-Six in 2026.
Soon, however, Sea Experience will be relocating to Fort Lauderdale’s brand-new Pier Sixty-Six, which will also be home to a marina, 10 restaurants, upscale accommodation, three swimming pools, a vacation club and more. Sea Experience will continue to offer packages that include accommodations, giving divers a discount on Pier Sixty-Six stays as well as options at nearby budget-friendly properties. For divers, this means that Sea Experience will be part of a convenient location where out-of-town guests can choose to stay where they want and enjoy daily diving. During surface intervals, divers will find plenty of dining and entertainment options at Pier Sixty-Six.
The Standout Dives
The topside amenities in Fort Lauderdale Beach attract fun-loving tourists, but for divers, the marquee attraction is the diverse diving just beyond the beach. Fort Lauderdale’s three-tiered reef system—featuring dozens of sites and more than 20 wrecks—is within a very short boat ride. There is something for all levels of experience: easy-access, shallow reefs for snorkelers and beginners, mid-depth sites for drift dives, and deeper sites where turtles, sharks and large fish are often found. A typical two-tank dive trip starts with one of the region’s stellar wrecks followed by a shallower reef dive, often done as a drift.
Bill ColeThis stretch of Fort Lauderdale serves up more than 20 wrecks and a dozen reef sites.
Divers may chance upon goliath grouper, barracuda, lobsters and loggerhead sea turtles. The crown jewel of the Fort Lauderdale wreck portfolio is the Mercedes, a 200-foot cargo purpose-sunk in 1985. Today, it’s encrusted with color and surrounded by patch reefs and swarming clouds of yellowtail snapper and jacks. Divers can explore numerous other wrecks, including the 185-foot barge Hog Heaven, and oil platforms, such as Tenneco Towers, both of which have been transformed into massive living reefs and often combined into one drift dive. The shallow reef tract at Barracuda Reef is perfect for both training and as the second dive of a two-tank trip.
Go Pro & VA Benefits
Sea Experience is also a state-licensed scuba education facility, offering six training sessions a year to become a dive instructor. As a PADI Five Star Career Development Center (CDC), they train pros from beginner (Discover Scuba) to Instructor. They’re approved to accept VA benefits from students who have been in the military. Even if someone starts with zero scuba experience, they can receive training to become a PADI Divemaster, Instructor or Master Scuba Diver Trainer. Students learn what it takes to work at a resort, and can take advantage of Sea Experience’s active job-placement program that helps their graduates meet the increasing worldwide demand for instructors.
Courtesy of Sea ExperienceSea Experience placed in the top five for Best Quality of Training and Courses in the 2026 Readers Choice Awards.
Known for their quality training, the Sea Experience team give students lots of practical experience right off their boats, helping you fulfill dive requirements efficiently and safely. In fact, Sea Experience, which has been a perennial winner in Scuba Diving Magazine’s annual Readers Choice survey, ranked among the top five operators in its region in the Best Overall Dive Operation and Quality of Training and Courses categories.
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