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Your Raleigh & Durham Dive Shop

The Triangle Dive Shop combines scuba diving information, education and gear sales with technology. We work hard to make it easy to find & book one of our scheduled classes, courses, charters, local diving related events and more online. Our goal is to be respectful of your time and be as efficient as possible without sacrificing the level of service. When it’s time to come into our shop, you can drop by OR make an appointment.

If you have a simple question, want to browse gear or just “take-in” the dive shop environment, please come on by. However, If you’d like an in-depth conversation, please feel free to setup an appointment, you can call, text or e-mail us.

If you’d like to setup a dedicated consultation , please click to email us for a dedicated dive education consultation

We have an extensive  inventory of new gear for sale and should you have a need for specific equipment, we can generally have this gear delivered within a day or two if we don’t have it in stock. 

The Triangle Dive shop is based in Durham, NC inside Water World. Water World opened their doors in 1976 as a scuba shop and is the Raleigh & Durham area’s oldest dive shop. Raleigh Scuba Diving opened their doors in 2023 to bring a fresh approach to scuba training. In 2024, the shops merged together and rebranded the business; Triangle Dive Shop @ Water World. This merging of the two companies combines the experience from one of the oldest PADI IDC centers in the country with the passion, dedication to safety, adherence to standards and unparalleled training from one of the newest dive shops.

Triangle Dive Shop has a simple mission; to create amazing divers and support the dive community to the highest standards.

Our Dive Shop Hours

Our store hours are posted below However if you need to meet or talk with someone outside of these times, please see the #’s below.

Monday: Closed (call 919.438.1364 for appointment)
Tuesday: 10am – 6pm
Wednesday: 10am – 6pm
Thursday: 10am – 6pm
Friday: 10am – 6pm
Saturday: 10am – 4pm
Sunday: Closed (call 919.438.1364 for appointment)

Triangle Dive Shop 
135 S. Miami Blvd
Durham, NC 27703

Phone:
919.596.3000 (option 4)
919.438.1364 (call/text after hours)

Email:
dive@trianglediveshop.com

Our mascot

TDS Mascot

Our Story

Amy & Brian, the founders of Raleigh Scuba Diving, have a love affair with diving. From the first time each of them got into the water, they realized this was their church, their mecca, & their Mt. Everest. After working in the dive industry for years, they found existing scuba instruction & dive shops are far from their vision. Having been surrounded by friends & colleagues for years, they found this was their family. From group meals to impromptu game nights, this family truly is what diving enables. Friends, food, fun, fracas, & family is our blood. In 2023, they made the decision to open their own dive shop. The key to this decision was a steadfast determination to bring their vision of what diving should be to everyone. Like most businesses, they are starting small but building on their core principles: respect, honesty, patience, trust, dedication to the customer, & providing the best education & services possible. Our customers are our family and never a walking pocketbook.

Water World opened their doors as a dive shop in 1976. They began as a NAUI shop but moved over to PADI and is one of the oldest PADI IDC centers in the country. Water World soon expanded to boat and marina sales but maintained

In 2024, they were approached by Water World, one of the oldest PADI dive shops in the country, to merge their efforts. Water World originally opened as a scuba shop in 1976 but pivoted to boat sales while maintaining their scuba diving store. The 2 shops agreed to merge, creating the Triangle Dive Shop.

As adults, we forget how to play & scuba brings back that simple joy. Our mascot is the epitome of how we feel about diving. Scuba is our superpower. It provides the ability to fly & to visit a foreign world. At it’s core, it’s silliness, it’s simplicity, it’s joy, & it’s being a kid again. Being able to experience that at ANY age is what makes scuba diving amazing. So no, we won’t ride hammerhead sharks with an octopus stuck to our face, but it’s exactly how we feel while diving… unrestricted & free from all constraints. Whether it’s diving on a wreck for the first time, seeing an unknown fish, removing debris from a dive site, or figuring out that our breath controls nearly everything, we delight in each step. Our vernacular is simple, but our eyes speak novels. We want to share that with the world. The answer is never no; it’s let’s find out together.

Our mascot is a custom sketch made by a talented local artist who brought our ridiculous concept to life. It was then watercolored by another local artist. The image above is a photo of the original artwork, which hangs in the home of Amy & Brian.

Our services

Services we don't offer:

  • Rigid business hours
  • Surly employees
  • Useless gear sales
  • Rubber stamped scuba certifications
  • Judgment of your diving skills
  • Long lines
  • Attitude