Underwater Connection

Specialties

We make learning to dive an easy and enjoyable experience

* We have trained thousands of since 1981, and are the only PADI 5-​Star Instructor Development Center in Southeastern Wisconsin. We are the only facility authorized by both the state of Wisconsin and PADI to conduct recreational scuba instrcutor training.

* We have factory trained and authorized technicians who can service the following brands in house; we do not send equipment out to other companies for service: Scubapro, Oceanic, Aqualung, Zeagle, Sherwood, Apeks, Poseidon, Dacor, Mares, Dive-​Rite, Atomic, DUI, Viking. *We have the largest instructional staff in Wisconsin. We have on staff 17 PADI Instructors, 3 PADI Assistant Instructors, 5 PADI Divemasters, 6 DAN Instructors

History

Established in 2002.

After seeing the increase in the number of scuba classes and amount of gear sales at our original store in Menomonee Falls, we decided to open a second location in Delafield in 2002. We rapidly gained a large customer base of local and vacation divers. We have received numerous accolades from PADI, our training agency, for customer service, environmental awareness, and educational proficiency. We regularly travel to exotic locations in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean, and also plan many local dive excursions.

Meet the Manager

Colin Z.

Manager

I first became interested in diving when visiting a friend in Florida back in 1992. After I got home from that trip I started shopping around for scuba lessons and I had the good fortune to find The Underwater Connection, and as we like to say, I’m «home grown». I got certified as an Open Water Diver and then went right into my Advanced Open Water course the next weekend. I was hooked! Since then, I have traveled to many locations throughout the world, including Bonaire, Curaçao, Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, Bahamas, Cozumel, Indonesia, Roatan, St. Maarten, St. Kitts, Saba, St. Eustatius, Truk Lagoon, Palau, Fiji, Belize, Catalina Island, Florida Keys. Since 1994 when I became an Instructor I have had the pleasure of certifying over 1000 people to varying levels, and now as the only active PADI Course Director in the state, I can conduct the PADI Instructor Development Course, which prepares candidates for becoming a PADI Instructor.