D D Dive Shop

Glenview, United States

5

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5 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards

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Telephone:
+1 847-657-3483
Website:
www.dddive.com
Address:
1039 Waukegan Rd, Glenview, IL, 60025
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
0.4 miGlenview
1.1 miGolf
1.3 miGolf & Waukegan (Avon)
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Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Accepts Bitcoin
No
Parking
Street, Private Lot
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Dogs Allowed
Yes

Today

Today 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Glenview) 02:40 Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Business hours

Monday –
Tuesday 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Thursday 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Friday 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Description

Specialties

D.D. Dive is the première dive shop of the North Shore of Chicago. We pride ourselves on carrying only the best equipment from the best manufacturers in the world.

If you are new to the scuba diving experience or would like to learn how, we have years of experience and have logged thousands of hours breathing underwater. We offer a comfortable and relaxed learning environment. We are a Padi 5 Star Dive Center!

For those of you that are already certified, we offer continuing education. So you can become comfortable diving at night or diving that shipwreck all your friends are always talking about (did you know there are over 3,000 shipwrecks that have occurred in Lake Michigan alone).

We also vacation a lot, With frequent trips to Cozumel, Florida, Belize, Honduras, Palau/​Truk Lagoon, Turks & Caicos, and Bonne Terre Mines.

History

Established in 1995.

A little history…

What is dddive? And where does it come from?

Padi 5 star dive center ddive shop took it’s name from a U.S. Navy call tag Dive! Dive!

This was one of the last things the captain of the submarine would say after the hatches have been closed, and the submarine was ready for descent… Hence… Dive! Dive! Dive!

Ddidve Shop history started in Oct. 1995, when then owner Jerry Zak decided to open the location in Glenview, IL, and the preparation began to open the first bilingual English/​Polish dive center in the world. It took 3 months to get the store ready with professional equipment to operate the location in the most professional way.

Year 2003 was a new wave for our shop, ownership changed hands. New owner dddive Shop Instructor and friend Ralph Naruszewicz took over the dddive Helm.

Trips have reached all the continents of the world. Some of the most memorable are Bikini Atoll, Galapagos, Palau, Fiji, Indonesia. Diving with you last 20 years.

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5 reviews of D D Dive Shop

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Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
I had bought a Unilocal special deal for SCUBA discovery as a birthday gift for my husband. It was totally worth it. The instructors are very knowledgeable and made the experience so much fun. We ended up signing up for the PADI Open Water dive certification. We both passed, and can’t wait to go do some exploring.
Thank you DD Dive!
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
The guys at D D Dive were really great! My wife and I just went out for an introductory course, and would totally go back to get our scuba certification if it was closer to home in the city instead of the burbs.
The course was more than an introductory lesson really, I had never scuba’d before and by the end I felt like I could go off on my own. They even let us spend extra time in the pool after the lesson. Really a high class operation, the instructors were fun to work with and I would absolutely recommend to anyone in the area.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
I started my PADI Open Water dive certification course with D D Dive (taking the coursework online) and confined water dives in Glenview. Everything about this place: the equipment and the training are top-​notch. Even before starting coursework, I picked up the minimum amount of gear I would need from the very comprehensive array of in-​store merchandise. I might have been skeptical at first but everything that was suggested to me («You’ll really want this, trust me.») turned out to be spot-​on when I arrived in Cancun to meet friends and complete the final parts of my certification. The time we spent selecting the correct mask paid off: it fit perfectly and had corrective lenses that were impeccably installed and was comfortable to wear dive after dive. Further, when I arrived in Cancun I was the only one among my friends who had comfortably mastered the confined water skills. Since they had all gone to different dive shops, I was particularly pleased (smug?) with the effectiveness of the training I’d received. Now that I have an Open Water certification, I hope to return to D D Dive for more advanced training and organized dives.
Place rating: 5
Glenview, IL
Hey! This is where I got certified to dive! I would recommend them for sure. They hold class at the Glenview location (text review) but you do your pool practice at the Des Plaines YMCA — then for your final open water dive you will go to Joliet and dive in a quarry (which was freaky because there was no visibility). Anyhoo, they speak Polish & English.
Place rating: 5
Morton Grove, IL
This is the place for guys. They have unlimited sports equipment and shoes and clothes. The prices are kind of high but for the most part their alright.