Puget Sound is cold, beautiful, and drysuit territory — Eight Diving on Marine View Drive is built for it, equipping and training PNW divers from beginner certification through technical-level GUE courses, with destination travel to places like Dumaguete, Philippines on the side.
Eight Diving sits at 22311 Marine View Dr S in Des Moines, Washington, serving the Pacific Northwest diving community with a focus on cold-water skills and quality gear. The shop emphasizes drysuit diving from the very start — even Open Water students train in drysuits from day one, reflecting Puget Sound's year-round chilly conditions. Class sizes are capped at four students to ensure personalized instruction, and instructors are described as technically trained with thousands of dives of experience. The training program spans entry-level SDI Open Water through specialty and technical courses, including Enriched Air Nitrox, Rescue Diver, and a full GUE curriculum covering Fundamentals, DPV 1, Photogrammetry, and Technical Diver 1. Eight Diving is also the Pacific Northwest's authorized SANTI drysuit service center, and the retail floor stocks drysuits, undergarments, Backscatter camera and photography equipment, regulators, BCDs, lighting, and DPVs. Gear service covers cylinders (visual inspection, hydrostatic testing, O2 cleaning) and regulators from brands including Scubapro, Halcyon, APEKS, and Aqualung. Beyond local diving, the shop organizes destination travel — a guided trip to Dumaguete in the Philippines is offered for 2027. Cylinder gas fills and gear rentals round out the shop's services, making Eight Diving a comprehensive home base for PNW divers at all experience levels.
Des Moines, United States
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