DXDivers

DXDivers, formerly known as Dixie Divers, has been operating out of the Admiral Building on South Federal Highway for more than three decades, making it one of the longer-standing dive operations in this part of Broward County. The shop describes itself as a family-friendly, one-stop shop for divers, and the range of services on offer backs that up: retail sales, certification classes, charter trips, air and gas fills, and equipment repair all happen under one roof.

The charter side of the business runs on a custom 46-foot Newton dive boat named Lady Go Diver, which heads out Tuesday through Sunday to wrecks and reef sites off Broward County. Trips are offered for certified divers, freedivers, and snorkelers, and private charters can be arranged outside the regular weekly schedule. Because the shop and the boat are run by the same operation, gear rental, air fills, and boat trips can all be handled in a single stop rather than coordinating between separate businesses.

On the instructional side, DXDivers teaches the full PADI curriculum, starting with Discover Scuba experiences for people who have never been underwater, through Open Water certification, and up to professional-level courses including Divemaster and Instructor Development. Specialty courses cover freediving and lionfish tracking, the latter a nod to South Florida’s ongoing effort to manage the invasive species on local reefs. The shop maintains two full-size classrooms and an on-site dive pool, so pool sessions for a certification course happen at the same location as the retail counter and the boat dock paperwork.

Retail inventory runs from wetsuits, regulators, BCDs and dive computers to freediving and spearfishing gear, with major brands like Scubapro and Aqua Lung on the shelves alongside the shop’s own DXD-branded line. An air and premix Nitrox fill station, automatic drop-off fill service, and overnight gear storage are aimed squarely at repeat local divers who need a reliable place to keep and service equipment between trips, not just tourists passing through once.

The shop also runs several dive clubs organized around specific interests, including travel, boat diving, spearfishing and freediving, along with seasonal youth dive camps and periodic pier cleanups that tie the business into the local diving community rather than treating it as a purely transactional storefront. For visitors, that community angle is worth knowing, since staff tend to be well versed in current conditions on nearby wrecks and reefs, information that does not always come through on a generic charter booking site.

Anyone planning a trip should call ahead to confirm boat schedules, since weekly charters can be affected by weather, and newcomers to the area should ask staff about current visibility and site recommendations before choosing a dive.