The Dive Shop

06/03/2026

🌊 Ready to take your diving to the next level?

We offer a wide range of PADI Specialty Courses designed to expand your skills, boost your confidence, and open up brand new underwater adventures:

🔵 Enriched Air Nitrox – More bottom time, more dives
🔵 Wreck Diver – Explore sunken ships & hidden history
🔵 Night Diver – Discover a whole new world after dark
🔵 Sidemount Diver – A sleeker, more streamlined setup
🔵 Cavern Diver – Step into the world of overhead environments
🔵 Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) – Cover more ground, see more underwater..and many more!

Each specialty course counts toward your PADI Master Scuba Diver rating. Whether you're chasing a new thrill or sharpening your fundamentals, we have a course for you.

📍 The Dive Shop | 7300 W. Frontage Rd., Merriam, KS
📞 (913) 677-3483
🔗 kcdiveshop.com/courses/specialty-courses

06/01/2026

🎉 The Dive Shop Kansas City’s Annual Sidewalk Sale is coming up on Saturday, June 6th from 10am–6pm!

This is our biggest sale of the year, and you won’t want to miss it.

Join us for a full day of: ✅ Huge deals on dive gear
✅ Hourly prize giveaways featuring prizes like a Dive Rite FT1/XT2 regulator set, Fourth Element Travel Bags, Scuba Classes, and more
✅ Free Try Scuba sessions in the pool
✅ Free classroom workshops throughout the day
✅ Thompson Bros Cubanos Food Truck on site all day

Workshop Schedule:
10:00 – Dive Computers
11:00 – Equipment Maintenance
12:00 – Dive Computers
1:00 – Cave/Wreck Diving
2:00 – Equipment Maintenance

Bring your friends, come hungry, and get here early for the best selection and your best chance to win!

05/31/2026

Big congrats to Eli and Shane! They absolutely crushed their instructor examination and are now Open Water Scuba Instructors.

05/30/2026

Day one of the PADI instructor examination done. Can not express how proud we are of the way our candidates Shane and Eli are representing the dive shop! They are crushing it!!!!

05/27/2026

05/27/2026

We’re now carrying ocean reef full face mask, and offering training. 😎

05/25/2026

You can’t be all work and no play. Our instructor candidates Shane and Eli are spending the weekend wrapping up their IDC and prepping for the instructor examination next week, but we were able to take a little scoot and have some fun yesterday

05/19/2026

We will be closed this Sunday.

05/19/2026

🎉 ANNUAL SIDEWALK SALE! 🎉

Join us Saturday, June 6th from 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM for one of our biggest sale days of the year!

We’ll have:

🤿 Discounts on new scuba gear
🔥 Great deals on used gear
🚚 Thompson Bro’s Cubanos food truck
🌊 Free Try Scuba sessions
🎓 Free workshops throughout the day
🎁 Prize giveaways all day long

FREE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:

10:00 AM — Equipment Maintenance
11:00 AM — Dive Computers
1:00 PM — Cave/Wreck Diving
2:00 PM — Equipment Maintenance
3:00 PM — Dive Computers

PRIZE GIVEAWAYS INCLUDE:

🎁 Dive Rite FT1/XT2 Regulator Package
🎁 Fourth Element Expedition Duffel Bag
🎁 Dive Classes

Bring your dive buddies, your family, or someone who has always wanted to try scuba. Come shop, eat, learn, win prizes, and hang out with the dive community!

📅 Saturday, June 6th
⏰ 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
📍 The Dive Shop

Don’t miss it!

05/18/2026

Get ready to experience scuba diving in a whole new way! 🤿🔥

Ever wanted to talk underwater, breathe through your nose naturally, or feel like a commercial diver? Join us this June at The Dive Shop Kansas City for our Full Face Mask Try Dives!

You’ll get hands-on experience with professional-style full face mask systems in a safe, controlled environment with our instructors guiding you every step of the way. Perfect for:
• Curious divers wanting to try something new
• Divers interested in cold water or tech diving
• Public safety / rescue diving exploration
• Anyone who wants the coolest pool session ever 😎

Why try a Full Face Mask?
✅ Natural breathing through nose & mouth
✅ Increased comfort and warmth
✅ Underwater communications capability
✅ A completely different diving experience

Spots are limited and these sessions always fill fast!

👉 Register here:
https://kcdiveshop.com/courses/ffm_try_dive_0
https://kcdiveshop.com/courses/ffm_try_dive_1