How local is your Local Dive Shop?

[pollywogg]

I am lucky enough to live in South Florida. The closest shop to me is about a block and a half away. There are at least another 6(that I can think of) within 10 miles of where I live, which includes a Diver's Direct. Between the shops, I can get pretty much any brand of gear and have it serviced. I do have two shops that I use to service my gear, one for my Zeagle equipment, the other for pretty much everything else. Between the two, they also have pretty much any last minute dive item I may need.

 

[bleeb]

10 km/6 mi. 5 more within 50 km/30 mi. (Is this oversupplied since we're an hour's drive from the nearest major open water site that's not a quarry?)

 

[Firefyter]

115 miles.

 

[Dan Weidert]

Interestingly, I have a dive shop less than 10 blocks from my house that I do not use. The one I do hang out at is closer to 10 miles away.

Dan

 

[SelkieDVM]

About 50 miles/80 km.

 

[IceCube]

4 miles. It's also half way between the office and the house. Makes it easy to swing by after work.

 

[keyshunter]

The LDS I use is ~75 miles away. I have another at ~60 miles and a totally worthless one at ~30 miles.

 

[shoredivr]

17 Km away. The nearest town is 8 Km away.

 

[fireflock]

3 miles, and I drive by another shop to get there.

These are the only 2 dive shops in a 3-4 county area. I think they are so close together because (a) it's close to the biggest city in the region and (b) the lower retail tax and lease rates in that area.

 

[kykajun]

My affiliated LDS is 4.1 mi. I have two other dive shops near me at 8.8 and 11.9 miles.