The dive trip you keep meaning to take — booked end to end
Hosted in person by the operators one diver would send his own students to. You pick the week. You show up. You dive.
What you land into
Someone who knows your name is on the curb when you clear customs. The transfer is booked. The boat crew has your certification and your ear check. The reef was picked by the person leading you — because they dive it every week, not because it fit a package.
You already paid the deposit. The balance sits on a date you set. Everything downstream is handled.
What you're not carrying
You're not sorting operators from strangers. You're not wiring money to an account you'd rather not. You're not deciding which boat carries oxygen. You're not standing on a dive deck being told the price just went up.
The operator is vetted. The trip is priced end to end. DiveAssure dive insurance is included — not extra.
One trip. Four people looked after.
You
You pick the week and hold your spot. Everything at the destination — dives, beds, meals, transfers, briefings — is already booked. Early hosts are building the collection now.
Your host
The local operator running your trip keeps every dollar of the cost they stated. Zero commission from them. That's how a small boat can still say yes to a hosted, international group.
Your club
The dive club you belong to earns when you go. Two leader spots per group come free — built into the trip. Your club is with you on the ground, not just on a mailing list.
Your agent
If a travel agent sends you here, they're paid downstream — from the trip revenue, not on top of your price. You aren't billed twice for the same booking.
Why one diver started this
I teach diving. Most of the operators I'd send my own students to — the small boat out of Bali, the family operation in Komodo — are invisible online. Not because their diving isn't good. Because the tools to reach international guests cost more than a small operator earns in a year: card processing, dual-currency accounting, English-language support, a booking flow that actually works.
Go Dive Club is what I built so those operators can say yes when you ask. We take zero commission from them. We handle the payment, the payout, the coverage, and the customer support. They keep their whole cost. You get their whole trip.
What you can hold us to
Every trip is hosted in person by an operator we've verified. Every price is end to end — no surprise line items at the boat. Every booking is covered by DiveAssure dive insurance, included, not extra. Every payment runs through a US-registered company on Stripe.
If something goes sideways, we make it right — the payment, the plan, the trip. That's not fine print. That's who's answering the phone.
By a diver. Booked like a diver would.
Dave Taylor
I'm Dave. PADI instructor, splitting my life between Phoenix and Bali. I built Go Dive Club because the dive I'd send my own students on isn't the one that shows up on a booking site — and someone had to close that gap without taking a cut from the operators doing the diving.
Every listing here starts with one line: would I send my own students on this trip? If yes, it lists. If not, it doesn't.
Pick your week.
Every trip on Go Dive Club is hosted in person, booked end to end, and covered by DiveAssure.