Turn-Key Scuba Center For Sale

Job Description

Turn-Key Scuba Center For Sale NOW!

Required Language Skills: English
Place of employment: United States
Possible Start Date: June 1, 2025

Job description:
Turn-key Scuba Center for Sale. Discover an exciting opportunity to own a well-established, full-service scuba shop catering to divers of all levels. This business offers everything a diver needs, including top-quality equipment, expert gear repairs, and professional air tank inspections and fills. In addition to retail and service, the shop provides certified scuba diving classes, helping customers achieve their diving certifications with experienced instructors. The business also organizes unforgettable scuba trips, with this year’s adventure taking divers to the breathtaking waters of Volivoli in the South Pacific.

The seller has vendor accounts with all top Scuba suppliers and distributors. In addition to recreational scuba, the business also supports a range of public safety diving teams. The shop currently has 2 active instructors (not including the current owner) with 3 additional instructors expected to be certified by mid-July.

To ensure a smooth transition, the owner is willing to remain on staff for up to six months following the sale of the business.

About us:
ASTscuba provides training and equipment for SCUBA diving. As a fixture on Pittsfield’s North Street for over 30 years, ASTscuba is proud to have trained multiple generations of divers in the Berkshires. Our training primarily takes place at beautiful Lake Onota in Pittsfield. Most weekends in the summer, you can find us right next to the fishing pier.

We are proud to offer our dive community a wide range of reliable SCUBA and snorkeling equipment from well-known brands including Scubapro, Zeagle, BARE, Hollis, OTS and more!

In addition to training &  retail, we also host multiple travel opportunities a year, both local and abroad. As a family-run business, the history of ASTscuba (formerly Action Sports & Travel) is the history of a family adapting to life over the decades.

Jo and Jerry Smith first “dove“ into SCUBA retail in 1976 in Yuma, Arizona, with their first store- Aquadive. 5 years and 2 kids later, they decided to move home to the Berkshires, and the store came with them.

Aquatic Adventures was founded on Melville Street in Pittsfield until 1996, when they finally moved to their iconic location on North Street. Since then, they changed the store’s name once more, and, in 2014, transferred ownership to Jo and Jerry’s daughter, Laurie. Jo Smith says, “The greatest compliment we get is when someone we’ve trained comes back and asks us to train their kids, too.“ ASTscuba looks forward to many more years of serving and growing the dive community in the Berkshires.

Our current owner, Laurie Rock, grew up diving and experiencing life running ASTscuba.

She has over 5000 dives (despite not logging any until she turned 18 and decided to earn her instructor certification). Now that she has the reins, she delights in making sure that every dive is comfortable and fun for every diver.

Required Instructor Qualification:
No diving-related qualification needed