Avalon Dive Center is a group of scuba diving professionals that are passionate about our sport. We specialize in world class training and travel for individuals or groups to the best destinations in the world. We guarantee that our consistently high quality of service, blended with the fun and educational atmosphere will create a synergy that is a treat for yourself and your group. This fun and productive philosophy will add value to your love for the underwater world.

Your ideal adventure may lead you to breathe trimix at 240 feet below the ocean’s surface on a sunken aircraft carrier or a leisurely stroll on a shallow reef rich with beautiful and exotic marine life. Wherever your passion is leading you, let Avalon Dive Center provide you with the best equipment and education to ensure the best experience.

Avalon Dive Center is located in Blacksburg, VA and we serve the Radford, Christiansburg and greater New River Valley and Blue Ridge Mountain area, including Roanoke and Salem. We have classes and training for all skill and experience levels.

Owner, Instructor

Why I love to dive:
It is this feeling of escaping gravity that was the seed for my interest in diving.

Owner/Instructor

Why I love to dive:
Diving allows us to explore and experience an underwater world that most people cannot even imagine. Diving gives us access to a whole new realm where we are not even restricted by gravity.

Instructor

Why I love to dive:
There are two things I love most about scuba, exploration and seeing parts of the world rarely seen by human eyes. Just the ability to float through this world is incredible.

Divemaster

Why I love to dive:
I love the serenity and exhilaration I experience every time I visit the underwater world. It is such an exciting and mysterious place.

Divemaster

Why I love to dive:
Diving puts us in a unique and mysterious world. The experience of adventure and discovery drives me to continue diving.

Divemaster, Marketing Director

Why I love to dive:
I love being outdoors and the serenity of the underwater world.

Divemaster

Why I love to dive:
I have always loved being around the water, ever since I was a child, whether it was fishing, crabbing or going wakeboarding.Diving allows me to explore an environment that is untouched and unseen by most people.

Divemaster, Technical Director

Why I love to dive:
I love exploring the world that most people only get to see on their TVs.

Divemaster Candidate

Why I love to dive:
My parents used to tell me that I should have been a fish because I could swim before I could even walk. I’ve always loved being in water and scuba is the best way to explore my favorite element.

Divemaster Candidate

Why I love to dive:
A diver is in a way one of the last true pioneers: we know so little about what's below the surface of the water. Every dive is an adventure into the blue unknown.