Dive World Austin is a PADI 5-Star Scuba Shop in Austin, Texas, offering scuba, freediving, and mermaiding lessons with personalized instruction in small classes, from beginner through professional levels including a PADI Instructor Development Course led by PADI Course Director Karen Erickson. The shop teaches nearly all PADI specialty courses, from Peak Performance Buoyancy and Underwater Photography to Dry Suit, Night Diver, Boat Diver, Deep Diver, and Enriched Air Nitrox, taught locally at Lake Travis and Spring Lake in San Marcos, plus non-diving specialties such as Equipment Specialist. It also sells and services scuba, freediving, and spearfishing equipment.