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About Diver's Depot

History

Diver's Depot, established in 1974, was one of the FIRST SEVEN 5 Star Career Development Centers in the world and the only one in the Ark-La-Tex.

Sally and E.K. Sowell are owners of Diver's Depot and PADI Course Directors. E.K. has been a member of PADI since 1974, and Sally since 1976. Both have been teaching diving at Stephen F. Austin State University since 1974.

A class of divers holding an SFA flag at the lake

The owners

E.K. Sowell

Course Director

E.K. Sowell

Sally Sowell

Course Director · SFA scuba program director

Sally Sowell

Facilities

This Career Development Center includes a retail facility, several classrooms, a swimming pool, and dorm-style accommodation all at one convenient location.

Diver's Depot has full-time PADI Course Directors on staff and numerous auxiliary staff members as needed. With our qualified personnel, none of your questions or concerns will go unattended. We have trained more than 14,000 divers and thousands of PADI Instructors since 1974.

The store

720 South Street, Nacogdoches

The store

The neutral buoyancy lab

Where our divers have gone

The neutral buoyancy lab

Recognition

Texas Governor's Business AwardPADI Teaching Excellence AwardCharter Member, PADI Retail Advisory CommitteePADI Gold Course DirectorPADI Elite InstructorPADI Gold Course Director

Awards

PADI Elite Instructor 150
PADI Gold Course Director
PADI Elite Instructor 100
PADI CDC
PADI Elite Instructor 150
PADI Gold Course Director
PADI Elite Instructor 100
PADI CDC

Come see us

720 South Street, Nacogdoches — Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm.

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