Except it's in Monterey - a several hour drive from most of the Bay area. So you have to factor in some sort of oricier overnight accommodations or a lot of travel time and some gas money
And if we compare apples to apples, the Bamboo Reef dives are shore dives off San Carlos Beach. Sanctuary Charters offers boat dives in Monterey at 2/$92 - I didn't look at the others.
Things are more expensive on Maui no doubt. With Lahaina Divers they're all 4 boat dives as well.
One option is do the whole program thru Shaka Divers - it's $399 for everything.
Or $420 total with Maui Dreams Dive Co. if you do the e-learning first - I think with PADI you book it thru the shop you're using but I'm not certain. $520 if all done there.
Bamboo Reef has a shop in San Francisco and Monterey so all the class and pool work could be done in San Francisco also several of the hotels in Monterey offer dicounts for divers Travel Lodge is from $69 to $89 a night. I can get from Vacaville to Monterey in less than three hours and San Francisco is about 30 miles closer than I am. The OP states he is going to Maui to get certified so if that is the case there are plenty of good options in Maui to get that done but if he is going to Maui to go diving why waste the vacation time in class when you can get it done in your own back yard and spend your time diving during your vacation.
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