Mac's Sports Inc.

Mac's Sports Inc. Still blowing bubbles after all these years! Scuba & Swim Lessons
Clearwater & Tarpon Springs Florida They also rented bicycles and fishing gear!
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Mac's Sports has 2 locations:

Clearwater Location:
2126 Drew St. Clearwater, FL 33765
727-442-9931

Tarpon Springs Locations:
926 N Pinellas Ave. Tarpon Springs, FL, 34689
727-942-3483


Back in 1938, this was the only place on Clearwater Beach where you could get groceries, magazines, newspapers, to***co, beachwear, fishing tackle, soft drinks, candy, almost everything! “It was like an early 7-11″, says Ruth Johnson, “At least we were open from seven to eleven and sold most anything we thought people would want”. Called simply the “Beach Store” and located on Mandalay Avenue, it opened the same year as the hamburger stand which became the Pelican Restaurant. Ruth and Carroll Johnson, newly arrived from Birmingham, Alabama, started the business and, as Ruth reports, “worked very hard to make sure it would succeed”. It cost a whole $500 to set up this business on the beach where the existing businesses were limited to the Pelican, the Palm Pavilion, Langford’s Service Station at the end of the causeway, a seafood market where the King Cole Motel now stands and not much else. Langford’s had something brand new that the tourists really like. It was called a “self-service” laundry where you could pay to do your laundry in machines. After the births of their two sons, the Johnsons moved to New Mexico. “Mac” McCarthy purchased the Beach Store and renamed it “Mac’s”. During WWII, it was a favorite shopping place for the young people of the beach because Mac made sure that what few candy bars and Coca-Cola he could obtain were set aside to be sold only to youngsters. Returning from New Mexico six years later, the Johnson’s went back into the grocery business and, eventually, they purchased the little store back from Mac McCarthy and this time they bought the building. Their son, Jim Johnson, eventually turned it into Mac’s Dive Shop before his sports business outgrew the small building and he moved it to the mainland. Brian Grindey purchased Mac’s Sport in 1998 from Jim Johnson after working and managing the store for 25 years. The Grindey Family are the current owners of the historical and successful dive shop.

Fresh batch of Koah Spearfishing Company just landed at Mac’s!! Stop by and pickup your new gun!!🤿🐠
09/29/2026

Fresh batch of Koah Spearfishing Company just landed at Mac’s!! Stop by and pickup your new gun!!🤿🐠

Great day at Hudson Grotto with Dive Guide/DiveMaster class. Huge congratulations to 7 new DM’s.
09/27/2026

Great day at Hudson Grotto with Dive Guide/DiveMaster class. Huge congratulations to 7 new DM’s.

09/27/2026

Awesome vis and even better company! 🐢🤿 This guy hung out with us for pretty much the entire dive yesterday on the Mac Daddy! Get out diving the Gulf with us today! 🌊

Weekend dive class vibes!🤿🐠This crew worked their butts off in the pool the last few days with instructor Ian Newton-Blo...
09/26/2026

Weekend dive class vibes!🤿🐠

This crew worked their butts off in the pool the last few days with instructor Ian Newton-Block were pumped for dives 1 & 2 at Blue Grotto tomorrow!!

09/25/2026

REMINDER!! Mac’s Sticker Challenge is still ongoing! Come by for a free sticker, make a post with it and tag Mac’s to be automatically entered to win an Aqualung Helix Pro regulator!

On our trip to Belize we got to do a drop on the world famous Blue Hole! Still can’t get over these amazing sights captu...
09/20/2026

On our trip to Belize we got to do a drop on the world famous Blue Hole! Still can’t get over these amazing sights captured by the one and only Betty Stacey Klepacki !

09/19/2026

Awesome vid of a mantis shrimp from one of our recent gulf dives! 😵‍💫👀

Huge shoutout to Manny Oals for finishing his advanced cert with us last weekend on the Mac Daddy! Congrats manny!!
09/16/2026

Huge shoutout to Manny Oals for finishing his advanced cert with us last weekend on the Mac Daddy! Congrats manny!!

Our youth dive group had a blast up at fanning springs today!! Get your homeschooler or young diver involved!
09/15/2026

Our youth dive group had a blast up at fanning springs today!! Get your homeschooler or young diver involved!

Back from Belize and finally getting through some of the incredible underwater shots! 🌊🤿 Check out a few of the epic cre...
09/14/2026

Back from Belize and finally getting through some of the incredible underwater shots! 🌊🤿 Check out a few of the epic creatures and unforgettable moments we captured beneath the surface. 🐠🦈🐢
Shots from our very own. 📸 Steve Nunemaker

Address

2126 Drew Street
Clearwater, FL
33765

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 7pm
Tuesday 10am - 7pm
Wednesday 10am - 7pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Friday 10am - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 7pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

Telephone

+17274429931

Website

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