I just did my intro to freediving with Amancay after several years of emails back and forth, with a…read morevery considerate Antonella!, until I finally didn't need to cancel. Andrea was my instructor, and he was the best - very patient, clear, knowledgeable, fully present with each person as we prepared and dove. The cenote we dove in was gorgeous, and a safe place to practice. This was a really good first experience - now I need to apply it in my snorkeling and then perhaps continue with further levels. I can highly recommend him and Amancay.

Got to dive with Amancay for 3 weeks. I was already a certified freediver so I joined them for…read moretraining sessions in the Cenotes and bull shark dives. In that time I got to observe them instruct many different level 1 freediving classes. I was continually surprised at their high standards and quality of their courses. The instructors are highly knowledgeable in relating freediving theory to the students in ways that was comprehendible to everyone. For freediving the most difficult thing to overcome is not the meters, but equalization. Amancay has more than a bat-belt of tricks, techniques and exercises that get even the trickiest of ears to depth. Beyond the training; the staff was extremely friendly and accommodating. They are constantly rotating between cenotes so every day feels like a new adventure! Thank you Amancay Freediving for making my stay in Playa full of epic dives, smiles and laughs

Absolutely stunning open cenote. It's one of those places that make you take a step back and admire…read morenature and all of its beauty. It was pretty busy when we went, but there's plenty of space all around. You can tell the people who work here really care about the preservation of this space and wanted to take care of it. The guide was very nice and made sure we knew all of the safety precautions before getting in. There are a few entry points and areas to jump in. We left our stuff laying around and it was very safe. Definitely have snorkels ready so you can see all of the beautiful fish. Try and find the blue lobster!

Great price and generous conversion rate here. The Cenote is beatiful and not too busy the two…read moretimes i've been. The cliff jumping is also a huge plus.

I had a wonderful first diving experience with Dive Life. I honestly couldnt have asked for a…read morebetter dive. My girlfriend and I had been shopping around Playa Del Carmen for a good dive shop that wasnt too expensive. They were actually more or less all the same price so we went with a dive instructor our hotel hostess highly recommended, Fran(cisco). Everyone at dive live was super tranquillo. We arrived filled out paper work and came in 930am 2-days late for our class and dive. We went to a nearby dive pool that starts off about 5 feet and they gradually goes to 10feet. Its important that I note I am an ok swimmer and my girlfriend cannot swim. She is a fish out of water when she is in the water. Fran was excellent in making us both feel comfortable but especially her. It was really nice. He took his time and made sure we understood everything. He taught us how and when to deflate and inflate how to clear water from our facemask and what to do in case our mouth pieces got knocked out under water. After the training which lasted about 1-1.5hours we got in the car met up with some other divers that were going out diving with fran (who were expert divers themselves out on vacation). We took a small boat out to the le jardin reef (the garden). Got our stuff on and dove in. The first dive was about 30 meters and it was great. We saw rays, schools of fish, a stone fish, some shrimps, clown fish, red snappers, groupers etc. it was really cool and fran was close by to direct us where to look and when to and how to control our buoyancy. We came up after about 35 mins and the boat came to pick us up. We then sailed about 20 mins north to another reef and went down again. My gf had some problems with her goggles fogging up and it was really bothering her I saw her start to panic a little but Fran and his intern Oscar were there and helped her calm down and defog her goggles. It made me feel really relieved. That dive was about 50 meters deep in open water. We saw even larger rays some huge eels and more schools of different kinds of fish. Over that reef had less fish. But still a good amount and we got to swim through a little cave! That dive lasted about 42 mins. We accomplished a lot more than I expected on our first dive and it went very smoothly thanks to Fran and his well trained (Fran has actually trained a bunch of dive instructors that work at other dive shops) team. The expert divers we were with also had a great time. I would highly recommend him to anyone that is new or even expert divers looking to see the best of the area whether it be the cenotes or pdc or cozumel.

You'll dive in a safe, professional, family-like environement where the people are incredibly…read morepassionate about what they do and are motivated to share their love for diving with others. For us, it was like diving with some new friends and on top of that, enjoying the best diving places of Yucatan! As backpackers for months now, we used to dive in many places. Dive Life was the best price quality we have found in Playa, everything was professional and easy. Franck took good care of us, and all we had to do is to enjoy the amazing dives on Cozumel reefs! We have found back the taste of the last dive we did in Thaïlande - Similan Island... Paloma and Oscar were awesome, nothing to compare with these PADI center factories, it was also awesome to share some beers together after our dive! We highly recommand to dive with them!

My husband and I had an amazing experience with Blue Life in Playa del Carmen. We completed our…read moree-learning and pool sessions at a local dive shop before finishing our four open water training dives with Blue Life over two days to earn our PADI Open Water certification. On the third day, we explored the beautiful reefs of Cozumel. The entire Blue Life team was professional, friendly, and welcoming. Gaby was quick to respond to our questions before booking, which made the process easy and reassuring. A special thank you to our instructor, Thomas, who was incredibly patient, knowledgeable, and professional. His personalized instruction helped us become more confident and capable divers, and we feel very lucky to have had him guide us throughout all three days. Thank you, Blue Life - we'll definitely be back!

HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!…read more Cenotes Dives today. "The pit" was awesome. Dive Master name was OSCAR and he was awesome. Great experience. He is super knowledgeable and excellent dive. Gabby at the office is very helpful. Overall great experience. Make sure and update your address on here to the correct address.

We booked a two-tank dive with Salty Endeavors in Cozumel and came away disappointed…read more The training was weird. Francesco spoke very fast with a strong accent and said upfront that raising hands for questions is not acceptable to him during his training. All four of us struggled to understand him. The first dive was solid, but the second was just average - and we would have much preferred staying on the same reef rather than moving. More concerning were the safety and experience issues. During one dive, Francesco knocked my beginner son's mask off with his fin at around 35 feet. Our son managed to recover on his own (thxs to training from the guide and Dad), but it was a stressful and avoidable situation - especially for a newer diver and experienced guide. We also brought a GoPro to capture the experience, but were told we couldn't use it ourselves. We were told they would handle it and supplement with their phones, yet we ended up with zero photos or videos from either dive. That's probably the most disappointing part - no memories to take with us other than what we can recall ourselves. Overall, not a terrible dive, but far from the experience we expected. The combination of safety concerns and lack of follow-through left us very disappointed.

My partner and I rented a private charter to scuba for half a day during one of the cruise stops…read more This was also my partner's first tropical dive and a revisit to my very first tropical dive many years ago, so I was very excited. Freddy and his captain came to pick us up at the hotel pier on time, and walked us through the sites we were going to dive. Unfortunately, we didn't get to dive at sites that I wanted given the time that we have, but it was still an amazing experience nonetheless. I highly recommend getting a private charter with Salty Endeavors, and will definitely come back to them for a longer dive!

Josh took us on 2 spectacular reef dives in Cozumel. Tank-Ha's high speed boat made it a quick trip…read morefrom Playa del Carmen. The visibility was amazing with a wide variety of coral, fish and a few lobsters

It has been a long time since I have been diving with Tank-Ha. I live in the USA, and am now 71…read moreyears old with some health issues, but when I was in my mid 30s up until about 15 years ago, I went diving a lot. The numerous times that I was at Playa del Carmen, I was diving with Tank-Ha. I am truly pleased to see that they are in business still and from the ratings, are obviously doing a great job. When I was diving, I went to several cenote dives with them and a videographer named Steve from California. He was employed with Tank ha, or at least served their clientele on an exclusive basis. He and I got to be very good friends. I don't know if he is still there, or if he is still even in Mexico, he was about my age. Happened to recently find some of the old VHS tapes that I got when I went diving with Steve through Tank ha. After a dive day, he would take a few of us to his house, serve us beer and popcorn, and show us that days diving videos which we obviously purchased. When I ran across these the other day, they brought back some really great memories and I cannot imagine that the dive shop has done anything but improve. They were the greatest then and I'm sure they're even better now.

Eddie is awesome and so is the whole day you'll be experiencing. Tip well!…read more The $100 a person is beyond reasonable for the experience he provided. We all threw in more cash for the tip and gave him an additional $140. It's worth every penny. We were dropped off around 1:30 and still had the rest of our afternoon to explore Playa. I had barely known Eddie for a few hours, but he already felt like a close friend. His genuineness and love for what he does really comes out in the tour. I will recommend this tour to anyone i know that's going anywhere close to Playa. I hope this review brings Eddie more business for him and his whole crew. I could type another 7000+ characters but words cannot explain the day we had. Our group chose the reef and cenote tour on July 28th with 6 people. During the ride to the national park location, Eddie explains various facts and information about the reef that we'd shortly be exploring. He is very knowledgeable and you can tell he truly enjoys what he does. Eddie prefers that you do not apply any sunscreen, even the biodegradable kind. He explained that even the bio friendly stuff harms some of the corals, so pack your rash guards/ long sleeve dry fits! For our lunch, the van pulled up to a roadside tent with about 20 people gathered around, listening to music and having a good time. They were serving pulled pork more or less. Eddie explained that the family had cooked the pig underground. We each received a torta and a taco. All of our food was great in Mexico, but these roadside tortas were out of this world. They had red onions and roasted habanero to top the torta and tacos. I love hot foods and this was the best habanero I've had. We all raved to each other how great this food was while eating at a little table under the shade. After the meal, we all got back into the van and headed to the cavernous cenote, less than 10 minutes away.Eddie's whole crew is very flexible and caters to everyone's needs. When snorkeling in the cave/cenote, you can see everything with the dive lights. Its amazing what you see above and below the water here. Oh, and I almost forgot to mention, the water is ice cold. Visit trip advisor for my full review as Yelp has a character limit.

Great service, accurate information, i recommend this shop, Eddi the owner and guide was very nice.read more

The sunrise paddleboard tour was a wonderful experience! Watching the sun come up over the water…read morewas so beautiful. Instructors were very nice. To note: this isn't a proper "tour", no structured stops or talking points, I'd categorize it as more of an outing. Completely worth it, will be going again!

Aloha Paddle club is the real deal, this is a team of true waterman led by the owner Sander. They…read moreknow the local breaks and have a great surf class with personalized attention which makes a massive difference. From my experience, they are #1 in the Riviera Maya

Exceeded my expectations in every way! Staff was amazing to work with - Pamela, Rima, Willy and…read moreJuan made this an unforgettable experience and I cannot wait to come back again!!

After doing extensive research into the best dive shop on Cozumel, my husband and I chose Dressel…read moreDiving. We stayed at the Iberostar, which is not a dive resort, rather it is a resort which offers diving (what I mean by that is that the resort is not geared towards divers, there are no hooks or hangers to dry gear on your balcony, the restaurants allow people in bathing suits but not folded down wetsuits, there is no individual gear storage other than a small cubby and no provided locks). Anyway, on to the diving. Booking was very easy, I worked with a gal (who happened to be stationed in Spain) who helped me set up a package of dives, cenote excursions, and night dives. So everything was paid for when we arrived. Pros: - Almost all of the dive masters were awesome. Ricky was fantastic and so was Tania. We were always happy when we saw Ricky was our DM. He was the right amount of chill, knowledge, safety, and fun. -The dives were really fantastic. We only repeated one dive in 6 days of diving. - Water and fruit were available on the boat. -My husbands inflator hose malfunctioned and a guy in the dive shop fixed it for him with a spare part he had so my husband could use his equipment until we got home and get it serviced. -The boat staff were all very competent and helpful. -Free nitrox with your package. -Plentiful defogger on board -Short boat rides to amazing dive sites. Cons: - Before booking I asked if they had gear lockers. I hate toting all of our gear back and forth to a hotel room. I was told yes. When we arrived, we saw that there were not individual gear lockers, rather, small individual cubbies that would fit a few things but there were no locks. In additional, several of the cubbies didn't have chains on them to hold them secure even if you did have a lock. I asked if they had locks and they said they didn't. This meant we had to lug our gear back and forth to our hotel room and the dock, which sucked as the resort is expansive. I noticed not many people left there gear there. A few people hung up older wetsuits but I didnt see many BCDS in the room. - The gal checking us in was very aloof and not real friendly. I don't need butt kissing but she acted put out to be helping us and answering questions. - We didn't know where we were diving until we left on the boat. Even though they have a calendar of dives, they did not follow it (which I do understand if there are current or changing conditions, but everything seemed chill and there were no weather related issues). We were fine with the dives but if someone wanted to do a particular dive they might be disappointed with the scheduling. - The boats get crowded and more than once our tanks were not full and we had to swap them out for full tanks. One time it was 7 divers who were short on air in their tanks and several of us had to swap tanks 2-3 times. - They only book 2 tank dive packages so if you want to to break up your day of diving and don't want to do back to back dives, they charge you 10.00 per tank to break it up. We came to dive and dive we did, but if you are a diver who just likes one or two and have a big surface interval this system may not be the best for you. - On our last two dives we were placed in a group of brand new open water divers. I get it, we have all been there, but our dives were cut very short because of it (one dive ended at 39 minutes) which really sucked. The dm apologized to us privately but we weren't offered any discount or another dive to make up for it. -There is no retail dive shop to speak of, as far as gear to buy or incidentals you may need. No tshirts or any of the usual dive gear stuff us divers love to buy.

I'm so glad I stumbled on this charter. My fiance and I wanted to go fishing but didn't want the…read morecrowd of a shared boat. The prices were great for just the 2 of us for a 6 hour trip. We were there during late September so it wasn't prime fishing season and we didn't catch a ton but we still had a blast. We caught trigger fish, baracuda, and small bait fish. One of my favorite parts was when they took us snorkeling. We saw huge sting rays, turtles, and all kinds of fish. We had to laugh at the catamaran that dropped off 30+ people and made them swim shoulder to shoulder while we were free to do as we pleased. Plus while we were in the water they made us fresh ceviche from the trigger fish we had just caught for lunch. It was absolutely amazing! I definitely recommend this charter for people who want to fish without a ton of others around.

Had a very good experience fishing with Capt. Jorge on The Rusty Hook…read more The two mates were very professional and Capt. Jorge worked hard to get us into the fish. I caught a beautiful 55 inch Mahi Mahi and I was very happy with the four hour trip that we booked. If you are in Playa Del Carmen go fishing on the Rusty Hook you will be very happy.