Playa Scuba

Great dive shop. The owner, Klaus, was warm and welcoming and very mellow, good energy. We dove with Julien off the coast of Playa Del Carmen. Two tank dive. Lots of tropicals and three eels. Julien was a great instructor — cool, calm and collected. The next day Klaus took us to Dos Ojos Cenote. Incredible cave dive! I was nervous and he kept me calm and relaxed. Not pushy at all. A truly memorable experience and I am so happy I conquered the Cenote! I will do again with my husband. We will be back!

Playa Scuba is the right deal for real Scuba Adventures and all the reviews I read were spot on. Let me start with stating that I stopped counting and logging my dives 20 years ago when I hit 100. I have dove all over Latin America and the Caribbean. I have dove with hard core dive shops, hard core 5 day and night hunting live-​aboards, the US Special Forces in Panama, and 5 star kiss your (behind) luxury all exclusive’s. The owner Klaus and his staff along with the location and package deals are the way to go if you’re a diver and around Playa Del Carmen.
I purchased the 3 day 2 tanks per day package over the internet 1 week before we arrived for my son and I. When we showed up there was absolutely no surprises and Klaus reconfigured our dive plane to dive Cozumel, then Playa, the Cenotes. This way the last dives area in fresh water and our gear gets a complete «natural» wash known before we pack it up for heading home.
Day 1 Got to the dive shop at 8am but the dive is over on the island of Cozumel so didn’t head over until almost 9:45. 6 of us walked to the port with Pierre from Denmark our lead. GREAT GUY! then we paid our own ferry ride round trip to Cozumel about $ 50.00 for both. They cover the van ride to the dive resort location and will set your gear up for you (I like to do my own) and boat out to the 1^st dive. 65ft to top of a drift dive over a wall going down to about 200ft plus. Blue, beautiful and lots to see. Tank 2 was a drift dive at about 50 ft over reef and lots to see. Then back to the dive resort and lunch was great. Then a shuttle back to Playa Del Carmen back at about 5:30 to 6pm
Day 2 Got to the dive shop at 8am geared up and 4 of us walked down to a waiting boat with Nicky Awesome lead. Went out over the reef and hit the water. 30 to 55ft drift both tanks. Nice profile a lot like the Florida Keys (We live in Ft Lauderdale) if your not from Florida or anywhere like it you will love the dive. Easy, safe and a lot of fish. Back to the dive shop by 12:30.
Day 3 got to the dive shop at 8am and loaded up Klaus’s truck with our gear and a father and daughter team. Klaus took us to the tank filling area to pick up tanks for the Cenota dives. Then drove to Centota Chac Mool. WHAT A GREAT experience to take my son on. Klaus is a very safe lead and instructed us on the dive plan. We hit the water and he lead us through the clearest fresh water caves dive along the yellow line path and it was beautiful, wonderful and really nice to share with my son. Lunch was included. Not gourmet… Its lunch!
I would recommend Playa Scuba any day next time we come back here we will do the same but also add the Bull Shark Dive…
Thanks for the memories Playa Scube!

Scheduled dive with Klaus through website. Very professional and very easy to work with. Required a $ 25.00 PayPal deposit per diver. They accept deposit online through website as well. Great experience as Playa Scuba was recommended to me by friends who used them before. If you’re going to dive in Playa del Carmen, you have lots of options, but Playa Scuba delivered the experience I was looking for.