Scuba Diving in Playa del Carmen: 4 to Build a Day On

1.Scuba Diving in Cenote Dos Ojos from Playa del Carmen

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 453 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) Our pick

Meet at 8am in Playa del Carmen for a small-group scuba tour at Cenote Dos Ojos. Guides such as Pepe, Don, Alexis, and Ana lead certified participants through two routes, often the Bat Cave and Barbie Line. Gear, transport, snacks, refreshments, and lunch are included, while the two-cenote entrance fee costs MX$400.

“Don was awesome— experienced and knowledgeable, kind and patient, and so fun to spend time with. Booking with Dani was a breeze and she was super helpful. Dos ojos was such a once in a lifetime dive!”

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2.Scuba Diving in Cenote Kukulkan from Playa del Carmen

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 370 reviews · 7 hours (approx.)

Meet at 8 am in Playa del Carmen for a small-group scuba outing at Cenote Kukulkan. A multilingual guide, often including Remi, leads two underwater sessions on separate lines, with gear, snacks, refreshments, transport, and lunch included. You need Open Water certification, recent experience, and must pay MX$300 in cenote entrance fees.

“We had a fantastic time diving the Cenotes with The Cenotes Guy guide Remi. It was beautiful, safe, exciting and amazing in every way. We would highly recommend this tour for all divers.”

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3.Two reef discovery dives with professional instructor (no experience necessary)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 103 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $150

Start at Tank-Ha Dive Center with an SDI instructor, complete required online study and pool practice, then make two reef descents to 40 feet. Instructors such as Coral, Alma, Julian, Boris, and Paul work closely with beginners. Lunch is on your own, and hotel pickup costs extra.

“We had an amazing time. Coral was our instructor, and was awesome. Very helpful and patient as we learned the scuba gear. Took us down to some great sights and fish. Pointed out huge eels hiding in the caves. Couple people in the group had a tough time defending and equalizing the pressure (tip, blow harder than you think) and she helped stay with them to get them down to the bottom. Highly recommended this tour, and Tank-Ha as a diving option!!”

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4.PADI Discover Scuba Diving in Playa del Carmen

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 61 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $135Best value

Meet at the Riu Yucatan for a PADI theory lesson, shallow pool practice, and one boat outing to a local reef. You will use full equipment, learn with an English or Spanish instructor, and reach up to 36 feet with an instructor aboard. Javier is one named instructor associated with this experience.

“Terrible experience. The training is for less than an hour and is very rushed. The practice "tank" is actually a 3ft resort pool in which we were taught to breathing and hand signs for about 20 minutes. There was no pool lesson on equalizing pressure etc. We spent more time waiting for the boat to arrive than on the lessons itself. I felt very uncomfortable after the lesson and chose not to go into the ocean. My husband went and within 10ft in the ocean felt ear pain and couldn't complete it. This would've been identified if the practice tank was deeper. We spent a lot of money for nothing...…”

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