Diving in and around Playa del CarmenDiving in Playa del Carmen from beginners to advanced scuba divers

Playa del Carmen, or just “Playa” as it is also commonly referred to by locals, is a lively and colorful resort town located on the north-east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula.

“La Quinta”, the 5th Avenue, is the main street with plenty of shopping areas, restaurants, bars and countless entertainment options offering a wide variety of activities for everyone from backpacker to luxury traveler.

Pro Dive is one of the few recommended dive centers with own boats, staff and locations on Riviera Maya and Cozumel.

Our National Geographic Dive Center is situated 1 km from Playa del Carmen right on the beach of the Royal Hideaway and also has a Check-in Point at the Allegro Playacar. Diving in Playa del Carmen has been never so easy with us. Our boats leave directly from our dive centers to the most beautiful sites like Barracuda, Tortugas, Mama Viña and more.

We also organize daily trips to many of the famous Cenotes, as well as Palancar and Santa Rosa Reef in Cozumel were we have our own operations and boats.

Dive in Playa del Carmen comfortly from one of our 4 Dive Centers.

• Allegro Playacar
• Royal Hideaway
• Occidental Xcaret
• Catalonia Playa Maroma

In all dive centers, Pro Dive International offers FREE NITROX.

LOCAL DIVE SITES IN PLAYA DEL CARMEN

JARDINES

The reef Jardines offers shallow dive, perfect for beginners. The maximum depth is at 12 m with no or little currents. This spot is home to many colorful, beautiful underwater creatures such as lobsters, scorpion fish, trumpet fish, flamingos tongue´s and many more. There can be seen large schools of barracudas and jackfish but also green Eagle Rays and green Moray Eeels.

TORTUGAS

One of the most popular and exciting deep dive sites in this area. Relatively flat reef with gradual slop from 15 to 40m (50-130ft), covered with corals and big barrel sponges. It´s recommended for inermediate divers due to medium/strong currents from South to North. It can be encountered astounding number of hawksbill turtles and big fish from barracuda to jacks, cubera snappers, stingrays, green and spotted morays, even bull sharks depending on the  season.

 CEREBROS

It´s dive spot also perfect for beginners due to easy, shallow dive.  It´s located in the north of Los Arcos Reef, in front of Tres Rios. It´s quite further than other reefs but it offers scenic landscape and beautiful arches to swim through.  There are no currents. The marine life consists of coral formations at edge of reef,  lobsters, king crabs, shrimps, moray eels and large variety of reef fish.

MAMA VIÑA WRECK

Mama Viña is an old shrimp boat that was intentionally sunk in 1995, has since developed an artificial reef and today belongs to one of the top dive sites on the Riviera Maya. This dive site is for experienced divers only due to strong currents. It can be explored inside, the depth is about 18-30m (60-90 feet). There are plenty schools of fish to be discovered.

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