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🐠 Scuba Diving in Playa del Carmen

Reef dives, cenote caverns, bull sharks and certifications. · kubva $95 USD

Few places on earth let you dive a coral wall in the morning and a crystal cavern in the afternoon. Playa del Carmen is the world capital of cenote diving, hosts a famous bull-shark aggregation each winter, and sits a 45-minute ferry from Cozumel's drift walls.

2-Tank Cenote Cavern Dive (Dos Ojos, The Pit) kubva $180–$245

2-Tank Cenote Cavern Dive (Dos Ojos, The Pit)

Two guided cavern dives in the Yucatan's flooded cave systems — laser light beams, stalactites and 30 m visibility.

⏱ 5 hours
Cozumel 2-Tank Dive Trip from Playa del Carmen kubva $95–$140

Cozumel 2-Tank Dive Trip from Playa del Carmen

Fast boat across the channel for two drift dives on Cozumel's world-famous Palancar and Colombia walls.

⏱ 4-6 hours
Night Dive with Bioluminescence kubva $99–$126

Night Dive with Bioluminescence

A single-tank night dive on the local reef — octopus, hunting eels, sleeping turtles and glowing plankton.

⏱ 3 hours
2-Tank Reef Dive (Certified Divers) kubva $100–$125

2-Tank Reef Dive (Certified Divers)

Morning or afternoon two-tank boat dives on Playa del Carmen's drift-diving reefs — turtles, rays and easy currents.

⏱ 4 hours
Discover Scuba Diving (Beginner Intro) kubva $120–$150

Discover Scuba Diving (Beginner Intro)

No certification needed: theory, pool practice and two guided reef dives to 12 m in half a day.

⏱ 3-5 hours
Bull Shark Dive (Nov-Mar) kubva $140–$195

Bull Shark Dive (Nov-Mar)

Kneel on the sand at 24 m as pregnant bull sharks cruise overhead — Playa del Carmen's signature winter dive.

⏱ 3-4 hours 📅 Nov-Mar (peak Dec-Feb)
PADI Open Water Certification Course (3 Days) kubva $399–$550

PADI Open Water Certification Course (3 Days)

Get your lifetime PADI Open Water card in three days of theory, pool, cenote and Caribbean reef dives.

⏱ 3 days

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