Best Scuba Diving Trips in Playa del Carmen — Our Top 15

Scuba Diving in Cenote Dos Ojos from Playa del Carmen - Preparing gear beside the cenote

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

Explore Cenote Dos Ojos from Playa del Carmen with two guided scuba sessions, gear, lunch, transport, and a small four-person group.

“What an amazing, otherworldly experience 🤩 I expected a great dive and this one exceeded every expectation. It is my new favorite, and I can’t wait to come back for more. Pepe was fantastic with safety and explanations. The site was spectacular. Nothing was rushed, and I felt very comfortable and confident the entire time. You will not regret booking this dive!”

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Scuba Diving in Cenote Kukulkan from Playa del Carmen

2.Scuba Diving in Cenote Kukulkan from Playa del Carmen

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

Explore Cenote Kukulkan from Playa del Carmen with a four-person scuba group, expert guidance, gear, snacks, lunch, and transport.

“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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Discover Scuba Diving & Beach Club with Transportation In Riviera Maya

3.Discover Scuba Diving & Beach Club with Transportation In Riviera Maya

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 239 reviews · 45 minutes (approx.) · from $150

Try scuba in Riviera Maya with beginner instruction, reef practice, beach access, equipment, insurance, and hotel transport.

“First time scuba diving for both of us and we chose the right people to do it with! Carlos, Alex, and Juan were incredibly helpful and positive. We immediately got our friends to book an excursion with them. We only had one person become afraid in our group, but the divers encouraged the person into diving still with the perfect amount of attention needed.”

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

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

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

Try scuba in Playa del Carmen with pool training, two reef outings, small groups, full equipment, and patient professional instructors.

“Our instructor was patient with my wife who had a few panic attacks in the water. Joaquin encouraged her and we had a successful two dives. Lots of varieties of fish, eels, stingrays and a sea snake. I would highly recommend this dive shop, especially if your first time.”

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PADI Discover Scuba Diving Program in the Riviera Maya

5.PADI Discover Scuba Diving Program in the Riviera Maya

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 67 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $126

Review of PADI Discover Scuba Diving in Riviera Maya, with pool training, reef boat trip, costs, pickup details, and practical tips.

“Great experience for the beginner. Our guide, Toby, was very knowledgeable, and patient. Great time.”

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PADI Discover Scuba Diving in Playa del Carmen

6.PADI Discover Scuba Diving in Playa del Carmen

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

Review of Playa del Carmen’s PADI Discover Scuba experience, with pool training, reef time, price, safety notes, wildlife, and booking advice.

“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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Cozumel Dive Package – Certified Divers from the Riviera Maya (4 dives)

7.Cozumel Dive Package – Certified Divers from the Riviera Maya (4 dives)

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 51 reviews · 2 days (approx.) · from $378

Review of Pro Dive Mexico’s four-session Cozumel package from Playa del Carmen, including reefs, ferry, lunch, costs, safety, and booking tips.

“ProDive is one of the top companies in the district, covering Cancun all the way down to Tulum. Instructors are excited to share their passion of scuba diving with their customers. Sales and admin on the other hand are a whole different matter. After equalization issues and bad weather, we decided to rest for the couple days left of vacation that we had, and when we visited the dive shop for a refund, they became argumentative and combative. 30 minutes of argument later, and the worst Customer Service on the planet, they were adamant to no refund policy. BUYER BEEARE! We have dives across the planet and would never use…”

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PADI Open Water Diver Course in the Riviera Maya

8.PADI Open Water Diver Course in the Riviera Maya

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 47 reviews · 3 days (approx.) · from $602

Earn your PADI Open Water certification in three to four days with pool training, Cozumel reef boat trips, gear, and hotel pickup.

“I just complete my open water dive course with Esteban here in Cancun and what an experience!”

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Half-Day Scuba Diving in Playa del Carmen for Small-Group

9.Half-Day Scuba Diving in Playa del Carmen for Small-Group

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 46 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $100

Review of Playa del Carmen’s small-group scuba trip, with reef sites, gear costs, timing, safety, transport, and practical booking advice.

“I had a very great experience! Anna our guide was absolutely perfect in everything. She made sure I could join the dive since my last one had been a good 6 years earlier. We had 2 different divings in 2 different spots. Both of them very nice despite I might say I preferred the second one. The communication from the very first moment up to the very last second was super as well as the organization. I booked a very last minute activity without any problems. Absolutely highly recommended!!!”

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Fun Dive Machine in Playa del Carmen or Cozumel-For Certificates

10.Fun Dive Machine in Playa del Carmen or Cozumel-For Certificates

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 43 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $251

Compare Playa del Carmen and Cozumel reefs on a small-group scuba trip with two sites, gear, boat transport, and certified guides.

“Superb, the lessons were awesome and the dives were really awesome. Great instructor, i panic on entry only but used my yoga breathing with mouth, calm down and it was peachy. Love it and it was my first time ever, i am a horrible swimmer, i learnt swimming in 10 days only 😅 but i did really good with lots of air to spare :)”

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PADI Open Water Diver Course in Playa del Carmen

11.PADI Open Water Diver Course in Playa del Carmen

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 40 reviews · 3 days 4 hours (approx.) · from $590

Learn what to expect from the three-day PADI Open Water course in Playa del Carmen, including costs, pool training, reef trips, and practical tips.

“Today we finished our Open Water course. Our instructor Jorge was fantastic and very educational in all stages. We felt very safe with him and all the staff at Scubacaribe in Rui Yacutan (Playa del Carmen) are very helpful and nice. So of course we booked 2 more dives with Jorge as new OW divers.😃”

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Scuba Diving in Cenotes

12.Scuba Diving in Cenotes

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 37 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $190

Explore Mexico’s cenotes from Playa del Carmen with a small-group scuba tour, two guided descents, snacks, transport, and clear safety standards.

“Wonderful experience to dive in Casa Cenote with Jow and Carol. There was a crocodile inside the cenote and we could see him there.”

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Local Dive in Playa del Carmen

13.Local Dive in Playa del Carmen

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 34 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $155

Review of Playa del Carmen’s 2-tank scuba trip, with bull sharks, local reefs, guide quality, pricing, equipment costs, and booking tips.

“We did a boat dive in Playa and Cozumel. Bediving were very easy to work with and very thorough. We also did a refresher course with them before diving. We highly recommend using them if you’re in the area.”

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2-Tank Morning or Afternoon Dives in Playa del Carmen certified Divers Only

14.2-Tank Morning or Afternoon Dives in Playa del Carmen certified Divers Only

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 33 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $89

Review of Playa del Carmen’s two-tank reef trip, with morning and afternoon options, costs, depth limits, equipment, and booking tips.

“I have already dived in Playa, and prior to this time, we sailed like 10-15mins to see tons of healthty coral, fishes.. however this time they decided to stay in a crowded spot just in front main beach.. we saw almost nothing.. Besides, they were not very friendly.”

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