Discover Scuba experience at Las Caletas, Puerto Vallarta

Was very skeptical that we’d have a good time but I can say this, I now love dolphins even more!! What a great experience! Roxy our guide in the water and Yoko our 3 year old dolphin made our whole trip that day. If you don’t already love dolphins you will absolutely enjoy this experience and will come away with a real appreciation of the intelligence and gentle nature of these creatures and if you already love them you will now be dreaming of them with a happier heart. A must do and we’ll now be bringing our grandchildren and children on this excursion…for sure!

Booked a Catamaran trip with the NCL Bliss cruise and brought my PADI Open Water Certification card with me. Instead of snorkeling I asked Hugo the Divemaster if I could join them on the scuba dive. Since there were enough tanks and equipment he signed me up on the boat and processed a payment as we motored to the dive site. I was given a scuba refresher course with personalized instruction from the Divemaster Hugo since it was longer than 12 months since my last dive. The dive was very easy and the instruction was simple, yet thorough and the instructor gave confidence to the divers to perform the shallow dive (40 feet) effortlessly. We completed a decompression stop for 3 minutes on the way up as a formality and then swam approx. 50 meters on the surface back to the boat because of a very strong current driving us away. I would recommend Puerto Vallarta Adventures and Hugo the Divemaster as an excellent provider of services. Good luck Scuba divers!

Beautiful experience diving in the Caletas, our instructor Fernando always watching us, was showing us the aquatic life of the place. We had good visibility and calm sea. Diving starts from a shallow dock so it's ideal for all experience levels. If they have never dived or are not certified right there you can take the class and rent the equipment and the instructor takes care of you at all times. Bring extra money for tips that truly deserve it and photos of this goddess experience. The food and service are very good, our waitress Brenda with a nice smile and very friendly. Our bartender on David beach very friendly and prepares some very good red skies! We also enjoyed the meeting with animals, by Paty super professional explained the conservation programs that have of macaws for example among other things. We also interacted with a family of super cute Lemurs with their coach Asminda and then spent the squirrel monkeys with their coach Miroslava who also made the experience very enjoyable. I am happy to see how all the little animals have them in optimal condition and have their times to walk freely in the wild. We also climbed into the wave pool in charge of José, super friendly gave us the instructions and equipment for the thiolese that lands in the sea. It is certainly an experience worth returning to! Thank you so much for your attention.

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To start off my husband and I went to the wrong location and got there late. Despite of that, they took such good care of us and still got us to the right place. Nicco ensured us many times and checked in with us to make sure we got to the right place. We were both very appreciative of that. Once we got there, it was a very quick and thorough lessen. They are very knowledgeable and gave great instructions. This was both our first time ever scuba diving and it was such a good experience. You got about an hour dive and got to see lots of fish and other things. Really great for a first time experience. Then once we were done it was nice to celebrate with Pina coladas on the island. Thanks so much Nicco for checking an item off my husband's bucket list.

We went through the beginner lessons with Gustavo at the Grand Velas - he was absolutely amazing! We had adults and kids in the lesson and he was funny and engaging - it's not easy to keep the young ones interested. Most importantly, he was patient and worked with our son who was having trouble with some of the skills - Gustavo knew exactly when to step back and when to push our son - he's really an amazing instructor. Our son felt very comfortable with Gustavo - highly recommended if you're staying there.

My husband and I had such a great time at the very beginning. He was a little bit anxious, but our instructor, a great job of teaching him and he ended up having a wonderful time and wants to do it again.

The water was so murky you couldn't see ,Jellyfish everywhere. It's a joke ,dont spend your money to go on this. We were doing introductory scuba .Go somewhere else.

Totally awesome, everyone from the boat to the island was fantastic. We saw dolphins from the boat and rays along with a ton of other fish under the water. I can not wait to go back and do it again.

One of the best scuba dives we have had. Turtles. Fish. And so much more. Great guides and water visibility

From reading the description, I thought this was a 7 hour intro to scuba adventure. The truth is it's mostly a long tourist boat ride to Las Caletas for a short 10 minute instruction and a 40 minute dive. For a novice like myself it was very intimidating to have a brief instruction, strap on a heavy tank, mask, fins, and get in the ocean without being able to touch ground hoping to remember the brief instruction. If you're new to Vallarta and haven't been to the beach and are interested in taking advantage of all the activities offered as well as a brief dive then you may find this enjoyable. Just be aware that scuba is absolutely not the focus of this "adventure" and certainly not worth the extra cost over what other people paid to come and enjoy all the same beach activities for much less.