PADI Dive Center · Cozumel · Since 1980
Careyitos Divers has been serving this island and the diving community since 1980. Two divemasters for a maximum of eight divers, dives that end when your air ends, and ninety minutes of real lunch in between.
PADI Dive Center · Cozumel · Since 1980
None of this is a promotion. It is simply how Ricardo has run the boat since he started, and it is why people who dive with us once tend to come back with their children.
We prefer groups of no more than eight divers with two divemasters. Filling more seats would be easy and it would ruin the thing people come here for.
Our dives are not limited by time. They are only limited by your own air consumption. Nobody gets called up because a schedule says the hour is over.
We will not choose dive sites that are inappropriate for the experience of our divers. Tell us honestly where you are and we will put you somewhere you will enjoy.
Our average speed is ten to twelve knots, because high speeds are hard on the creatures that live here. The ride out is part of the day rather than something to endure.
Dives
Seven ways to get in the water with us, from a single afternoon to a professional rating. Prices are per person in US dollars, exactly as they are quoted on the dock.
DivesOur everyday trip and the reason most people come back. Two dives on the reefs of Cozumel, ninety minutes of lunch on the boat in between, and never more than eight divers with two divemasters.
From$100per diver
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DivesOne dive after dark on a shallow reef, when the octopus, lobster and sleeping parrotfish come out and the daytime boats have all gone home.
From$75per diver
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CoursesThe full entry level certification, taught by PADI instructors on our own boat. Theory, confined water skills, then four open water dives on the reef.
From$450per student
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Reserve your place online with a deposit and settle the rest when you arrive. No accounts, no hidden fees, and a real person on the other end.
Choose a dive or a course and a departure date that suits you. Availability on the calendar is live, so what you see is what is left on the boat.
A 25 percent deposit holds your place. You will get a confirmation with your reference and the exact balance owing, in writing.
Arrive at the boat between 8am and 9am with your certification card. We will have your tanks, your weights and your lunch already loaded.
Pay the remaining balance at the dock in cash or by card on the day you dive. Nothing else is taken from you before then.
About
A 38 foot Bertram with twin engines, a large sundeck, a bathroom on board and enough room to stretch out between dives. It is not a cattle boat and it is not trying to be.
After the first dive we head back toward shore for lunch, which is a proper spread rather than a bag of crisps. Purified water, fresh fruit, guacamole, chips, tuna salad, turkey, ham, fresh bread, crackers, cheese and salsa, with cookies for dessert.
The surface interval is ninety minutes. You eat, you sit in the sun, you talk to the crew, and then you get back in the water properly rested rather than gasping to make a schedule.
Reviews
These are real reviews left on TripAdvisor by people who dived with us. Each one links to its original page so you can read the whole thing yourself.
Some of the most informative, helpful and pleasant people to be around while diving.
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Read this review on TripAdvisorRicardo is the best diver on the island and floats weightlessly through the reefs showing you all the amazing formations and aquatic life.
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Read this review on TripAdvisorAlways provided the very best experiences, not only in Cozumel, but compared to the rest of our dive experiences throughout the world.
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Read this review on TripAdvisorTell us when you are on the island and how much diving you have done, and we will put you on the right boat with the right people.
