DIVER COMMENTS

Hometown: Lakeville, MN, USA

Dive trip thanks from Casey & Kim... I apologize that it has taken so long to write. It has been over two weeks since our return from Puerto Aventuras and our week with Dive Aventuras and we wish we never had to leave. The diving was wonderful. The Dive shop was inviting. The staff is personable. knowledgeable, friendly, caring, attentive, professional, and just plain fun to dive with.

We take a least two dive trips every year and have been diving in great diving spots like Cozumel and the Bloody Bay Wall of Little Cayman. Our experience with Dive Aventuras is on par with the best. Your customer care and professionalism is an example that other dive shops can learn from.
Thank You again and hope to see you again soon.

Casey & Kim Seabright

Dive dates: Dec 27-31, 2006
Hometown: Michigan, USA

What a great week of diving! Your operation is first class. Thank you to Mauricio for all of the wonderful dives that you led. Also great help from Julio and YuPit. Have a great year and we will see you again.

John, Stacey, Bruce and Kay

Dive dates: July/August 2006
Hometown: Ipswich, England

Just returned from 2 weeks in mexico. learned to dive with the gang and it was all 1st class. saw turtles sharks sting rays barracuda and eels. brilliant cant wait to get back

Mark Clements

Dive date: 8 TH AUG. 2006
Hometown: DUNEDIN FLORIDA, USA

THANKS AGAIN FOR THE DIVE ON SANTOS REEF , WHAT A PROFESIONAL OUTFIT , ALL DIVE GEAR ALL FITTED AND WORKED , THAT'S USUALY A CHALLENGE , THE DIVE MASTER WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND GREAT TO DIVE WITH , A VERY RELAXING DIVE , I HOPE TO COME BACK ONE DAY FOR A LONGER STAY , BUT FOR A CRUISE SHIP PASSANGER YOU WERE IDEAL , THE DIVE WAS AT THE TIME SAID AND I WAS BACK IN TIME TO RETURN TO THE SHIP , IT WAS AN ENJOYABLE DAY , THANKS AGAIN....

BRYAN MASON

Dive date: 7/5/06
Hometown: Mansfield, Tx, USA

Just wanted to drop a quick line and say thanks for the wonderful experience. It was my wife's very first ocean dive, and your staff made it a fantastic experience for her, and from the beginning I felt she was in good hands. We both had two amazing dives, and look forward to returning next year (if not sooner!) to dive with your shop again!

Chris H.

Dive date: Dec., 2005
Hometown: Durango, CO, USA

Hello to you in paradise!! Last Dec. my husband and I completed our certification with you guys and we can't wait to get back. We have told everyone that would listen what a great company you are and how nice everyone was. So we are now planning for return the first part of Dec. this year and bringing our son-in-law to dive with us. We will be spending our time with you in the ocean! Will see you in Dec. and hope the hurricanes leave you alone this season.

Kryn Howell

Dive date: 5/29/06, 6/1/06
Hometown: Chicago, IL, USA

I just wanted to thank the staff there at Dive Aventuras. It was my second time diving with them, and as a Divemaster here in Chicago they are the only shop I recommend to our students. Thanks to Mario for the great cenote dives ( again :) ) and thanks to Nils for the shirt :) Hope to see you guys sometime soon!

Rudy Fasouliotis

Dive dates: May 28 - June 2, 2006
Hometown: Indiana, USA

Over the course of 5 days we did 9 dives: 2 cenotes, a night dive on the reef and 6 other reef dives. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The close proximity of the reef to the dock is certainly a plus, as we are prone to motion sickness and the quick trip to the dive site makes this not an issue. Your staff is great, including the divers, the boat crews and your on-site equipment repair person. We plan to come back in 2007!

Jerry, Salisa and Alexandra

Dive date: Easter, 2006
Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

My wife, self and another couple went to Dive Aventuras over easter of 2006. Our friend was more than a bit apprehensive about her first dive, and 2 of the others were novices. Our instructor, Pedro, did a FANTASTIC job of coaxing her thru the dive, making her actually eager to do it again. He was a fantastic instructor, and his patience seemed limitless, even with the small kids in the pool who wanted to mess around with our tanks/regulators during instruction. A huge thanks to him, and to the rest of you who made our first salt water dive a wonderful experience!

Dave Flack

Dive date: April 18, 2006
Hometown: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Thank you for the great dive experience. We were staying north of Playa but we are happy to have come down & dive with you. Having 5 teenagers along can be a hanfull but it was easy with your organization. Your staff were all very friendly & professional.

We enjoyed the dives and the excitement of the big waves as we exited the harbour! Had some nice close up views of turtles and big crabs. We will certainly dive with you again.

Thanks...Steve, Peter. Les, Sean, Paul, Graham, Lindsay & Emma

Dive dates: November 20 - 25, 2005
Hometown: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Dear Mike, Karen and Everyone,
Thank you so much for making our diving experience in Mexico a great one. The guys in the boats, under water, in the shop, our driver; everyone was so helpful. The relaxed yet professional style of you and all your staff helped make our Mayan Riviera holiday one that we will never forget.

Congratulations on an extremely well-run organization and thanks again.

Dive date: September 1, 2005
Hometown: Sacramento, California, USA

Hola Dive Aventuras, I have to say again you guys are super! Everything looks great after Emily, what a great job everyone is doing. The shop and OMNI looks like nothing happened and the remodeling looks great.

And seeing Mike's friendly face as we drove up to the shop was so welcoming. Renting the car turned out great. Where there is a will there is away.Next time I won't be so far from the shop.

Because of EM I had no choice. The area is beautiful and has lots to see. Below water and above it is just breath taking.

My friend Toni enjoyed talking to everyone and next time she will complete her dive instruction. We went snorkeling at Akumal and I could not get her out of the water.Now she wants to dive so until next time.
Hasta La Vista

Dive date: August 2005
Hometown: Vancouver, Canada

Just a quick thank you to Lucio, Nils & the rest of you guys for a great experience!! We are excited to begin our dives here in British Columbia!
Lucio, thanks for your easy-going style and making sure that we had a good understanding of the material as we went along. We felt safe and had an awesome experience. Thanks again.
Hope to see you again, Kerry & Rob

Dive date: July 3 & 6, 2005
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

What a great experience!!! I did my four open water dives for my open water certification and am now hooked on diving. The sea life was fantastic, the staff at Dive Aventura was wonderful, and everything about the experience was positive.
It was stormy on the day I was supposed to do my last two dives, and the staff was very helpful in rescheduling to fit in my schedule.
During the dives we saw two stingrays- one quiet large, a large sea turtle, a morray eel, and numerous other wonderful creatures. A great place to dive and to learn.

Dive date: June 5 - 9, 2005
Hometown: Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Just wanted to thank Mike and his staff for a great week of diving. You guys really took care of us despite the weather. A few of our group are already planning a return trip next June. Hopefully we can get that night dive in then. See you in June 2006. Mike

Dive date: April 20 - 24, 2005
Hometown: Lancaster, Pa, USA

An absolute wonderful experience diving with Dive Aventuras. I went along as my girlfriend and her 11 year old son did their referral dives. Thanks to the whole crew for all their help, and a special thanks to Luciano for his patience with her son. Thanks to Luciano we all are certified and enjoying local diving.

We just made reservations for a return trip to Mexico, and we will definately be diving with Dive Adventurous again. So to Luciano and the whole crew, we will see you in November!!!!!

And oh yeah, I want to thank the crew for finding and holding my lost U/W camera until I was able to pick it up

Dive date: June 21, 23, 2005
Hometown: Auburn, NH

My daughter and I took our final 4 open water dive tests here while we were on vacation with my family for a reunion. We had Oscar as our instructor and he was the Best. My daughter is 12 but very good in the water. Oscar was specific in his instructions and we learned more while we were testing. The review of how to use the compass was more in depth than what we did our pool time in NH.

I was impressed with the thoroughness and responsibility of the shop. Three other people in my family wanted to dive once with us but they had not dived for 5 years. Dive Aventuras stressed the importance of safety and set them up with a refresher course on the spot before their dive. My dad said it was well-worth it. Then we all dove together. We saw a very large Moray eel and some barracuda.

I fully recommend this shop. It is conscientious and carried the PADI certification in good form.

Hometown: Inverness, Scotland

Hi guys, Just a quick note to say how much I enjoyed diving with you and to say how glad I was to have picked you. I was fortunate enough to do 4 dives with Monica, 2 with Luiz and 2 in the cenote with Mario and enjoyed every single one.

Your guides are a credit to you and I found them all to be very extremely competent but also very friendly which made the experience much more relaxing.I must admit to being a bit apprehensive whenever I go into any new dive shop for the first time but found everyone to be very friendly and they obviously were familiar with people like me as the first thing they said was take a seat and your guide will get you sorted for everything which took a lot of the stress away.
Thanks once again, Leighton Hall, Currently 10 degrees C°

Divedate: 13-25/05/05
Hometown: Fareham, Hampshire, England

A big thank you to everyone - guides, shop staff, boat crew and drivers - it was a real pleasure diving with you. Dive Aventuras provide a great dive centre, making the whole experience relaxed and fun, just as it should be.

Special thanks to Jean Luc and Rafa who led most of my dives and spotted a lot of stuff I wouldn't have seen. Hope Nils and Debbie enjoy Marsa and Rafa has fun in the Pacific.
-Thanks again, Dave Medhurst

Divedate: May 25th, 2005
hometown: Greenville, Indiana

Greetings one and all: The folks at Dive Aventuras are the best - Excellent customer service and safety conscious. A special thanks to Karen Doody for her professionalism in addressing our concerns and making our dive truely memorable. We will be back!
-Thanks for a great time.

Hi everyone at Dive Aventuras!
Myself and Jason would like to say a big thank-you to all involved in making our diving such a success. I would personally like to thank Debbie for arranging the booking and Jason would like to thank all of you for making it possible.

He enjoyed every minute of it and cant stop talking about all the things he saw! We now have five sets of under water photos to look through!!! He is looking forward to diving with his friend who is also an open water certified diver.( its a little bit scary that they have been let loose in the sea!!!). Hopefully we will return to you in the near future ( I want to come back now as i loved mexico so much and didnt want to leave to come back to chilly england!).I am feeling very depressed now as i am back at work and in england!!!! boo hoo!!! i miss mexico!!! Once again thank you for all your help and kindness,
-Take care, Natasha Skipp and Jason Stephenson (open water diver!!!) xxx

Dive Dates April 18th, 2005
Hometown: Weston, Connecticut, USA

My name is Tess and I am 11 years old. This April I did my second dive with Dive Aventuras. My instructor was John Paul. John Paul and I carefully reviewed my skills from my last dive, so that by the time that we were in open water, I was perfectly comfortable. Diving with Dive Aventuras was a great experience and I would highly reccomend it.
Tess

Hometown: England

Hi everyone at Dive Aventuras!
Myself and Jason would like to say a big thank-you to all involved in making our diving such a success. I would personally like to thank Debbie for arranging the booking and Jason would like to thank all of you for making it possible. He enjoyed every minute of it and cant stop talking about all the things he saw!

We now have five sets of under water photos to look through!!! He is looking forward to diving with his friend who is also an open water certified diver.( its a little bit scary that they have been let loose in the sea!!!). Hopefully we will return to you in the near future.

I want to come back now as I loved mexico so much and didn't want to leave to come back to chilly england! I am feeling very depressed now as I am back at work and in England!!!! boo hoo!!! i miss mexico!!! Once again thank you for all your help and kindness. Take care.

Natasha Skipp and Jason Stephenson( open water diver!!!) xxx

I just wanted to send a note to say thanks for the wonderful dives!! Tony and I really enjoyed ourselves. Our guides (Martin and Lucian, hope I spelled his name correctly) were great. They went out of their way to show us the wild life and were very professional at their jobs. We would also like to thank Mario for the great cenotes dives. They were beautfiul!!
You have a wonderful crew working for your company and I hope to see you all when we dive again next year. Speaking of next year, our family wants to stay at Moon Palace next March. Do you own a dive shop anywhere near there???

Thanks again!!!!! Debbie Porkarski

Dive Date: Jan, 2005
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA USA

Dive Date: 1/24, 26/05
Hometown: Roaoke, IL, USA

Great people to dive with! Some in our group were first time divers, and the dive masters were very helpful and patient. Did two tank dives on different days, four locations. Beautiful reef, many fish, manta rays... great visibility. They give personal attention and will dive in small groups- first day we had 4, second day only 3.

Left my credit card at their shop, and they kept it in their safe until I discovered it missing and tracked it down. You can't do better than this!

Dive Date: May 2002 & April 2003
Hometown: Seattle, Washington, USA

Just wanted to send a great big, long overdue, THANK YOU to all at Dive Aventuras!!! From our first dive trip with your shop, we knew we'd found the *best* in the area. So we went back for another two weeks and had the time of our lives...again! The staff is the most professional and friendly bunch we've had the pleasure of knowing. We grew especially fond of our buddy Andres, whose humor reflects our own. The night dive with him was quite the cool adventure and whenever we see a full moon, we now say, "Andres is probably diving tonight." We had to cancel last year's trip because of surgery, but I laid in my hospital bed thinking about diving there - no joke! Paul and I are excited to go back ASAP. We highly recommend Dive Aventuras to all our dive peeps!! :)
-Leanne

Dear All (at the shop - for it is a joint effort), Thank you for the good time we had recently. Back here in England the water is currently 50°F (10°C), and due to recent rough weather the viz is half a metre. Glad I don't own a dive shop in this country. Your Customer Care = 100%. Well done.With kind regards,
Andrew ©¿©¬PADI Divemaster #623256

Dive Date: January 12, 2005
Hometown: Grand Haven, Michigan

Dear Friends:
Just wanted to write and tell you I had a great experience diving with you. Al and Marteen (sorry about the spelling) did a great job of taking care of me. I hadn't done scuba since my honeymoon some 23 years ago. It was great to get back in touch with the underwater world. Here's hoping that I will visit you again sometime in the future.
Regards,
Bill Snitcher Linthicum, MD USA

Dive Date: December 28 - 29, 2004

Just a note to say thanks for some great dive memories-- your shop is by far the best we have experienced in our family outings-- very professional-- if you ever need any recommendations please let me know so we can help spread the word-- we will be back in the future-- thanks again --
Sincerly the Sack Family Divers!!!

Dive Date: November 9 - 15, 2004
Hometown: Del Rio Texas

I must say that after diving with Dive Adventuras it is going to be hard finding a shop with the high caliber divemasters and owners. When we got to the hotel Tueday night I told my wife well here we are and we forgot to arrange Wed diving for the morning before we left home. We had planned to go to the shop in the morning, but at 7:30AM the phone rang in our room and it was Debbie saying do you want to go diving. Of course there was no need to think about it and she had a vehicle come to the hotel at 8:40 and pick us up. Well Mike and Karen greeted us and introduced us to all of the employees and gave us a tour of the facilities. Before we knew it we were on the boat and diving. We also were able to dive with Mike and Karen and how many owners do that. We had a great time and really enjoyed the week. The Cenotes were amazing and Mario is the best and insured we had a blast. They are so cool and a new chapter in my over 33 years of diving. Thanks so much for the hospitality. Trisha enjoyed diving with Karen and a chance to take lots of pictures.

Dive Date: November, 2004
Hometown: Grand Haven, Michigan

We want to say Thank You to all of the staff at Dive Aventuras. We were rookie divers when we took our trip to Mexico this year, but with your help we were able to feel very comfortable in our week of diving. When we walked into your shop on the first day my wife identified herself as a "Big Baby" and dispite being a bit apprehensive about diving she had a great time. On our first dive ever outside of our certification classes (which were in Michigan in 50 degree water with 5 feet if visability) her regulator free flowed, and the dive master with us made sure that she was safe but also ready to dive again that same day. Aside from the great staff we saw tons of cool stuff and had a great time. We will see you again soon. Thanks Again.

Dive Date: November 1 - 10, 2004
Hometown: Portland, Oregon, USA
I would like to thank all of you for a great dive trip. Terry Abbott and I enjoyed the salt and the fresh water. Your crew was top notch and ive told all my friends that this is a very good value and a fun place to come. Im sure ill be back soon. Thanks Joe.

Dive Date: September 22&24, 2004
Hometown: Alliston, Ontario, Canada

Hi guy's my name is John Bulgin and I just want to thank you for the 4 dives I had with you. It was outstanding, the Cedam caves awesome, that just made my vaction perfect it was so peacefull down there. I did the Cedam caves two times, the other dives were Vero's garden and Santos "out standing" again thank's guy's I will be back next year.
John Bulgin

Dive Date: August 20-26, 2004
Hometown: Chico, CA, U.S.A.

My wife and I did 10 ocean dives including two in Cozumel and we did a two tank dive in a Cenote. We had the best time ever. We felt our vacation would have been very boring if we did not dive and Dive Aventuras did an exceptional job from the time they picked us up till they dropped us off at the end of our dives. I would highly recommend them to any one thinking of diving in that area. From the staff at the dive shop to the dive masters, boat captains and crew they are all very professional and make each dive very enjoyable. We had a great time and saw everything we wanted and more! We just can’t wait to go back. Thank you to everyone at Dive Aventuras!!

Dive Date: Sept 1-5, 2004
Hometown: Colorado, U.S.A.

What a great vacation! Everyone loved our trip to Aventuras and the experiences we had with the dive shop. You all are great! We rushed over there when we got to town and met Debbie who assured us that everything was in order and all we needed to do was show up. Leslie loved Mario and his passion for the Cenotes and we all agreed that was a great new experience. Diving with Rafa was calming and easy. Both diver masters gave us assurance that we were with people that know a lot about diving. And daily greetings from Mike and the "team Molen" made us all feel right at home. The trip plans you made were all spectacular both in quality and in value. The Catalonia was a really nice place, not too big and not small. The food was good and drinks were available anytime and anywhere you wanted them. The beach and the pools are very nice. We really liked the place. Leslie and I hope to see you again soon. We may bring the same crew or some new folks. I've already passed out some of your brochures and cards. I recommend your diving operations and accommodation assistance highly! You really made a difference in our wonderful experience with the Riviera Maya.
Thank you so much, Mark Molen

Dive Date: 7/11-7/15/2004
Hometown: Brighton, Mi. U.S.A.

My wife and I did 6 ocean dives and a cenote. The ocean dives where fantastic. Rafia, Paco and Mario took good care of us. The sea life was great never will forget the turtles. Thanks for a great week, can' get back fast enough.

Dive Dates: 21, 22 June 2004
Hometown: Chicago, USA

The dives were wonderful. I will do it again when we (Geno and I) return.

Dive Dates: 7-10 Jun 04
Hometown: Bristol, UK

Many thanks to Martin, Pedro and Paco for making my dive experience in Aventuras truly memorable. Its my first time diving and the instructors made it so easy, thanks guys. Your patient, easy going yet enthusiatic approach made sure I could do nothing else but come back after my Discover Scuba Diving and do the Open Water course straight away (luckily my Girlfriend, Denise, paid for the course as a birthday present - (you know Denise - she was the sea sick one!!)). Got to see many turtles, barracuda, ray and a nurse shark. Thanks also to Mike and Karen and the rest of the backroom staff for making it all run so smoothly. Hope to see you again, Steve and Denise.

Dive Dates: Nov 2003 & May 20-22, 2004
Hometown: Chicago, USA

I would like to take time out to compliment the staff. I really enjoy my experience with everyone. Everyone takes time with all divers no matter what experience the diver has. I really like the fact the staff is very attentive. I went with Mike, who was guiding Celine, on my last dive. Mike kept an eye on Celine at all times, even through her many kicks. I must say, that made me feel really good. I am glad that I find Dive Adventuras and I recommend them to anyone who will listen. Thanks guys.

Dive Dates: 4-29-04 to 5-7-04
Hometown: Sacramento, California, USA

I want to tell every dive buddy on our email list about this fantastic dive shop. From the pick up to arriving at the shop these people really have it together.They have great instructors,dive masters, boat masters and all the helpers in the back that make this place Number One. If you have CRS and forgot something, they will help and their shop has a lot of people who are very helpful and interested in you. This place is also very safety conscious and that is a big plus in our book. It also has a variety of diving and if you have a non diver, it could be fun for them also. Just ask or email, you'll get a answer.

Dive Dates:Nov 2003 & May 20-22, 2004
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois, USA

I would like to thank the nice and friendly staff of Dive Adventuras. Every member of Dive Adventuras, from the drivers to the trainers, shows patience and caring with each experience/not so experience diver. The staff makes you feel comfortable and at ease.
     I first took the Discover Scuba course back in November with Martin. After my experience with Martin I went home and took the classroom and pool sessions. Just recently, I completed 2 open water dives with Moni. Thanks Martin, Moni, and Mike see you sometime this year (again).
(AKA Gino' friend from Chicago)

Many thanks for all of your help and friendliness during our stay in Puerto Aventuras, and of course, particularly regarding our diving experiences.
     Alex, you were a very patient certification dive instructor and I appreciated that! We both had a great time in Mexico--both in and out of the water. Thanks again for all....
Sandy Frost and Mike Breen

Dive Dates: May 5-12, 2004
Hometown: Norwich, UK

WOW!!!! What a fantastic holiday we've just had in Mexico, made special by the dives we made with Dive Aventuras!!!
     Every dive's an adventure with Dive Aventuras; You never know just what you'll find... turtles, morays, rays, scorpion fish and sooooo much more!
     Thank you all for being so helpful and friendly, both prior to and during our visit. Big thanks to Al for helping with Liz's first tentative open water dives and to Lucio for all the help with our Advanced Open Water dives... Oh, and the Whale Shark!!!! TERRIFIC!!!!
     We've only been home about 24 hours, and miss you all already. Hope we'll be back soon.....;*)

Dive Date: April 19-30, 2004
Hometown: Seattle, Washington, USA

Just a note to express my sincere gratitude for all you did to make my visit to Puerto with Mark Friedman truly memorable. Karen, your personal touch and concern were great. Debbie, your recommendations and possible future help in the real estate business were super. Nils and Mike, you run a very professional business. All and I mean all of the staff were top notch. Yadi, Raffa, and Andres were especially helpful. Hope to return soon to spend another dive holiday with Mark and the great people in your shop.
Thank you,
Cecil Travis

Dive Date: March 21, 2004
Hometown: Cache, Oklahoma, USA

I wanted to thank ya'll so much for the exciting time we had in Mexico. The scuba diving was definitely one of the highlights of our trip. We dove on Sunday March 21 in the morning. I took the discover class and Kevin went out and dove while I took the class then we went and dove together over in Veros Garden (I think that was the reef). Seeing the mask and snorkel on the bottom made me think of the movie Finding Nemo and the silly song that says 'just keep swimming swimmming, just keep swimming swimming swimming' kept going through my head while we were on that dive.
     The stingray was cool, as well as the king crab and conch and numerous fish. I can't wait to get our pictures back so I can hopefully forward ya'll a good one to use on the trip report. Thank you so much for making part of our vacation a memorable one. We will definitely be back in the future. Super Staff!!!
Tonya and Kevin Mitchell

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