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Recreational diving courses in Playa del Carmen
Refresh Program
Are you certified but haven’t been diving for some time? With our update course you can recover your skills.
Open Water Diver
You just need to spend 3 amazing days with us to become a diver.
Advanced Open Water
If you are already certified as Open Water Diver, join the Advanced Diver Course.
Stress and Rescue course
Do you want to become a Rescue Diver? Spend three days with us learning from our professional PADI or SSI instructors.
Deep diving specialty course
A course lasting only two days, where you will learn the techniques for diving in a depth range of 18 to 40 meters.
Nitrox specialty course
Do you want to enjoy the seabed for a longer time? Sign up for our 1 to 2 days course and you will learn the benefits of Nitrox diving.
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Technical diving courses in Playa del Carmen
TDI Sidemount specialty
Take the first step to become a Technical Diver. Don’t miss the TDI Sidemount specialty course! Increase your safety by wearing “double gas”.
TDI Advanced Nitrox
Keep moving forward in technical diving! If you have already started in this type of diving, take the next step and do not miss our TDI Advanced Nitrox course in the Mayan Riviera.
TDI decompression
Do you want to expand your maximum depth and exceed the no-decompression limit? Sign up for our TDI Decompression course in the seas and cenotes of Playa del Carmen!
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Diving tours
Cenotes and Caves
Certified divers can join us in cenote and cavern dives with our professional instructors with Full Cave title, with a maximum of 4 people per group.
Playa del Carmen Reef
Come and check out the second largest coral reef in the world. Immerse yourself in the warm waters of Playa del Carmen and the Mayan Riviera and discover its wonderful reef full of marine life.
Bull sharks
Between November and March, specimens of bull shark approach the reefs of Playa del Carmen to give birth to their young and leave them in an area protected from other predators.
Cozumel reef
Once again our team of professionals takes you to a trip to the island of Cozumel, to perform unforgettable dives. Immerse yourself in its crystalline waters of spectacular visibility.
Caverns and Caves
Mexico has the largest systems of caverns and flooded caves in the world. This area is the Mecca for cave divers!
Underwater Museum
Galería Manchones is located almost 10 meters deep in the waters between Isla Mujeres and Cancun. More than 400 pieces of marine concrete are home to species such as sea urchins, angel fish, sea lobsters and turtles.
About us
Pura Vida Diving, a diving school founded in April of 2012 in Koh Tao, Thailand. A group of professionals willing to realize a dream, easygoing people, people who every day demonstrate their passion for the ocean’s nature and enjoy transmitting it to the people around them in an enthusiastic way.
Pura Vida Diving
Our store
5th Av. between 48th and 50th St.
Mza 266, Lote 002, Col. Luis Donado Colosio
Playa del Carmen
Working hours
Monday – Sunday: 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.