Cave instructor playa del carmen?

[Mr.337]

I'm looking for a cave instructor in playa del carmen. Who do you recommend and days I should plan to be there to complete.

I'm sidemount,AOW,Deep, Advanced Nitrox cert who fell in love with cavern diving years back. I got sidemount certified with the end goal being full cave.

I will be there for a week Aug 26-sept2 with wife and friends for fun dives. But I'll be coming back solo Sept 9-15 for either this training or hit every single cenote I can on those days.

I just am not sure if it's feasible to go from cavern->intro cave->full cave within the time period I have set aside. If need be I can always do cavern and intro to cave and finish full cave another time too.

Thanks guys

 

[LP85]

Highly recommend the team at Protec. They operate out of both Tulum and PDC.

Alternately, do Fundies and then GUE Cave 1 with either Chris, Kelvin, or Jon Kieren.

Anyone based out of Tulum can meet halfway, since there's a **** ton of cenotes north of Tulum/south of PDC.

For Sidemount, Protec is king.

 

[Tracy]

I can personally recommend Jon Kieren or Kelvin Davidson, I have done training with both of them.
I would also recommend Roger Williams, I have not personally trained with him, but a couple of friends have and hold him in high regard. I also consider him a friend and stay at he and his wife Nelly's bed and breakfast when I am in the area diving.

https://www.xoc-ha.com/

 

[Mr.337]

I can personally recommend Jon Kieren or Kelvin Davidson, I have done training with both of them.
I would also recommend Roger Williams, I have not personally trained with him, but a couple of friends have and hold him in high regard. I also consider him a friend and stay at he and his wife Nelly's bed and breakfast when I am in the area diving.

https://www.xoc-ha.com/

Awesome I look them up!

 

[Jayfarmlaw]

Martin at Cenote Xperience in Playa. Probably the best diver I have ever seen and his passion for the caves is contagious. He and his brother own the shop.

CenoteXperience - Cavern, Cave and Ocean Diving in Playa del Carmen Yucatan Mexico - Home

Good luck,
Jay

 

[TheScubaPanda]

You can also look into Under the Jungle. I feel they have a very serious, and less "Bro attitude" compared to other shops. Depends on what you look for.

 

[Mr.337]

Martin at Cenote Xperience in Playa. Probably the best diver I have ever seen and his passion for the caves is contagious. He and his brother own the shop.

CenoteXperience - Cavern, Cave and Ocean Diving in Playa del Carmen Yucatan Mexico - Home

Good luck,
Jay

thanks I'll check him out also!

 

[Mr.337]

You can also look into Under the Jungle. I feel they have a very serious, and less "Bro attitude" compared to other shops. Depends on what you look for.

Cool i'll look at them aswell

 

[Mr.337]

Highly recommend the team at Protec. They operate out of both Tulum and PDC.

Alternately, do Fundies and then GUE Cave 1 with either Chris, Kelvin, or Jon Kieren.

Anyone based out of Tulum can meet halfway, since there's a **** ton of cenotes north of Tulum/south of PDC.

For Sidemount, Protec is king.

I'm leaning more towards Protec since i also use a Xdeep stealth harness and would love to possibly tweak the setup with Patrick or someone there.

 

[halocline]

I would definitely talk to Nat or Vince at underthejungle. The shop is at the entrance to Tajma Ha, about 15 minutes south of playa. These are really excellent instructors for both sidemount and cave training.