Private Scuba Diving Puerto Vallarta Undersea

We went with Jonathan and Eric on a solo scuba diving adventure. It was awesome we loved the trip we were well taken care of. We received great instruction on diving and we saw a lot of marine life.

We have done many Discover Scuba Dives all over the Caribbean but this would be our first in the Mexican Riviera. There was good communication between the dive shop and decided to book with them. We did have an issue with us coming by cruise ship and our time was different than ours and they threatened to leave us, but they ended up waiting...thank goodness! The boat dock to go out was close by and off we went. Along the way we did see a few whales and they stopped for us to get some pictures. We arrived at our dive spot at Los Arcos, but we weren't very close to the arch like I had pictured. We had a brand new diver with us and he was very scared and didn't make it very far before having to go back. I think it was a combination of the freezing cold water and it being extremely green. We went on with our swim and it was "ok" but not exactly what I had expected. The most amazing thing was there were TONS of puffer fish. They were just everywhere. Once our dive was over, we were told we were going to the next dive spot. I had no idea this was happening...but it was over by the arch!! I was excited. This is where we wanted to go to begin with. This was THE MOST AMAZING EXPERIENCE ever! The amount of fish that we were able to see (and they are much different than what you'll find in the Caribbean) made us completely forget about just how cold the water was (they provided wet suits although mine was torn and leaked water). We seen a large group of stingrays, multiple eels, Angelfish, Mexican Hogfish, Butterfly fish, Giant Damsels, Wrasse, Razor Surgeonfish in large groups, orange cup coral, King Angelfish, Barberfish, Cortez Angelfish, Groupers, Spotted Boxfish, Pipefish, White Spotted Puffers, Porcupine Puffers, Spotfin Puffers, Moorish Idols, Blue Triggerfish, Panama Porkfish, spotted Eagle Ray, starfish and the list goes on. The most amazing dive...seriously. (The water gets warmer in area by the arch). If you come to Puerto Vallarta, you have to go diving here! Our dive instructor was amazing and we even lost our GoPro on the way back and he was able to retrieve it for us. We would definitely use them again in the future. The only suggestion I would have is to take the Discover Scuba directly to the arch and skip the other (first) half. I would have much rather went diving twice directly at the Arch than the other place.

Carlos is wonderful! We had a nervous diver and he held her hand on both dives! She normally cannot complete a dive but he made her so comfortable in the water! Thank you Carlos!