I stayed at the Viva Maya when I was there. They have a dive shop right on site. I dove with them the first two days, doing a boat dive and diving the cenotes, and had a really great time. They were super nice. I came down with a miserable cold 3 days into the trip, and had to cancel the rest of my planned dives. There was a no refund policy and they weren’t allowed to give me a cash refund for the dives I missed, but they did give me merchandise of comparative value, which I thought was really nice of them since I wasn’t expecting to get anything.

I only went the one time, so I don’t have anything (negative or positive) to say about any of the other hotels or dive operators.

Hi Miss Sarah

I stayed at the RIU Palace in Playa. It was very new at the time { about 2 years ago}. It was wonderful, great food, great pool, nice beach. I dove with a group called " Scuba Caribe". They were a fantastic outfit. We went to the cenotes, Cozumel and also dove off the hotel beach { very cool dive, saw a school of about 100 Tarpon}. I would definitley stay there again and dive with Scuba Caribe again. I hope you have a great time.

Tom

Hi Miss Sarah

I have no trips planned right now, need to watch the budget. I hope to go on a trip in 09. I hope you have fun in T&C.