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Sea Ventures/ VRBO   Fajardo   "Labor Day trip"
This trip was a last minute decision, only did 2 dive trips with them due to it being a holiday weekend. The marina was a madhous... Full report  
1 stars
4 stars  
11/2023   Francis Loncar
250+ Dives
 
Sea Ventures/ VRBO   Fajardo   "Labor Day trip"
This trip was a last minute decision, only did 2 dive trips with them due to it being a holiday weekend. The marina was a madhous... Full report  
1 stars
4 stars  
11/2023   Francis Loncar
250+ Dives
 
Juliet Sailing and Diving LiveAboard Mona Island, Monita, Desecheo.   "High adventure at this destination."
There are several Undercurrent reviews of Juliet in Bimini. This review is for the autumn 2022 Mona Island, PR, cruise. The good... Full report  
4 stars
1 stars  
12/2022   Mary Adams
500+ Dives
 
Rincon Diving and Snorkeling   Rincon   "Shore Diving in Rincon Puerto Rico"
This shop specializes in shore diving in the Rincon area. Although you can easily dive without a guide in this area, it is recomm... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
2/2022   Mark Hendry
1000+ Dives
 
Aquatic Adventures / Villa Boheme   Culebra   "No crowds, great sites"
Most of my dives were just captain/ guide Taz and me. Three divers were the most we had at a time, though the boat will accommodate... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
11/2021   Emmette Murkett
1000+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Sea Ventures/ Pena Mar Ocean Club Full report   Fajardo   "Two days of diving before Hurricane Maria"
This was our first trip to Puerto Rico. It was right after hurricane Irma. We were in frequent communication with the dive operato... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
9/2017   Joanne Dunn
100+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Sea Ventures/ Pena Mar Ocean Club Full report   Fajardo   "Two days of diving before Hurricane Maria"
This was our first trip to Puerto Rico. It was right after hurricane Irma. We were in frequent communication with the dive operato... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
9/2017   Joanne Dunn
100+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Culebra Divers/ Emma's By the Sea Full report   Culebra   "First class dive operation"
We found Culebra Divers to be a first class operation. The dive boat is very seaworthy, fast and quite comfortable. It is powere... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2017   Hugh E Aaron
500+ Dives
3Helpful vote(s) received
Isla Nena Scuba Full report   Vieques   "Conscientious owner operators w/nice Caribbean dive sites"
I regularly travel to the south east part of mainland PR (Palmas Del Mar) to visit family and do a little diving. I've logged 200+... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
1/2017   Mark Zahorik
500+ Dives
 
Island Scuba Full report   Guanica   "Very good dive operation on SW part of island"
I visit PR several times each winter and have logged 200+ dives there over the last 15 years. As an aside, my ranking of the best... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
1/2017   Mark Zahorik
500+ Dives
 
Island Scuba Full report   Guanica   "Island Scuba of Guanica"
The dive operation was well run by a husband and wife team. Not a large boat, but sufficiently equipped for the three divers. It w... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
8/2015   Al Underbrink
500+ Dives
 
Sea Ventures/ N/A Full report   Fajardo   "Sea Ventures "
Small dive shop with a short drive (half mile) to the marina. Had to carry dive gear about 100 yards to the boat. The boat was spa... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
8/2015   Al Underbrink
500+ Dives
 
Culebra Divers/ Villa Pelicano Full report   Culebra   "Culebra, relaxed island good diving"
Our second trip to Culebra, Todd, Walter and staff are great. They are not used to individuals diving for a week, but it is worth ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2015   Diane Cranor
500+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Island Scuba/ N/A Full report   South coast wall   "Island Divers"
I would generally echo the other reports I saw here - that's why I chose this friendly husband and wife operation. They have a sm... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
3/2015   Mike
100+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Julliet Sailing Full report LiveAboard [Mona Island   "Mona Island"
The good: 10 dives on Monita [probably the best dives in the Caribbean]. Mona had very good diving on one side of the island, but ... Full report  
4 stars
1 stars  
12/2014   Jeff Moore
1000+ Dives
 
Island Divers Full report   Guanica   "Very good dive trip."
A well- run, friendly husband and wife operation. Very clean boat and dive shop. Highly recommended. ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
11/2014   Gabriel I. Penagaricano
500+ Dives
 
Casa Del Mar/ El Conquistador Full report   Fajardo   I travel to Puerto Rico at least 3 times every year to escape Chicago's harsh winters & visit my wife's parents. On every trip I... Full report  
2 stars
3 stars  
1/2014   Mark Zahorik
500+ Dives
 
Casa Del Mar Dive Center Full report   Culebra Island, Puerto Rico   Casa Del Mar Dive Center is located in Fajardo on the East side of Puerto Rico. They offer a half day trip to Culebra Island. The ... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
9/2013   Penny Nielsen
100+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Taino Divers/ Sunset Paradise Villa Full report   Rincon   Rincon and PR are not what I consider dive destinations. We visited with family primarily for surfing. For a break we decided to tr... Full report  
2 stars
3 stars  
2/2013   D Burke Haskins
250+ Dives
 
Island Scuba/ Parador Guanica 1929 Full report   Guanica   Pedro and Nayda run/ own the dive shop, and they are very anxious to take care of the divers needs. They provided beverages and sn... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
5/2012   Joan Wilson
500+ Dives
 
MV Spree Full report LiveAboard Mona Island and Desecheo Islan   I did a 5 day liveaboard on the MV Spree to Mona and Desecheo Islands of Puerto Rico out of Mayaque. I had wanted to dive Mona for... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
4/2012   Brent Barnes
250+ Dives
 
Nan-Sea Charters/ Evamer Full report   Vieques   Vieques was great. Nan- Sea Charters was a big part of the good time we had. This was our first time in Vieques. We rented a... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
3/2012   William Parks
100+ Dives
 
Island Scuba/ Copamarina Full report   Southwestern   This is one of the undiscovered jewels of the Caribbean! Make no mistake, this is not a convenient spot to reach (2 hr drive from... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
2/2011   Carol Keller
250+ Dives
 
Paradise Scuba & Snorkeling/ Parador Villa Parguera Full report   La Parguera   I recently completed a five day dive trip in La Parguera, Puerto Rico with Paradise Scuba and Snorkling and want to provide an ove... Full report  
3 stars
5 stars  
12/2010   Jeffrey S. Levine
250+ Dives
 
West Divers/ Mary Lee's Full report   La Parguera   We intended to use a different dive operator at the only large resort Copa Marina. That operator wouldn't return phone calls and ... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
5/2010   barbara young
<100 Dives
 
Dive Copamarina Full report   Southwest Coast   We had planned to get in a day of diving during our pre- Christmas week in San Juan. We chose to dive the south coast after email c... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
12/2009   Sherwood & Judith Smith
1000+ Dives
 
Nekton Full report LiveAboard St. Croix   We just finished the 5- day St. Croix trip on the Nekton Roqual. This was our first liveaboard and I was a bit apprehensive about ... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
9/2009   Doug Dellisanti
250+ Dives
 
Copa Marina Full report   Guanica   Copa Marina Resort is in located in Guanica two hours drive south of San Juan. Excellent service and food, very friendly staff, be... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
6/2009   Hugh and Bonnie Gilmartin
100+ Dives
 
East Puerto Rico Divers Full report   Humacao, Palmas Del Mar   Nice dive operation. Divemaster, owner and captain were very friendly. They took out out with only two people, and let us finish... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
6/2009   Frank Manetta
500+ Dives
 
East Puerto Rico Diving Full report       I live in Chicago and travel regularly (4x year) to visit my wife's family in Puerto Rico. I usually try to squeeze in a few dive... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
4/2009   Mark Zahorik
250+ Dives
 
Nan Sea Divers Full report   Culebra]   The dive was on the wreck of a Navy F3F biplane dive bomber which took off from St. Thomas, USVI on February 14, 1940 and crashed ... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
9/2008   Gabriel I. Penagaricano
500+ Dives
 
Sea Ventures Full report       We made advanced arrangements to dive with Sea Ventures through their website. They have operations at three PR locations. We op... Full report  
2 stars
3 stars  
8/2008   William Ungerman
500+ Dives
 
Sea Ventures/ Parguera Divers/ Copamarina Resort Full report   Guanica   This was our first trip to Puerto Rico. There are several good areas of diving on the island, but the best diving is on the southw... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
10/2007   Brent Barnes
100+ Dives
 
Ocean Sports/ San Juan Marriott Resort Full report   San Juan/Fajardo   We dived one day with Ocean Sports out of Fajardo. We would have dived more days, but the port closed for weather - Ocean Sports ... Full report  
3 stars
5 stars  
8/2007   David Rapp
<100 Dives
 
Casa del Buzo Full report   Desecheo Island   Desecheo island is on the west coast of Puerto Rico, a 2 to 3 hour drive from San Juan and 1: 30 to 2hs boat ride. The island is pr... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
7/2007   Andrea Di Fabio
100+ Dives
 
Taino Divers Full report   Desecheo Island   We spent about a week in PR in late June. The southern part of the island was off the tourist trail and interesting. It looked a l... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
6/2007   Ian Kennedy
100+ Dives
 
Nan-Sea Charters/Blackbear's Sports/ Hix Island House Full report   Vieques Island   Hix Island House promotes themselves as being an eco- lodge, and it is that. It is located in a 13- acre natural refuge of native tr... Full report  
1 stars
2 stars  
4/2007   David Vickery & Suzanne Leeson
500+ Dives
 
Parguera Divers Full report   La Parguera Wall   While attending a big family get together at Rincon, my wife and I decided to drive an hour and a half to the southwestern side of... Full report  
2 stars
3 stars  
11/2006   Mort Rolleston
100+ Dives
 
Tainos Divers Full report   Desecheo Island   While attending a large family get together at Rincon in northwest Puerto Rico, we decided to check out the diving at Desecheo Isl... Full report  
2 stars
4 stars  
11/2006   Mort Rolleston
100+ Dives
 
Seaventures/ Copamarina Full report   southwest   we were pleasantly surprised by the SeaVentures operation and by the resort, Copamarina. The dive shop is nicely equipped and the ... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
8/2006   Joe LeRoy
1000+ Dives
 
parguerra divers/ parador Full report   la parguerra   Excellent dive operation, nice boat, very good diving with great walls, good vis and a good captain and staff, very safety co... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
4/2006   hank goichman
100+ Dives
 
Parguera divers/ local apartment Full report   Parguera Wall (SW)   Angel, Victor and the rest of the crew run a great operation - one of the best we've dove with! Diving is fun, relaxed and safe. ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
1/2006   Mary Herndon
<100 Dives
 
La Parguera Divers Full report   La Parguera   La Parguera Divers (not associated with any resort or hotel) was outstanding in service and safety. Angel, the owner, was boat ca... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
12/2005   June Jefford
<100 Dives
 
Parguera Divers Full report   La Partuera   Parguera Divers is the only operator of the four in the southeast tip of the island having a dive boat built as such. It is fast, ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
12/2005   Gabriel I. Penagaricano
500+ Dives
 
Parguera Divers Full report   La Parguera   Parguera Divers is a very well run operation. The owner, Angel Rovira, and his team did whatever they could to make the trips saf... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
12/2005   Jeffrey S. Levine
100+ Dives
 
Parguera Divers Full report   La Parguera   Parguera Divers is a very well run operation. The owner, Angel Rovira, and his team did whatever they could to make the trips saf... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
12/2005   Jeffrey S. Levine
100+ Dives
 
Sea Ventures/ CopaMarina Full report   Guanica   Second time with Sea Ventures. Catain "Bam Bam" did a great job managing the boat. Good pre dive overview- Has first aid, O2 and l... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
9/2005   Dennis LeTendre
250+ Dives
 
Sea Ventures-Guanica/ Copamarina Full report       First dive is usually off wall- wall starts at 50- 60 feet- goes down to 150 feet- then angles at 180- 200 feet to spill off again to... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
9/2005   Dennis LeTendre
250+ Dives
 
Sea Ventures Dive/ Copamarina Resort Full report   Guanica   Hesitant about PR, but read in UC about southwest coast walls - made package with Copamarina Resort - great price - better accomod... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
4/2005   Bruce Wallace
1000+ Dives
 
Paguera Divers/ Copamarina Full report       PLEASE NOTE: In order to stay at what appeared to be, and was in fact, a pretty nice property, we had decided to book the Copamar... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
3/2005   Bill Parks
100+ Dives
 
Sea Ventures Dive Copamarina/ Copamarina Full report   Guanica   Copamarina Resort dive package is excellent for value. Rooms were very clean with daily maid service. Rooms have rear door walko... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
3/2005   Bruce Wallace
1000+ Dives
 
Parguera Divers Full report   La Parguera   Stayed at the Ponce Hilton (~45 min car ride); the local accomodations rate only 2- 3 and is situated on the waterfront with no bea... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
2/2005   RMK
250+ Dives
 
Nan Sea Charters/ Wyndham Martineau Bay Resort & Spa Full report   Vieques   It had been about six and a half years since my wife and I had been to Vieques (May 1998). Back then, the accomodations were pret... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
11/2004   Ben Blair
250+ Dives
 
Oceans Unlimited Full report   Desecheo   I wish my original report had been published a few years ago! If you go to Puerto Rico, you HAVE to go to the west coast. www. ... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
8/2004   Craig Pino
100+ Dives
 
Oceans Unlimited, Taino Divers, and Parguera Diver/ N/A Full report   West Coast   Puerto Rico's diving is good but not first class and it's expensive ($70 - $90 for a two tank boat dive). I can't recommend going... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
6/2004   Edward Clapp
100+ Dives
 
Sea Ventures Pro Dive Center/ Dive shop only, no resort Full report   Puerto Del Rey   This was a day dive scheduled after arrival in PR and after prior excellent diving at Parguera with another dive operator, some ... Full report  
1 stars
5 stars  
4/2004   Larry Sandusky
100+ Dives
 
Nekton/ Nekton Rorqual Full report   Mona Passage   Accomodations as always on a liveaboard, were tight, but not claustrophobic. Not as many large animals as we expected, but of cou... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
3/2004   Chip Goodhart
500+ Dives
 
La Cueva Submarina Inc./ NA Full report   Isabela   Went to a site called Crash Boat (there isn't much of a boat to see). I was the only diver so Charles Aponte from La Cueva took me... Full report  
1 stars
1 stars  
1/2004   Jolene Eichorn
100+ Dives
 
Ocean Sports Full report   Escambron Beach   It is always a pleasure to dive with Leslie. She can find things that others dive over and will pick the little guys up to show y... Full report  
1 stars
5 stars  
1/2004   Nancy B. Madison
100+ Dives
 
Sea Ventures/ N/A Full report       Sea Ventures is actually the reason why I subscribed to Undercurrent as I was not happy with them at all and I wanted to be able i... Full report  
1 stars
1 stars  
1/2004   Jacques Miller
100+ Dives
 
Parguera Divers/ Dive shop only, no resort Full report   Parguera   Angel (owner) & Matt (dive master) provided excellent support. Dive boat is spacious, clean, well organized, well maintained. ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
12/2003   Larry Sandusky
100+ Dives
 
Sea Ventures/ Copamarina Beach Resort Full report   Guanica   Copamarina Resort is a very well kept property with great grounds. Pools, hot tubs beach etc, were all very clean and comfortable... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
12/2003   Ken Hylander
<100 Dives
 
Parguera Divers Full report   LaParguera   It's always a pleasure diving with Angel. He knows his stuff and doesn't go so fast in the water that all you get to see are his ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
11/2003   Nancy B. Madison
100+ Dives
 
Parguera Divers Full report   LaParguera   Saw another green moray eel, 3 lobsters in one hole, trumpet fish, damsel fish, black durgeon, angelfish (grey and queen) and a se... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
11/2003   Nancy B. Madison
100+ Dives
 
Parguera Divers Full report   LaParguera   The visibility is normally in the 100 foot range but we had rain the day before which dropped it down. Oddly enough, the water wa... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
11/2003   Nancy B. Madison
100+ Dives
 
Parguera Divers Full report   LaParguera   Saw a big turtle on this dive. Also saw some queen angelfish and French angelfish, along with parrotfish of different varities an... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
11/2003   Nancy B. Madison
100+ Dives
 
Ocean Sports Full report   Escambron Beach   I always enjoy diving with Ocean Sports. Although this sight is great for training dives (which this one was) there was a lot to ... Full report  
1 stars
5 stars  
10/2003   Nancy B. Madison
100+ Dives
 
Ocean Sports Full report   San Juan   This is not a sight for experienced divers, they will be too bored. Also, photographers won't see that much unless they are looki... Full report  
1 stars
5 stars  
9/2003   Nancy B. Madison
100+ Dives
 
Ocean Sports/ None Full report   Cerro Gordo   Another good spot for training, although not great for experienced divers who want to see a lot. ... Full report  
1 stars
5 stars  
9/2003   Nancy B. Madison
100+ Dives
 
Ocean Sports Full report   Humacao   The diving was good, there just wasn't much too see. That isn't the fault of the dive shop that I went with as they had just arra... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
9/2003   Nancy B. Madison
100+ Dives
 
Parguera Divers/ Parador Posada Porlamar Full report   Southwest coast/La Parguera   I wish we'd known it was the start of a four- day holiday weekend. Seems like most of San Juan joined us on the road to La Parguer... Full report  
4 stars
1 stars  
7/2003   Karren & Tom Darone
100+ Dives
 
Parguera Divers/ Posada Porlamar/Villa Parguera Full report   Parguera   Porlamar Posada is a wannabe luxury hotel, needs to figure out that service is important. Bar on patio was open, but unstaffed, wh... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
4/2003   John Yasaki
250+ Dives
 
Taino Divers/ Casa Kristina Full report   Rincon   I flew to San Juan from NYC to do a quick weekend in the southern town of Rincon. I rented a big house from a girl named Nicole (... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
4/2003   Ezra Lunde
<100 Dives
 
Caribe Aquatic Adventure/ Intercontinental San Juan Full report       We went to San Juan for a few days in July. Karen & Tony Vega of Caribe Aquatic Adventures have a dive operation with shore dives... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
7/2002   Jon Lamos
<100 Dives
 
Parguera Divers/ Posada Porlamar Full report   Parguera   This is diving for advanced divers, all dives were on the continental shelf located 5- 6 miles off shore. Wall starts at 50- 60' so ... Full report  
3 stars
2 stars  
5/2002   James McMeins
1000+ Dives
 
Copamarina Resort Full report   Near Ponce   The resort is wonderful. . . altho food in the restaurant is extremely expensive. Two outdoor pools, beautiful well- kept grounds. . . we... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
3/2002   Joe Bean
250+ Dives
 
Taino Divers/ private residence Full report   Rincon   Be prepared to be blown out if the surfs up. Rincon is more of a surfing town. Will combine fishing trips with dive trips. Will... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
12/2001   Clare Petosa
100+ Dives
 
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