Coco Diving Center
Coco Diving Center
4.5
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
About
We are an Official Partner of SSI (Scuba School International) Diving Center in Cayo Guillermo, Cuba. We are located on the premises of Melia Cayo Guillermo near the beach. We offer 3 daily scuba diving in Cayo Guillermo. Departure time; 9am, 11am, and 12:30pm. (exception of bad weather days) We also teach Try Scuba and many Scuba Diving Certification course. If you would like to Try Scuba Diving, please come to our shop at 9 am, Pool session starts at 10 am till 12 pm daily. And you would go one diving in open water (depth 3~5m) at 12:30 pm. We also conduct excursion trips to: Isla Media Luna (Requirement: 4 people) Santa Lucia for Shark Diving (Requirement: Minimum 4 divers with deep diving specialty certification and experience) Trinidad for Wall Diving & sightseeing of Trinidad (Requirements: 4 divers)
Cayo Guillermo, Jardines del Rey Archipelago
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2023

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robjustrob
Calgary, Canada1,801 contributions
Nov. 2022 • Couples
The cheapest place you can dive or learn to dive in the world. The staff is great, the equipment is a bit well used, but the prices are ridiculously low and they don't skimp on safety. Highly recommend these guys for your first time trying diving.
Written June 20, 2023
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Devon M
2 contributions
Jun. 2023
Wonderful team at Coco Diving Center, exceptional staff and great diving experiences to be had.
was in the area for a week and completed 4 dives over 3 days, witnessed reef sharks, nursing sharks and thousands of fish.
would certainly come back to Cuba just to dive here again.
Written June 13, 2023
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Alba T
Toronto, Canada2 contributions
Apr. 2023
My family returned to Coco Diving this month for the 3rd year - this time to become certified divers! I can't say enough about the team here - Yail, Julio, Livan, Roberto, Noidel - extremely safety conscious but also very customer service focused, honest, accommodating and above all just a lovely, friendly bunch that always make us feel welcome, like family. Be sure to reach out via email (on their site) before you go - and ask about the weather (we learned the winds in April can making diving iffy on some days!)
Whether you dive or snorkel this team is sure to give you an amazing experience with many dive sites that they know intimately. We will be back next year...or sooner!
Written April 13, 2023
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Doug C
OTTAWA3 contributions
Jan. 2023
We went to Cuba this time specifically for scuba and we very pleased with all the staff at Coco Diving. So friendly and very helpful from beginning to end. We did 6 dives and we had one challenging day when the boat was rockin' and rollin' from the waves but we were well taken care of thanks to the strength and skills of Ernesto and Leo (Roberto) plus the boat crew. On other dives, we had the help of the very experienced dive masters Rene and Noidel. Then there was Yail, the office manager and all round enjoyable person to be with. So happy to have chosen this location for a new experience.

We stayed at Iberostar Daiquiri which was a short walk along the beach to the dive shop, and we would recommend this resort as a perfect combination with Coco Diving.
Written January 30, 2023
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scubanorm
Rothesay, Canada69 contributions
Jan. 2023 • Solo
Another great visit to Amazing Coco Diving ! This is a well run friendly dive center. The staff is expert and safety is paramount. I saw one of the dive masters explain to a rookie diver that he really needed a refresher dive and an 80 foot dive was not a good idea after a four year layoff.

Rene is an excellent dive master - patient and good communicator.

The reefs are in ok shape - lots to see - on servimar today we saw reef sharks, moray, big stingray, baracuda, nurse shark, tuna, a top notch 50 -55 minute dive topped off by a school of dolphins by the boat on way back to the dive center.

Prices are good and if you call in advance Yail will organize a pickup and drop off at your hotel . You will not get this kind of service in Cozumel !!

Gear is getting older - but is understandable since they are just recovering from COVID shutdown .

If you come to Cayo Coco - book with Coco Diving
Written January 16, 2023
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Ario H
6 contributions
Nov. 2022 • Couples
An incredibly organized and clean dive shop. Amazing dives and the people there, genuinely kind and caring. Thank you Ernesto, Julio, Daniel and the shop owner, you guys are amazing, kind and caring. Thank you for a wonderful experience. We will be back. Ario & Heidi
Written November 25, 2022
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Anissa
Keswick, Canada75 contributions
Nov. 2022
We had very low expecations going to Cuba to Dive....but wow...did it ever blow our expecations out of the water...
Excellant customer service from our initial emails before leaving canada with a couple questions to the last minute we left the dive shop on our last day!
We stayed at Starfish Cayo Guillermo and on dealt with Yail directly for all Dive related things. She set up our taxi on the first dive from our resort so we didn't have to walk the beach there with all our gear (we brought out own). Most times we walked back and forth which was about a 15 minute normal walk along the beach...such an amazing start to any day!

Things to know, (which after the initial shock, was absolutely a well oiled routine.) You gear up at the dive shop and walk with tank, gear and weights down to the water and then walk in the water a bit to get to boat and climb in. This is due to shallow waters in front, making it unable for boat to dock close. It can be very difficult for those that struggle with cardio/back/injuries above water.

Pricing is super reasonable and all dive equippment is included which is amazing (although we brought our own)
Yail makes sure she gives you her best pricing. She combined our dives instead of dinging us for 5 dives each....thats huge for us!

This would NEVER affect my rating since it was such a small part of the entire experience and everyone, divers included always helped one another!

Due to winds we were unable to dive our first three days, but last few days made up for this.

The Captain, the Mechanic Danielle on the boat were always helping in and out when they could!

Staff....AMAZING! Yail, the direct contact for all reservations is so helpful, pleasant, smiley, and eager to hear all the stories, even though she's heard more than her fair share I'm sure hahahaha

Elandro(spelling??) and Renee were gems...They made our dives so safe, calm, chill and beyond! Very respectful of the reef and surroundings, and I also noticed Renee came up with some garbage every single dive...THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! we miss you guys already!

Our most favorite and best dive to date (divers for 10years) was La Finca site....we saw a massive turtle, MAKO shark, black tip shark, carribbean sharks, nurse sharks, rays, goliath groupers and soooo much more... The universe must have given us everything we missed in our first three days of being unable to dive lol

We are planning to go back in feb 2023 and hope the hotel that it's situated on will be open for business and we can stay right there!!

Yail, Renee and Elandro, from the bottom of our hearts to yours...Thank you and we can't wait to see you all again soon (hugs)
Written November 23, 2022
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ANSVEL
Toronto, Canada16 contributions
Oct. 2022
All the staff at that place are amazing, very professional and friendly. If you’re coming for scuba, please bring with you some AA batteries. They need them and there is no place to buy.
Written November 18, 2022
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Duane L
Dieppe, Canada88 contributions
Jul. 2022
My wife and I did a couple of dives with the crew from Coco Diving Center. Very knowledgeable, friendly and attentive staff made for a wonderful experience. We had hoped to do more dives but the wind during our stay in Cuba did not cooperate. Our first dive out, there were 11 divers and 4 dive masters. The dive masters showed real concern for the coral reefs as one of the divers was wearing free dive fins and had on too much weight, This caused the diver to hit coral on a number of occasions. Seeing this, the dive masters pulled the diver up from the bottom and stayed with him so he would not do any more damage to the coral.

On the second dive, it was just my wife and I. Given the wind/sea conditions were at the dive center limits, they could have easily canceled the second dive as I am sure there was not much money in it for them. We had a great dive by ourselves seeing so many different types of fish and coral. We did see a couple of nerf sharks and a bunch of lion fish.

I would highly recommend diving with Coco Diving as one can tell they love what they do and have concern for the marine ecological environment they work in.
Written August 20, 2022
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Jaclyn B
9 contributions
Jul. 2022 • Couples
Excellent Diving, Customer Service #1
Sharks, eel, turtles, rays, and plenty of gorgeous fish
We stayed at the Grand Muthu and walked the 20 mins down the beach everyday to the Coco Diving Center.
We booked our diving trips directly with Yail instead of booking it with the resort. She is always in good humour and finds Excellent price packages for you. Sorry I threw up so much but enjoyed myself all the same. This was our third time and won’t be the last.
Btw They love candy, nutella and maple syrup if you are going to be visiting.
Merci Pat et Jaclyn
Written August 11, 2022
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