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Dive Op / Resort	Live Aboard?	Area	Title / Review	Rating Advanced / Beginner	Diving Date	Reporter/ # Dives	Photos/ Helpful Votes
*Juliet Sailing and Diving*		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		12/2022	Mary Adams 500+ Dives
*Juliet*		Mona Island	"sail + dive" Puerto Rico - Juliet to Mona Island Part II On Saturday I left my rental car at Budget and took a cab to the ferry terminal at Ma... Full report		12/2015	Michael Joest 1000+ Dives
*Julliet Sailing*		[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		12/2014	Jeff Moore 1000+ Dives
*MV Spree*		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		4/2012	Brent Barnes 250+ Dives
*Nekton*		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		9/2009	Doug Dellisanti 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		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		11/2023	Francis Loncar 250+ 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		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		11/2021	Emmette Murkett 1000+ Dives	1
*Sea Ventures/ Pena Mar Ocean Club*		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		9/2017	Joanne Dunn 100+ Dives	1
*Sea Ventures/ Pena Mar Ocean Club*		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		9/2017	Joanne Dunn 100+ Dives	1
*Culebra Divers/ Emma's By the Sea*		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		6/2017	Hugh E Aaron 500+ Dives	3
*Island Scuba*		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		1/2017	Mark Zahorik 500+ Dives
*Isla Nena Scuba*		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		1/2017	Mark Zahorik 500+ Dives
*Taino Divers/ Coconut Palms Inn*		Rincon	"lovely trip" Puerto Rico – Rincon Part I Why is paradise so difficult to reach? I guess the place would be too crowded if not. On American Air... Full report		12/2015	Michael Joest 1000+ Dives
*Island Scuba*		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		8/2015	Al Underbrink 500+ Dives
*Sea Ventures/ N/A*		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		8/2015	Al Underbrink 500+ Dives
*Island Scuba/ N/A*		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		3/2015	Mike 100+ Dives	1
*Culebra Divers/ Villa Pelicano*		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		3/2015	Diane Cranor 500+ Dives	1
*Island Divers*		Guanica	"Very good dive trip." A well- run, friendly husband and wife operation. Very clean boat and dive shop. Highly recommended. ... Full report		11/2014	Gabriel I. Penagaricano 500+ Dives
*Casa Del Mar/ El Conquistador*		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		1/2014	Mark Zahorik 500+ Dives
*Casa Del Mar Dive Center*		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		9/2013	Penny Nielsen 100+ Dives	1
*Taino Divers/ Sunset Paradise Villa*		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		2/2013	D Burke Haskins 250+ Dives
*Island Scuba/ Parador Guanica 1929*		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		5/2012	Joan Wilson 500+ Dives
*Nan-Sea Charters/ Evamer*		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		3/2012	William Parks 100+ Dives
*Island Scuba/ Copamarina*		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		2/2011	Carol Keller 250+ Dives
*Paradise Scuba & Snorkeling/ Parador Villa Parguera*		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		12/2010	Jeffrey S. Levine 250+ Dives
*West Divers/ Mary Lee's*		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		5/2010	barbara young <100 Dives
*Dive Copamarina*		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		12/2009	Sherwood & Judith Smith 1000+ Dives
*East Puerto Rico Divers*		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		6/2009	Frank Manetta 500+ Dives
*Copa Marina*		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		6/2009	Hugh and Bonnie Gilmartin 100+ Dives
*East Puerto Rico Diving*			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		4/2009	Mark Zahorik 250+ Dives
*Nan Sea Divers*		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		9/2008	Gabriel I. Penagaricano 500+ Dives
*Sea Ventures*			We made advanced arrangements to dive with Sea Ventures through their website. They have operations at three PR locations. We op... Full report		8/2008	William Ungerman 500+ Dives
*Sea Ventures/ Parguera Divers/ Copamarina Resort*		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		10/2007	Brent Barnes 100+ Dives
*Ocean Sports/ San Juan Marriott Resort*		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		8/2007	David Rapp <100 Dives
*Casa del Buzo*		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		7/2007	Andrea Di Fabio 100+ Dives
*Taino Divers*		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		6/2007	Ian Kennedy 100+ Dives
*Nan-Sea Charters/Blackbear's Sports/ Hix Island House*		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		4/2007	David Vickery & Suzanne Leeson 500+ Dives
*Tainos Divers*		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		11/2006	Mort Rolleston 100+ Dives
*Parguera Divers*		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		11/2006	Mort Rolleston 100+ Dives
*Seaventures/ Copamarina*		southwest	we were pleasantly surprised by the SeaVentures operation and by the resort, Copamarina. The dive shop is nicely equipped and the ... Full report		8/2006	Joe LeRoy 1000+ Dives
*parguerra divers/ parador*		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		4/2006	hank goichman 100+ Dives
*Parguera divers/ local apartment*		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		1/2006	Mary Herndon <100 Dives
*Parguera Divers*		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		12/2005	Gabriel I. Penagaricano 500+ Dives
*La Parguera Divers*		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		12/2005	June Jefford <100 Dives
*Parguera Divers*		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		12/2005	Jeffrey S. Levine 100+ Dives
*Parguera Divers*		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		12/2005	Jeffrey S. Levine 100+ Dives
*Sea Ventures-Guanica/ Copamarina*			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		9/2005	Dennis LeTendre 250+ Dives
*Sea Ventures/ CopaMarina*		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		9/2005	Dennis LeTendre 250+ Dives
*Sea Ventures Dive/ Copamarina Resort*		Guanica	Hesitant about PR, but read in UC about southwest coast walls - made package with Copamarina Resort - great price - better accomod... Full report		4/2005	Bruce Wallace 1000+ Dives
*Sea Ventures Dive Copamarina/ Copamarina*		Guanica	Copamarina Resort dive package is excellent for value. Rooms were very clean with daily maid service. Rooms have rear door walko... Full report		3/2005	Bruce Wallace 1000+ Dives
*Paguera Divers/ Copamarina*			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		3/2005	Bill Parks 100+ Dives
*Parguera Divers*		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		2/2005	RMK 250+ Dives
*Nan Sea Charters/ Wyndham Martineau Bay Resort & Spa*		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		11/2004	Ben Blair 250+ Dives
*Oceans Unlimited*		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		8/2004	Craig Pino 100+ Dives
*Oceans Unlimited, Taino Divers, and Parguera Diver/ N/A*		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		6/2004	Edward Clapp 100+ Dives
*Sea Ventures Pro Dive Center/ Dive shop only, no resort*		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		4/2004	Larry Sandusky 100+ Dives
*Nekton/ Nekton Rorqual*		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		3/2004	Chip Goodhart 500+ Dives
*Sea Ventures/ N/A*			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		1/2004	Jacques Miller 100+ Dives
*Ocean Sports*		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		1/2004	Nancy B. Madison 100+ Dives
*La Cueva Submarina Inc./ NA*		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		1/2004	Jolene Eichorn 100+ Dives
*Sea Ventures/ Copamarina Beach Resort*		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		12/2003	Ken Hylander <100 Dives
*Parguera Divers/ Dive shop only, no resort*		Parguera	Angel (owner) & Matt (dive master) provided excellent support. Dive boat is spacious, clean, well organized, well maintained. ... Full report		12/2003	Larry Sandusky 100+ Dives
*Parguera Divers*		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		11/2003	Nancy B. Madison 100+ Dives
*Parguera Divers*		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		11/2003	Nancy B. Madison 100+ Dives
*Parguera Divers*		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		11/2003	Nancy B. Madison 100+ Dives
*Parguera Divers*		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		11/2003	Nancy B. Madison 100+ Dives
*Ocean Sports*		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		10/2003	Nancy B. Madison 100+ Dives
*Ocean Sports*		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		9/2003	Nancy B. Madison 100+ Dives
*Ocean Sports/ None*		Cerro Gordo	Another good spot for training, although not great for experienced divers who want to see a lot. ... Full report		9/2003	Nancy B. Madison 100+ Dives
*Ocean Sports*		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		9/2003	Nancy B. Madison 100+ Dives
*Parguera Divers/ Parador Posada Porlamar*		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		7/2003	Karren & Tom Darone 100+ Dives
*Parguera Divers/ Posada Porlamar/Villa Parguera*		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		4/2003	John Yasaki 250+ Dives
*Taino Divers/ Casa Kristina*		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		4/2003	Ezra Lunde <100 Dives
*Caribe Aquatic Adventure/ Intercontinental San Juan*			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		7/2002	Jon Lamos <100 Dives
*Parguera Divers/ Posada Porlamar*		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		5/2002	James McMeins 1000+ Dives
*Copamarina Resort*		Near Ponce	The resort is wonderful. . . altho food in the restaurant is extremely expensive. Two outdoor pools, beautiful well- kept grounds. . . we... Full report		3/2002	Joe Bean 250+ Dives
*Taino Divers/ private residence*		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		12/2001	Clare Petosa 100+ Dives

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