What a fabulous group of people. My experience could not have been better. I stayed at the Cancun Clipper Club for 10 nights and the primary purpose for the trip was to get in as much diving as possible. The dock is literally at the hotel. You walk from your room to the palapa where you get your gear and another 100 feet or so to the boat.

The boat crew is great; they really helped me with my motion sickness. I get worse when the boat is stopped so between dives they gladly motored around rather than just stopping at the next reef. They also change your tank for you between dives. George is the boat captain and he really knows the currents. He puts you right on the dive site every time. They also really appreciate tips. I asked Fred (the owner) what was appropriate and he said 10% or more was fine. I over did it a bit since they were so good about not getting me sick and it was very much appreciated. I tipped them 200 pesos for every trip (2 dives.) That's around $15.oo and it was well worth it to me.

I didn't get a chance to dive with Octavio very much but I heard nothing but good things about him. I did most of my diving with Clemente and he is fabulous. He also does a great job with professional quality photos and videos.

Another dive master I dove with a couple of times was Marin. I nicknamed him Yoda because he is a master in the water. He doesn't use any air and he makes everything look super easy. I think the nickname might have stuck with him...

If it isn't painfully obvious, I had a fantastic vacation. They really do their best to make your experience a memorable one.

Give them a chance, you'll be glad you did!

Chris

My husband and I dove with Octavio in January 2009. We did a reef dive, wreck dive and a cenote dive. The cenote dive and the wreck dive have been the best dives in my life! Octavio is amazing. He is so friendly, offers very personal service and is big on safety. The groups are smalls: it was just my husband, me, one more person and Octavio. He made our experience do much more enjoyable. I recommend Nautilus to everyone!

I am a happy return customer to this fine diving establishment. I did a referral dive certification one year ago, and was lucky to have Octavio as my dive instructor then.....I had hoped upon my return this year, to be able to go out with him again, but he has a following, and he was already out with return customers. I spoke last year with Clemente, about my dive then, and of course, he did not remember that, but I did, and when I found that he would be our divemaster, I was fine with that.....I went with Clemente and my dive buddy to the Chitales reef, and to Remedio reef/area to the north of the Punta Cancun.....the depths were 25-35 feet....and we saw a nurse shark, a sea tortoise, a manta ray, lots of conch shells on the bottom, and more snappers/groupers than you could shake a stick at.....
thanks to fred, clemente, and octavio for making scuba diving a fun and enjoyable experience for me.......I will return, and use your services again!
Rodney from Wisconsin1

Feb 2, I dove again with Nautilus/Scuba Freds. I got certified on a referral dive deal a year ago, with Octavio as my instructor, and wanted to go with him again this year, but due to his popularity, he was booked up, so Clemente was our dive master. My dive partner for the day was a novice, and did the Discover Scuba class, which I did also, as a brush up and re-instill some practices that needed honing......We went out to Chitales reef, and the Remedio area, north of Punta Cancun....25-35 deep, nothing significant, but there was a lot of sea life to see! We encountered a nice sized ray, a 4 ft nurse shark, a 2 foot sea turtle, and hundreds of other fish.....
Clemente was working both a still camera in an underwater housing, and a video.....both had great shots when he showed it to us, but me being cheap, did not him up on the offer......he was a good tour guide, and when he saw something of interest, he got us to look in on it....we had a blast, and will use them the next time in Cancun for sure!