Scuba Fred’s (formerly Nautilus Diving) which is located in the Cancun Clipper Club on the lagoon side. Fred is a former employee of Manta Divers and I remember from before when I dove in Cancun before.

The only people diving were me, the Clemente (I hope I spelled his name right), the divemaster and a Mexican tourist whose name I do not remember. We did 2 dives, one wreck called C-58 in about 80ft of water for 32 minutes and a reef dive called Punta Negra (technically also did Grampin as well) at 50ft for 44 minutes. Both dives were good.

A lot of people knock Cancun diving but I actually think it is still very good just not a nice as Cozumel. Unfortunately, Cancun does not have anything near the reef structure that Cozumel has but it’s always teaming with a variety of fish life. Saw a nurse shark and a couple rays (one was actually dead).

The wreck dive had lots of barracuda and the 2nd dive had massive schools of fish. In my opinion, the schools of fish are always larger than one would see in Cozumel. If you’ve never dove Cancun I would say, you may want to try it at least once, you might be surprised.

Scuba Fred’s was a great dive op and based on my experience I would recommend them anytime.

After finishing up my dives in Cancun, Clemente showed me the pictures he had taken on the wreck. Most of them came out great so I decided to buy a CD from him since I had no pictures of myself under water. He also included pictures of lots of local sea life taken previously. The price was also very reasonable. If anything, I figured I would do my part to help the local economy. Please do not be deterred by the swine flu media frenzy. Cancun is perfectly safe and desperately needs your business. The economy has been hit hard and many businesses are struggling.

After burning me a CD, Clemente was nice enough to offer me a ride to the ADO bus terminal where I would leave to spend 3 nights in Cozumel. Cozumel is actually the main reason I booked this trip. The diving there is fantastic and the people and culture are extremely great.

Thanks to Fred and Clemente for a wonderful albeit very short Cancun experience. Wouldnt hesitate to dive with them again.

I recently returned from Cancun where I dove with Scuba Fred's. Last year Clemente gave me the opportunity to try scuba. I then returned to the US and became certified. I am now an Advanced Diver working on my Master Diver certification. Scuba Fred's run a great facillity. They are smaller and deal with smaller groups. Clemente is a fantastic diver and a wonderful underwater photographer with great patience. I dove 4 dives in 2 days, including a wreck dive and lots of sea life(nurse sharks, eagle rays, parrott fish, moray eels, sea turtles). Clemente definitely knows how to show you a good dive. He also is a very experienced and safe diver. This was a wonderful experience and I will use them every time I go to Cancun and no one else. I recomend them to anyone with any level of experience.

See ya next year Clemente !!!!!!!!!!!

I had read on trip advisor about Octavio and Nautilus Diving. I stayed at the the Hyatt Regency and bumped into two ladies at the excursion desk. We both discussed how we wondered if the trip advisor rating was real or not. They assured me that they had just gone out with Octavio a few days earlier and how it was a wonderful experience for them. My buddy and I walked over to HOTEL BEST WESTERN CANCUN CLIPPER CLUB and left a note for Octavio to call us about going out. He called us back at our room and setup time for us to go out and dive. I won't go into all the details, but let's just say that it surpassed my expectations. I had never dived before and felt completely safe during the whole experience. I had taken an under water camera with me but never used it (1st dive, taking pictures was the last thing on my mind). Octavio took pictures(70+) with a digital camera and burned them to a CD, delivered to my hotel(see attached pictures). Buy his pictures and enjoy the dive, it is well worth it. I hope to go back to Cancun sometime in the future and have my wife take the dive training with Octavio.

P.S. - Octavio, if you read this, thank you again!!!

The folks that work here, especially Octavio, are friendly & knowledgeable. My gripe is that I specifically asked about rough seas & was told that it would not be a problem. Our party was dropped into very rough water & 4 out of 7 divers were sea sick.

If you are susceptible to motion sickness, be forewarned....