Chico´s Dive Shop

4 Kyle Harvey - 9 months ago

Great guide! But the snorkel tour was very crowded. We ended up buying some snorkel equipment after the tour and just snorkeling by ourselves along some rocky areas of the beach. It was just as interesting and we saw lots of cool fish!

They stop off at a beach after the first snorkeling areas (for Los Arcos) in case anyone is sea sick and wants to wait it out.

My wife was seasick so we stayed at the beach, but maybe the other spots on the tour were less crowded.

4 Michael and Cynde - a month ago

It's no longer there. A nice helping person answers the phone. He tells me this place sells tours to go snorkel or dive. So I'm sure they are helpful. As for my need, I was looking to purchase a dive mask. The guy on the phone directed me to a store where I can buy one. Thanks guy !

1 Andrew Heim - 3 months ago

CLOSED NOW!!! Went out of business.

Edit: Went to the shop. No one was there during hours. And the shop owner next door told us they went out of business. So looks like this location isn’t open, but phone service is…

5 Rajath Aradhya - 3 years ago

It was great experience ! This was my first time Scuba diving and the instructor helped me a lot. I had 4 more in my group who were experienced. He made sure I am always alright. When I made the first attempt to get inside the water I panicked and he immediately got me back up and gave me some time to get down my breadth. The water was murky that day. But we still saw lots of colourful fishes, sting rays, starfish, eels and octopus. He even let us touch the octopus.

3 Brianne Wiens - 6 months ago

Recently went on a dive trip with chicos and while everything went well there were definitely some downsides and red flags. Fist of all, before even booking anything with them they tried to get me to do an advanced dive even though I am only recently open water certified, stating it would be fine because 3 other advanced divers would be going. Luckily this dive ended up being cancelled and I was able to choose a more appropriate level dive. Next, the morning of the dive the shop was closed with the guy saying there had been an “incident” the previous night. No idea what that was about. Also, the transportation to the boat was a bit odd getting dropped off at the dock and told to meet someone there. We didn’t leave until more than an hour after we were told to meet for the trip. When under the water I was extremely disappointed because the dive master was frequently handling the marine life to show different creatures. While it can seem cool to see the animals move or get a better view it causes unnecessary stress to them and can be very damaging to the delicate corals. Overall, the dive master did a good job of checking on everyone while under and they handled all the gear well, however, did not seem to prioritize overall safety or marine conservation.

2 J A - 8 months ago

Caution: As an avid diver I look for qualified and certified dive shops, specifically PADI certified centers. The only real way to do this is to go to the PADI website under locator and view the results.

Here in PV, I received Chico's advertising and even stopped by their kiosk to find out their tours. I was excited to join them on a dive. Despite getting referrals from other concierge people with further research we discovered Chicos is not on the list of approved dive centers and dive shops. Not sure why they say they are PADI approved and able to certify?

There are others in Puerto Vallarta that are on the list. This is disappointing...but not uncommon. If Chico's changes and becomes certified and approved, I'll update the rating...and go on a dive to see how their guides and the overall experience is!

1 Rico Jimenez - a year ago

GO ELSEWHERE. Easily the worst dive shop I've ever dove with-- I'm a certified diver with dives all over the world. They knew the visibility was horrible before we left and they didn't tell us. They didn't bring extra wet suits for snorkeling even though they knew the water was freezing. The instructor had an "I don't care" attitude about everything. They could have changed the dive site to an area with better visibility but chose not to out of laziness and greediness. Instead, we dove in freezing water to see a bunch of sand and 2 fish. It was a complete waste of money and horrible customer service.