My girlfriend and I had four fantastic Cenote dives together with our instructor Mark. Can’t recommend this dive shop enough. Everything was very well organized from start to finish, the equipment and the dive briefings are superb so that we felt in very good and capable hands the whole time. The Cenotes we visited were all incredible. Whenever I return to Playa I will go with the Elite Divers again! 🙂 Thanks a lot for having us Mark!

 Excellent communication with Anne-Laure, Arthur, and Carlito throughout the whole process. They were very responsive, knowledgeable, and thoughtful to ensure an incredible experience for each of our dives (4 in total). I loved the variety of dives that we were able to experience at Casa Cenote as well as Playa del Carmen. The cenote caverns in particular offered such a unique experience. They are certainly diving experts of the area, as a highly professional team of technical instructors with excellent gear (steel backplate, wings, and neutral fins) and ensure enjoyment and safety for your dives, while demonstrating respect for the sealife, environment, and diving sites.

 I would definitely recommend EDI to anyone looking to become certified in open water diving. They teach far beyond that, certainly; but I can only speak to my experience in the capacity that I’ve used their services.

That said, it was an overall fantastic experience. The course was off to a bit of a rocky start due to my own misunderstanding of the e-learning portion of the course, which would be prudent to finish prior to arrival unless one prefers midnight study sessions. It’s best avoided. I’d simply missed it in the hectic planning process for the trip, which included a good deal more than diving. EDI was accommodating with this mistake, in terms of re-structuring the four day course a bit to allow for me to complete the e-learning and also accomplish all of the required open water dives.

On completion of the e-learning, we were finally able to get into the water for some hands-on practice. What struck me most about the teaching style of our instructor, Carlito, was the insistence on perfecting technique. I greatly appreciated this approach, as it is nearly the same as I use with training folks in ropework/vertical caving. Some disciplines simply carry too high a price to allow for error. I was glad to be taught by someone who also recognized this, and was in no particular hurry to rubber-stamp a certification and get on to the next without being absolutely certain that I would be safe with the equipment and techniques in an unforgiving environment.

The course is relatively rigorous, be prepared for that, and be glad that it is. They’re very experienced, very knowledgeable, and spend a good bit of consideration in assessing a student’s capabilities and limits so that they can push those limits and teach you about as much as you can handle. In my opinion, being certified by these folks represents a pretty solid assurance that you will be competent and safe to the level you are trained.

If you’ve ever wanted to dive, to explore the beauty of the ocean world, I can’t recommend highly enough that you take the time you’ve got on this earth and do it. If you want to do it right, I’d recommend EDI in a heartbeat.

 Lors de notre voyage au Mexique, nous avons eu la chance de rencontrer Anne-Laure et Arthur. Cette rencontre a complètement changé notre expérience de la plongée.
Ce sont des passionnés, de ceux qui peuvent vous hypnotiser des soirées durant simplement en vous partageant leur vie, leur passion et leur manière de voir les choses.
Nous avons découvert les cénotes en douceur, avec un premier coup de coeur à Kukulcan, et puis les moments de bonheur se sont enchaînés pendant une semaine de plongée en cénote. L'impression, à chaque fois, de s'immerger (sans mauvais jeu de mots!) dans un univers si différent et magique, n'a jamais loupé.
Anne-Laure et Arthur, ainsi que Soren, nous ont initiés à cette plongée si particulière, toujours en groupe privatif (2) et n'ont jamais hésité à prendre sur leur temps pour nous amener à nous améliorer, étant des instructeurs extrêmement portés sur la technique. Ils font pour nous partie du groupe très restreint des clubs privilégiant en tout point la qualité à la quantité.
Nous ne rêvons que d'une chose, retourner plonger avec eux, passer avec eux nos niveaux techniques, et continuer à échanger sur leur terrasse autour de bonnes bières artisanales 😉
Encore un immense merci à vous deux!

 A+ job, these guys are excellent guides!