Our guide Johnathan was great. The boat left about 30-40 minutes late due to launching difficulties, but this kind of delay seems pretty typical of Island or Mexico Time. The snorkeling itself is fair because there is only so much to see, but I think was a fair value. It's really nice that there is almost no boat ride time... More

Thank you Scuba Shack (specifically Susan, Fernando, Jonathan, and Enrique) for making our Thanksgiving Day 2011 a memorable one! We came into port on the Carnival Spirit and had pre-booked a snorkel/scuba excursion with Susan. When we arrived at the shop, Carlos helped us all get fitted with gear (which was great to go out with gear that fits instead... More

We rented 9 sets of snorkeling gear and four were damaged. The owner did not seem to care when we returned the gear and he did not offer to compensate us in any way. We were disappointed...bring your own gear. More

The scuba shack is Manzanillos only PADI dive center. According to their website. We chose this dive operation because the dive instructor at our hotel the karmina palace had been overly generous with his "hands-on" approach to my 16 year old. We should just have not gone diving. First of all all of the other negative reports are minimal to... More

We had been working with Susan Dearing from Scuba Shack and were looking forward to our trip by cruiseship to Manzanillo. She had been great in corresponding with us as we finalized details. Unfortunately, Hurricane Jova changed the ship's plans and we had to skip Manzanillo. I was concerned as we had paid our trip in full. I emailed Susan... More

We made an impromptu stop in Manzanillo while backpacking from Guadalajara to Puerto Vallarta. We had the better part of 30 hours to make the most of our stop. We arrived at our hostel and we welcomed by some Canadian ex-pats; however, we given bad advice as to local tourism. At the 11th hour when we thought that we had... More

Hello together, i went there for holhay diving and i am certified as Padi OWD, i have never had such a bad base!!! Here are some points: 1) Air Quality – tasting like oil. 2) Being given a regulator with no pressure gauge. 3) Being given a BCD with a defective low pressure inflator. 4) The Divemaster who had “limitations”... More

We were lookong for a scuba store to dive during our vacation. We stopped at Scuba Shack and we ask to go diving. The owner told us that he does not go out diving unless there is 6 person in the boat. So far we are only two. He had the nerve to ask us to find four more. I... More

My wife and I went diving in April 2010 and had a great time. We saw a lot of fish and other sea creatures. We just returned in Aug 2010 with the kids and my 10 year old son did the Discover dive and the PADI Jr. Open Water certification. The instructor, Fernando, was very patient and my son had... More