I was very surprised to read negative reviews of Tank-Ha, particularly the remarks about one of the dive instructors, Barbara. On a recent trip to Playa del Carmen, I chose to do a discover dive and was placed with Barbara. I had a completely different experience. I was greeted warmly by Desiree, who answered my questions and helped me get... more

At first our instructor (Barbara) seemed very nice and helpful! After we got in the pool and started doing the exercises, though, she seemed very impatient about getting us through as quickly as possible. I think she wanted to make the scheduled afternoon dive and wasn't sure if there would be time. She did not take the time to check... more

This shop was excellent. I had the luck to have one on one training with an instructor named Barbara and had an amazing experience. I was very excited about this certification process and started with the PADI eLearning online class. I didn't want to spend 2 days of my vacation watching videos and sitting in a classrom. It doesn't take... more

Just returned from a trip to PDC and diving with TANK HA Dive Center. I normally don’t bother posting trip reports but this one was bad enough and unsafe to warrant posting. As anyone knows who’s dove out of PDC before, there are no piers so shore entry to the boat is required. This is no big deal except if... more