General Guidelines

Please read and take into consideration the following guidelines when planning to book a Scuba diving tour with Vallarta Adventures:

• Divers must hold a valid certification card to participate in our diving programs or Non-certified divers need to complete a Vallarta Adventures Discover Scuba pool lesson before their first dive. Beginner dive classes and PADI certification courses available.
• Certified divers must bring certification card/log-book.
• Certified divers who have not dove in the past year will be required to take a scuba refresher course with Vallarta Adventures before going to the ocean.
• To participate in the El Morro, Corbeteña, Los Anegados, El Sequial dives, you must have a valid Open Water Certification card and a previous dive with Vallarta Adventures in the last seven days or you must have 25 logged dives shown in your log-book which you must bring.
• Non-certified divers will only be allowed one tank dives available at these dive sites:Las Marietas and/or Las Caletas.
• Certified divers are automatically entitled to participate in 2 tank dives down to a maximum depth of 60 ft.
• Advanced divers can participate in 2 tank dives down to a maximum depth of 120 ft.
• Supervision is normally 1 Dive master to 3 diver pairs using the buddy system. If there is an uneven number of guests, a seventh person will be paired with the dive master.
• Diving within 18 hours of your flight home is not recommended.
• An Acknowledgement of Risk will need to be signed before participating in any of our dive programs.

• All divers must be in good health and:
• Not have present any respiratory, cardiovascular or ear problems.
• Be in good mental and physical condition for diving.
• Avoid being under the influence of alcohol or drugs before or while diving.
• Must be at least 10 years old, not be pregnant and not have plans to fly within 18 hours after last completed dive.

While we do allow children ages 10 and up to participate in dive courses, we recommend they provide their own wetsuit and BCD as our smallest sizes start with "adult x-tra small."

If you have any questions about these guidelines or you would like to contact our dive expert to set up dive packages or courses, please fill out and submit this form.