Recently spent 10 days at Wyndham Viva Maya and managed to get in 8 ocean dives and 2 cenote dives. I used the DO at the resort which is Underwater Technical World, which I guess is a spin of from Scuba Caribe. The boat picked us up right from the beach at the resort and the dive sites were not far. Sites were Moc-che (deep and shallow), Jardines, Barracuda, and Mama Vina. Did a day trip to cozumel and dove Paradise Reef and Punta Tunich. Cenotes dive was at Tajma-ha.
DO seemed well organized, easy to deal with, friendly and accomodating. Dives were cancelled one day due to weather closing the harbour and there was no issue re-scheduling/refunding. I had my own gear, but my brother used the rental gear and apart from a few minor issues that were dealt with pre-dive, there were no major issues.
Vis was not quite as good as I have seen in Bahamas and Cayamans but it was still good. Managed to see numerous rays, big and small, bull shark on several occasions, a few barracuda, some HUGE crab, lots of lobster and many smaller fish Snorkelling at Akumal offered a few turtle, and schools of fish like I have never seen before. Air and water temp was in the high 70s and I used a full 3mm and was fine for all dives.
Viva Maya is an all inclusive. We found it to be a great place to stay. Food was good, staff were polite, rooms were fine. 5 star it is not, but for us it was near perfect and we’ll likley stay there again. |