Is there 6 stars on Yelp??
I love everything about Aqua Adventure! They have a booth at the Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan, that were easily accessible from San Juan Marriott.
So, two weeks before we arrived, I did some research online and decided we would try Snuba here. I have never snorkel or scuba dive and figured why not try Snuba, right in between snorkel and scuba.
I read a lot of review on Tripadvisor/Yelp, and decided to reach out to them. From the start, everything was handled with the utmost courtesy. I first emailed their online contact, Alejandro emailed me back within hours to explain what they offer, time slots, what to expect. And I replied to ask about the difference between beach and boat snuba, Alejandro replied with his answers and suggested that if we are beginner swimmers, try beach Snuba, if we have done snorkeling in the past, try boat snuba. Great tip!
Then, I tried making reservations online, but was told that I need to provide credit card info, so I emailed them back to see if I should call or if they have a secure website. Veronica (who is also our dive master) called me within hours to discuss and were able to confirm us for our trip.
Our tour is scheduled for 11:30am on Saturday. We were 30minutes early. We were greeted by Veronica when we arrived. She happily told us we can get started if we are ready as we were the only two (which is great!!)
We got ready, signed a form, pay and off we go to safety instructions and getting our gear ready. Veronica is amazingly patience, professional, funny and very good at what she does!
She gave us safety briefing, explained to us what to do, how to handle the gears, how to deal with breathing etc etc and thought us a few underwater sign language.
When we are ready, she brought us to the water and off we go. So.... here is where I am not doing as great of a job as I should be. I am not a great swimmer and were not doing a good job breathing thru my mouth, so I get panic easily and keep going up. Veronica was very encouraging and told me to take my time to slowly get used to it and suggested I stay floating for a bit, and I get more and more comfortable, she would put my weights back to get me down further and further down.
It took me a while to get comfortable, but she was encouraging. My bf, who did super well, went straight deep down and was having the time of his life! Veronica would check on me and him and would bring us around to look for fish, corals, sea urchin, star fish... amazing!
Overall, it was super great experience, she would snap pictures and ohh funny thing, she suggested we snuba kissed and took a picture! funny lady!!
If you go to PR, you should totally check them out. For $79/pp and $25 for tons of really good pictures, this is something you'll cherish forever, as I know I would!!! Kudos to Aqua Adventure for so being so professional and so friendly and make us very comfortable.
Also, their booth is at Caribe Hilton, you can use the bathroom and locker room, bring a lock. read more