With 3 large beaches close at hand, the Resort invites you to explore. See the stunning underwater treasures for yourself. On demand, you can visit the famous island of Cozumel and its coral reef, considered the second most beautiful in the world. Barracudas, turtles and parrot fish are the stars of these astonishingly clear waters. Try diving in the cenotes, natural freshwater sinkholes in the middle of the jungle.
On demand activities*
Beginner dive package – PADI Open Water
Beginners
Duration: 4 dives over 3 days
For beginners or holders of the PADI Scuba Diver, this is your chance to get your first official diploma.
Over a period of 3 days, the course includes:
- 1 theory session and exam
- 5 sessions in the pool
- 4 sea dives (over a period of 2 afternoons) at Cancun
- Full equipment (cylinder, lead belt, wetsuit, stab jacket, diving regulator, flippers, mask and snorkel), instruction and boat trips
- PADI diploma certificate and training manual
Minimum stay: 4 days
Age: Starting from 10 years
Equipments:
- Diving cylinder Included
- Diving regulator Included
- Lead belt Included
- Mask, fins and tuba Included
- Stab jacket Included
- Wetsuit Included
May be pre-booked. Included: PADI diploma certificate and training manual.
Advanced diving course with instructor – PADI Advanced Open Water
Intermediate/advanced
Duration: 6 dives over 3 days
Minimum level required: CMAS 1 Star, PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent
Over a period of 3 days, the course includes:
- 6 accompanied dives (deep water, wreck, orientation, floatability, multi-level, naturalist or at night) at Cancun
- Full equipment (cylinder, lead belt, wetsuit, stab jacket, diving regulator, flippers, mask and snorkel), instruction and boat trips
- PADI diploma certificate and training manual
You’ll require:
- Your license
- Your dive logbook
Minimum stay: 4 days.
Age: Starting from 14 years
Equipments:
- Diving cylinder Included
- Diving regulator Included
- Lead belt Included
- Mask, fins and tuba Included
- Stab jacket Included
- Wetsuit Included
May be pre-booked. You’ll require your licence and your dive logbook. Minimum level required: CMAS 1 Star, PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent. Included: PADI diploma certificate and training manual. Minimum level required: CMAS 1 Star, PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent.
Accompanied Certified dive package – Yucatan package
Intermediate/advanced
Duration: 6 dives over 3 days
Minimum level required: CMAS 1 Star, PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent
Over a period of 3 days, the package includes:
- 2 dives at Cancun.
- 2 dives in the Cenotes, including transfer by bus or car from de Resort to the Cenotes.
- 2 dives at Cozumel, including transfer by bus or car from de Resort to Playa del Carmen
- Full equipment (cylinder, lead belt, wetsuit, stab jacket, diving regulator, flippers, mask and snorkel), instruction and boat trips to Cancun and Cozumel
- Lunch (snack) for the Cozumel and Cenotes dives
You’ll require:
- Your license
- Your dive logbook
Minimum stay: 4 days
Age: Starting from 12 years
Equipments:
- Diving cylinder Included
- Diving regulator Included
- Lead belt Included
- Mask, fins and tuba Included
- Stab jacket Included
- Wetsuit Included
Services:
- Transfer Included
- Snack Included
May be pre-booked. You’ll require your licence and your dive logbook.
Advanced diving package with instructor – Speedy Gonzales package – 6 dives
Intermediate/advanced
Duration: 6 dives over 3-4 days
The package includes:
- 6 dives.
- Full equipment (cylinder, lead belt, wet-suit, stab jacket, diving regulator, flippers, mask and snorkel).
- Instruction and boat trips.
Minimum level required: CMAS 1 Star, PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent.
Departure 8.30 am – going back around 12.30pm.
Age: Starting from 10 years
Equipments:
- Diving cylinder Included
- Diving regulator Included
- Lead belt Included
- Mask, fins and tuba Included
- Stab jacket Included
- Wetsuit Included
May be pre-booked. You’ll require your licence and your dive logbook. Minimum level required: CMAS 1 Star, PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent
PADI Discover Scuba Diving
Duration: 2 dives over 1 day
A Real Scuba Diving experience.
- 1 pool or shallow water (dockside) lesson and 1 shallow ocean dive.
For your information, available starting November 1st, 2020.
PADI- Nitrox training
Intermediate/advanced
Duration: 1 day
Minimum level required: CMAS 1 Star, PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent
Over a period of 1 day, the package includes:
- 1 theory lesson
- Scuba diving with Enriched Air Nitrox is PADI’s most popular specialty, and it’s easy to see why: diving with
- Enriched Air Nitrox gives you more no-decompression time, which means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives.
- You can stay down longer and get back into the water sooner, so no wonder many divers choose this specialty.
You’ll require:
- Your license
- Your dive logbook
Age: Starting from 15 years
You’ll require your licence and your dive logbook. Minimum level required: CMAS 1 Star, PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent.
Resort facilities
Scuba Diving Center: Phocea Mexico
The Diving Center proposes its services at the Club Med Resort, so that you can enjoy your sport in the best conditions.
Outside facilities
Scuba Diving Spots: 15
Flora and fauna: fabulous dives in beautifully clear water, with coral heads opening onto vertical dropoffs in shall water; direct access or via magnificent canyons.The Yucatan Peninsula has an ideal climate where you can dive all year round in warm waters, in the sea or cenotes (freshwater caves), with excellent visibility. You’ll spot barracuda, triggerfish, rays, turtles and groupers.
Number of spots:
15 at Cancun, 20 in the Cenotes and 15 or more at Cozumel.
A few examples of dive sites:
Cancun: 2 dives (depth of 16 metres) to small reefs with a dense fish population.
Cénotes: set off from the Playa del Carmen for 2 dives in 2 different cenotes. Cenotes are natural sinkholes containing fresh water, unique to this region of Mexico.
Cozumel: from the Playa del Carmen, enjoy 2 dives on the expanisve slopes of Cozumel (depth of 15 to 25 metres).
Distance:
Average transfer time to dive sites.
- From Cancun, it takes approximately 40 minutes to reach the various dive sites.
- From Cozumel, you first take a 45 minute taxi to the Playa del Carmen, then a 45 minute ferry. The arrangements for Les Cénotes are the same as for Cozumel.
For information:
- Outdoor
- Min depth: 6.56168 ft
- Max depth: 131.2336 ft
- Anchor Diving
In a protected area right off the beach of the resort, free access from the beach.
Included activities
Discover the marine life
Explore a protected underwater nature reserve only a stone’s throw away from the beach.
Anyone can go snorkeling. You do not have to be an expert swimmer to enjoy this unique and wonderful water sport.
Average temperature year-round: 75°F.
What you might see under water: giant lobster, groupers, yellow and black sergeant majors among others…
It’s like a wonderland that you never want to end!
Age: Starting from 8 years
Accompanied by an adult: 8 years old. Unaccompanied : 18 years old.
An emerald Caribbean sea and a light breeze, the ideal cocktail to (re) discover windsurfing. With your lessons, tame the board, master your balance and decipher the direction of the wind. Wishbone in hand, ride the waves and let yourself be intoxicated. The more seasoned borrow the equipment freely, trace their wake and find speed and thrills.
Included activities
Group lessons
Group lessons for all levels (age and date restrictions may apply)
Group lessons 6 days a week, to ensure all participants make good progress and master their movements.
Age: Starting from 8 years
As a regular activity at Mini Club Med®: 8 years old. In group classes with adults: 11 years old.
Our G.O®s all have qualifications recognised by the French Sailing Federation, or equivalent qualifications or experience in other countries.
Free access to windsurfing
Duration: Every Day
Age: Starting from 8 years
Accompanied by an adult: 8 years old. Unaccompanied: 16 years old.
Equipments:
- Dacron Included
- Monofilm Included
Equipment on loan
Bic Nova / Bic 293 Techno / Bic Techno 2 CTS / Aerotech / Neilpride 5.5 and 6.2
Equipments:
- Bic Techno Included
- Sails NeilPryde Included
- Sails Aerotech Included
On foot, through the alleys inhabited by iguanas basking in the sun or by shuttle, reach the nautical base. Once arrived safely, set sail and sail on the crystal clear waters. On board your catamaran, apply the techniques taught by your G.O®. Let the breeze rush into your sails. Take full advantage of this moment of sliding.
Included activities
Group lessons
Initiation group lessons
Group lessons 6 days a week, to ensure all participants make good progress and master their movements.
Age: Starting from 6 years
As a regular activity at Mini Club Med®: 6 years old. In group classes with adults: 11 years old.
Our G.O®s all have qualifications recognised by the French Sailing Federation, or equivalent qualifications or experience in other countries.
Free access to sailing
Duration: Every Day
Age: Starting from 8 years
Accompanied by an adult: 8 years old. Unaccompanied: 16 years old.
Equipments:
- Multihulls (Catamaran – Hobie Cat 15) Included
Equipment on loan
Multihulls (Catamaran Cat Wave Sails et Hobie Cat 16)
Equipments:
- Multihulls (Catamaran – Hobie Cat 15) Included
Waterskiing & Wakeboarding School – From 18 years old
Immerse yourself in the wild and so exotic nature of the lagoon. Treat yourself to a water skiing or wakeboarding session. Your G.O®s introduce you to these 2 disciplines reserved for people 18 and over. A course with buoys treats confirmed sliders. Find the perfect balance for the waves to become the springboard for your best jumps.
Included activities
Group lessons
Group lessons for all levels (age and date restrictions may apply)
Group lessons 6 days a week, to ensure all participants make good progress and master their movements.
Age: Starting from 18 years
In group classes with adults: 18 years old.
Equipment on loan
- Bi skis,mono ski, wakeboard.
- 1 fixed landing stage, 1 slalom circuit.
Equipments:
- Bi ski, mono ski Included
- Wakeboard Included
Included activities
Kayaking
Free access
The seductive power of the water invites you to discovery. It is so hard to take your eyes off it and yet so easy to slide over its surface. Paddle in hand, with friends or on your own, float and fly like a nautical adventurer in search of escape and new sensations
Age: Starting from 6 years
Accompanied by an adult: 6 years old. Unaccompanied: 11 years old.
Free access > accompanied by an adult: 8 years old > unaccompanied: 11 years old
Stand Up Paddleboarding
Free access
This activity is done in the sea, close to the shore. The paddle boarder stands on a large surfboard and paddles, the difficulty being to keep your balance (originally it was done lying on the board and using your arms like a surfer).
Age: Starting from 8 years
Accompanied by an adult: 8 years old. Unaccompanied: 11 years old.
Free access
On demand activities*
Snuba®
Free access
Come and test a new way of exploring underwater, at a maximum depth of 5 meters, for 40 to 45 minutes.
Part snorkeling, part Scuba diving, you don’t need any certification, just to be a reasonably competent swimmer.
Equipped with flippers and mask, you breathe through an air pipe with a reservoir connected to a raft that follows your movements, and
like a fish in water, you’re free to explore the waters of the Caribbean.
Accompanied by a Scuba diving instructor, this activity is available from age 8 upwards.
Age: Starting from 8 years