We had an amazing two-tank refresher dive with Alux Divers in Mahahual, MX last week during our cruise!
The communication before hand was frankly great. We knew exactly where we were going and what to expect. Getting dropped off at the village by cab was actually a great experience--very short ride, btw. The locals were incredibly welcoming and gracious! Cab rides were super easy to get to and from the cruise port. (just $5/pp each way)
It had been MANY years since our last dive and we loved that we could get private instructor time to go over all of the stuff we may have forgotten over the years. There were three different people getting private instruction while we were there. We were all getting our own pace of refreshing in our own private sessions.
They were incredibly patient and also quizzed us as we went to make sure we were retaining the information.
Our instructor and dive master, Morgane, was absolutely amazing!! I was frankly initially nervous to be diving again after so long. She was incredible at going through the refresher information with me and my husband. We had her sole focus and she did a great job of focusing on the important details. She used a white board to illustrate her instruction which was really helpful. After she was comfortable that we were retaining what she was refreshing us on, we walked to the shore and did a brief shore check-out for safety before getting on the boat with our gear.
I will be honest...when I booked this, I was trusting reviews 100%. I was very nervous. I fortunately underestimated the quality of refresher that we would get (I thought maybe we would get 15 minutes on the boat as we were heading to the dive site). We spent a good amount of time with Morgane at the dive shop going over information with a white board (TRUE instruction), inspecting and preparing our gear, etc. It was far more than I expected and turned out to be exactly what I needed to feel confident in my dive skills once again!
The dives were also great. We have been on about 50 Caribbean dives through the years and we saw things on our two dives that we had never seen in the Caribbean before! Beautiful. immense, and peaceful school of boga going overhead was likely my favorite moment! We also saw Eels, Shrimp, Lobsters, tons of diff fish/coral. Yes, we saw a lion fish, too.
We rented their their gear and I didn't have a single worry--well maintained gear and tanks!
We will 100% be back! Loved it so much!