ProTec Boat & Team
ProTec Cozumels main diving vessel is the EUSMILIA. We work with a number of charter companies when additional boats are needed but this is our boat and if we must say so one of the nicest fast boats on the island.
Do not hesitate to email us if you have any questions or need assistance.
EUSMILIA MAIN FEATURES
9 feet beam (wide)
Two 200hp Yamaha Outboards
Grey in Color with Blue Canvas
2 water pumps
EUSMILIA SPECIAL FEATURES
Fresh Water for rinsing cameras, equipment etc (200 liters)
Oxygen
Tools
Ladder and handrail (excellent ladder best on the island)
Shade
Flare Gun
EUSMILIA SPECIAL FEATURES
Fresh Water for rinsing cameras, equipment etc (200 liters)
Oxygen
Tools
Ladder and handrail (excellent ladder best on the island)
Shade
Flare Gun
Our staff of full time employees is dedicated to the service of our customers, and we schedule our staff according to our customers needs. We are not a sales agent for divers needs, we are a complete in house service provider. Our part time employees are guides and Instructors who live and dive in the area and their field of expertiese for years to ensure quality service and customer satisfaction.
Dario Hernandez
Dario is the Jefe of operations in Cozumel and the lead DiveMaster and Guide.
Dario is from Cozumel and has diving on the diving for over 25 years. In this time he has done thousands of dives and shown the underwater wonders of the island to hundreds of divers.
Dario is known for his love of showing the island and its creatures to divers. In addition to his diving skills he as well has studied and learned about all the reef animals and corals and will show you each one. Dario has dove with divers from around the world, of all ages, and varying skill levels from the brand new diver to the most advanced and all have come away from the experience learning something and making new friends. Dario works very hard for everyones enjoyment of every dive and guarentees safety and professionalism during all diving operations.
Prior to teaming up with ProTec Dario was a divemaster at Del Mar Aquatics, Dive with Martin, and Aldora Divers just to name a few.
call Dario direct 0052-987-1133538
Rosalba Garcia
Rosalba is a face that most people who have come into our Playa del Carmen facility knows well. She has been with us since the day we opened in the year of 2000 and is still taking care of us all.
You will find her in the retail area, doing the paperwork, making orders, and making all the daily motions of the store work smoothly.
Fernando del Valle Prieto
Fernando a.k.a. Nando was born in Mexico City, live and studied there untill he decide to take some time off and learn to scuba dive. He decided to travel to Playa del Carmen to learn. This was his first touch to the world of diving, and he decided then to make diving his career and focus of his life. For the last 10 Nando has worked in Southern Mexico teaching and guiding divers in Playa del Carmen, Akumal and Cozumel.
Ever since he has spend his time working towards his future goal of being a Technical Cave Instructor. Nando speaks fluently English and Spanish and can do some needed explanations in Italian. When not out diving you will find him in the store helping out customers with their needs and taking care of the rental and retail gear for everyone.
For more information about Nando please click here
Patrick Widmann
Patrick is originally from Austria, where he also discovered early his passion for diving. About 7 years ago he moved to Egypt to turn it into his full time occupation. For the next years he was working for big companies teaching all levels of recreational diving including Instructor courses. In his spare time he started with deep mixed gas diving along the deep walls and canyons of the Red Sea as well as exploring its many wrecks. In 2005 he came the first time to Mexico and got immediately hooked on Cave diving and finally moved here in 2007.
Some of the favorite locations that he currently guides and teaches include: The Caves of the Riviera Maya, the Deep Caves of Yucatan, the deep wall in front of Playa del Carmen and the C-52 Wreck outside of Puerto Morelos.
Courses can be taught in English, German and French. He is very active in the support of community diving projects and regularly can be found mixing gases for these projects and other much larger exploration initiatives.
For more information about Patrick please click here
Andreas W. Matthes
Andreas a.k.a. Matt is the founding member and owner of the ProTec Dive Center & Advanced Training Facility. Along with daily operations of the facility he is our training director and special projects director. Originally from Germany; he has lived, worked and dove throughout Germany, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Honduras, Egypt, Northern and Southern United States, Soloman Islands, Eastern Caribbean, Belize, Pacific and Eastern Mexico.
Matt has been training divers since 1993 and has certified hundreds of divers to various levels of training. Some of the favorite locations that Matt currently guides and teaches include the deep walls off Cozumel, the caves and caverns of the Riviera Maya, the Deep Caves of Yucatan, the deep walls of the Honduran Bay Islands and wrecks and deep walls along the Mexican Pacific coast.
Courses can be taught in German, English, and Spanish. His community puts him in the front line of regional developments and is a regular contributor to global cave diving discussions. An APSA Guide Instructor and Guide.
For more information about Matt please click here
Do not hesitate to email us if you have any questions or need assistance.