About Us
Blue Magic Scuba is a PADI 5 Star IDC Center, one of the very few so honored on the island. But we are so much more than just a dive shop. Yes, we take divers out every day on our three fast boats with the best local divemasters, and yes they all have a great time, but we also teach. In fact we teach more people to dive than almost all the other dive shops on the island combined!
Together, our team has (without exaggeration) tens of thousands of dives in the Caribbean’s Blue Magic Waters. Our experience, knowledge and skills allows you to enjoy world class training with some of the world’s best instructors, including our resident Course Director Javier Agudo
Our shop (click here for more info) is located in the heart of downtown Cozumel, a short 3-to-5 minute walk from the ferry dock and a 5 minute walk from our Divemaster Interns house. Our 4 custom-designed and built boats are fast, clean and comfortable; they are docked in Cozumel’s main marina, Marina Fonatur, where most of our Cozumel Scuba Dive outings begin. All our boats are fully licensed, registered and carry the necessary local permits and safety/navigation equipment to ensure you have a great hassle-free dive experience.
Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Rescue and Divemaster training is what we do best. Join us and join the tribe!!! Start your dive adventure now with Javi and the rest of our great team!!
Javi Agudo: Course Director
Javi is from Barcelona. In 2008, after 16 years working as a software engineer he decided to change his life and started a year long trip along Latin America. But his plans got ruined when he arrived to Utila (Honduras) and took his first breath underwater. He decided that diving would be his passion and profession. He became a dive instructor and has been working in the dive industry and is today a PADI Course Director.
Javi has been worked in Honduras, Mexico, Thailand, Egypt and Spain. After so many years traveling around the world, he decided to settle in Cozumel and work with Blue Magic Scuba as director of professional training, with the responsibility to direct and conduct all the professional training activities and with the goal of establishing one of the greatest PADI 5 Star IDC centers in the Caribbean and in the world.
Monica Macias: Master Instructor
Monica is from Barcelona. In 2008, after 12 years working as a software engineer and digital designer she decided to change her life and started a long trip along Latin America. But her plans got ruined when she arrived to Utila (Honduras) and took her first breath underwater.
Yes, I know this start is suspiciously similar to Javi’s profile. Javi is Mònica’s husband and his journey is very similar. There are differences, though. She is an EFR instructor trainer and a full cave diver in addition to PADI Master Instructor.
She has been managing dive centers and live aboards in Mexico, Egypt and Spain so she provides her business expertise to our professional training activities. That educational angle expands our scope beyond PADI limits. It does not cover just the diving aspect, it is designed to make our students understand the industry as a whole.
Safety, quality, environment and ethics are Mònica’s main values and her teachings always incorporate these important issues. She does not want her students to be only great diving professional, she wants them to have the respect for the environment, the local communities and for each student to be filled with integrity and self-worth..
Mònica always works to involve the local community, as well as her students, in the care for the environment, joining and promoting efforts to create the awareness we need to take proper care of our planet.
She enjoys teaching any diving course, always inventing new and imaginative approaches to make them more interesting and effective. Other than diving, movies, live music, smiling and laughing are her favorite hobbies
Our Captains
Raymer “Angel” Uk
Jorge “Pato” Valle
Pablo Rosalos
Our Divemasters
Raul Gonzales
Abraham M
Rita HHH
Our Dry Staff
Ariana Cardenas: Guest Relations
Everybody loves our Ariana, she is the one who answers your e-mails and makes sure that everything is arranged correctly for your arrival. Once you’re here, Ariana is here to answer all questions and help in any way.
Fernando Ek:
Logistics Manager
The Boats are gassed and ready to go. The tanks have been checked, verified and placed on board. Your gear is onboard, there is plenty of water and snacks and all is ready to go.
Fernando makes sure of all this and more!!!
Yuval Tamari:
We are still trying to figure out what exactly Yuval does, all we know is that he really loves diving and Cozumel. We sometimes catch a glimpse of him pretending to do actual work, but…………