Roberta's Scuba Shack

Roberta's Scuba Shack

Overview & Experience

Roberta's Scuba Shack is a Cozumel dive operation that pairs boat diving with its own accommodation, the Village Tan Kah dive hotel. The site describes itself as a PADI International Resort training facility and lists affiliations with PADI, TDI/SDI, SSI, DAN and Lifewaters. On years in business the site is not entirely consistent: the meta description says "over 30 years" while body text refers to a 25-year reputation.

The clearest thing that sets this operation apart is its adaptive scuba diving programme. Roberta's Scuba Shack states that it dives with "paraplegics, quadriplegics, ambulatory, amputees, and people suffering from PTSD as well as acute brain trauma," and offers the Scubility course to train professional divers and dive buddies in adaptive techniques.

Key Features & Services

• Two-tank boat diving on Cozumel's drift reefs — the site notes that "Scuba diving in Cozumel offers the particularity of drift diving!" with current typically running north to south.
• Adaptive scuba diving for divers with a wide range of physical and neurological disabilities, plus the Scubility course for pros and buddies.
• Full PADI course path — Discover Scuba Diving, Discover Boat Diving, Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver and Divemaster, plus 14 specialty options.
• Rental gear: regulators, air, BCDs, nitrox and snorkel gear. Private mini rinse tanks are provided for individual use.
• Private boat charters priced per trip rather than per person, for 1-6, up to 8, and 9 persons.
• Multi-trip dive packages running from 2 up to 7 standard two-tank trips.
• Dedicated and combined snorkel trips visiting Palancar, Colombia Shallows, Cardona and El Cielo.
• Village Tan Kah — the affiliated dive hotel, with ten air-conditioned cabanas plus a 2-bedroom, 2-bath suite, and a continental breakfast served buffet-style by the pool.

Published Rates

Rates are quoted in US dollars and the published list is marked valid through 17 December 2026.

Courses: Discover Scuba Diving $90, Discover Boat Diving $169, Open Water $445 (eLearning completion $300; referral $279), Advanced Open Water $445, Rescue Diver $445, Divemaster $875.

The site also notes that "All dive shops are required to collect $ 225 pesos per day" for National Marine Park entrance, collected in cash on arrival.

Why Roberta's Scuba Shack Stands Apart

Two things. First, adaptive diving is a genuine specialism here, not a line item — the range of disabilities named and the Scubility instructor training show a programme built deliberately rather than accommodated occasionally.

Second, the hotel. Village Tan Kah means a diver can book accommodation, breakfast and diving through the same people, with gear rinse tanks and a poolside breakfast built around a dive schedule rather than a hotel one.

Practical Details

• Address: Cozumel, Mexico — the site does not publish a street address
• Phone: +52 987 114 3568
• Email: roberta@scubashackcoz.com
• Website: https://scubashackcoz.com/
• Marine Park fee: 225 pesos per day, cash on arrival

The site does not publish a street address, boat type or size, maximum group size per boat, languages spoken, hotel pickup, cenote trips or departure times, so none of those are claimed here.