From the first e-mail we exchanged until the end of the dive trip, Kerri was extremely professional, overcoming by expectations of a dive shop in Panama. I have been diving all over Panama, and I'm sure she is the most professional dive masters/instructor in the country. She was on-time on the meeting point, very clear instructions and very responsible with the Corals preservation. I strongly recommend her for anyone who wants to dive in Pedasi , or wants to learn how to dive.I strongly recommend her for anyone who wants to dive in Pedasi , or wants to learn how to dive.
We've been scuba diving with other providers in pedasi, but this group is most definitely the most professional one. Very safe and fun experience
Had a great dive!Isla Iguana is beautiful. ☀️*Plan your trip to match the whale season.
Great diving business! Kerri is a great person to work with- she's friendly and accommodating. We had 2 great dives with her during our vacation. Viz was not great, but nothing Kerri can do about that! She's safe and that is what I find very important in any dive operator! Thanks for the fun!
We went for a double dive on last Christmas with Kerri and it was by fare the best gifts we could offer us for the holidays! Kerri is a friendly and easygoing person, but what is much more important, she's a highly professional dive master. She made it a personal goal to make our day a successful and fulfilling one. She appears to be someone who can adapt to the level of each diver. Her equipment is brand new and good quality (Mares). Brand new tanks, BCD and regulators wich were all bought in USA. She makes it a priority for the divers accompanying her to be respectful of the coral reef and it's inhabitants wich related to our values. Apart from the many eels and schools of fish (angel, grouper, parrot,...), we were blessed on that Christmas day by the appearances of a reef shark and a sea turtle wich were the two denizens that we were wishing to meet! We suspect her to have some kind of mystic bounding power's with the local marine life...But that we can't confirm and we highly recommand that you go veriy by yourself! :-) We have the chance to live in Panama for the next 2 years and we surley dive with her again! Katleen and Simon
We visited Pedasi this past November and contacted the owner of the Pacific Paradise Dive Shop, Kerri. She immediately contacted us back even though it was after hours, and she took the time to set up a dive for us the next day at Isla Iguana. I am an experienced diver with over 90 dives yet I found Kerri to be one of the best dive masters I have ever had the pleasure of diving with. She was an underwater encyclopedia of the local marine life, relaxed and personable. My friend was much less experienced and had some trepidation about diving, but Kerri was extremely patient and made her feel comfortable and safe. Kerri had the best equipment and maintained it excellently...something you worry about in a third world country.Besides experiencing a fantastic dive trip with her, Kerri further enhanced our Pedasi experience by recommending local places to go, and setting up a fishing trip for us with a trusted local boat captain.If you want a fun but safe exceptional dive experience with personalized service, this is the only place to go in Pedasi.World traveler, Marge
I took a 2 tank dive to Isla Iguana in February 2015. We saw a lot: Sea Turtle, reef shark, many eels, and lots of beautiful fishes. the highlight of the trip was honestly our diving instructor Kerri: she has been fantastic. my gf took a discover scuba diving course and Kerri was so nice, so patient and you could tell she loves teaching and sharing her passion of diving with others. We all felt very safe with her, from the first email exchanges where she explained all the logistics, til we left the boat at the end of the trip. would definitely recommend her for both fun dives or Padi courses.
I did the Open Water certification with Kerri last summer, and I think it was the best idea I had during my entire summer...She has been a great teacher, she knows how to make you confident in the water, and training was, in fact, quite easy thanks to her.My only regret is that now that I learned to dive in such an awesome place (the beautiful Isla Iguana), I will have to travel the world again to find something as amazing.^^
I did my training for Open water diver with Kerry, the owner of Pacific Paradise Dive Shop. The experience of doing the training in Pedasi was amazing and all the course was really complete and easy to follow. The diving in Isla Iguana is something that every diver should try, the colors and the life in this part of Pacific Ocean is beautiful. I totally recommend this dive shop for training and dive trips, Kerry will take care of everything and you will enjoy the experience.
We were roadtripping Panamá this last september. We arrived to Pedasí late at night and we tried to contact to dive centers at Panamá...and nobody would take us to dive the day after :-( and we really wanted to go. Someone at our hostel gave us Kerri telephone and we phoned her. She would be taking us to Isla Iguana for some diving :-) !!With almost no time, she organised everything very effectively: she was very professional and very commited.We met in the morning and we noticed that the equipment was very new, in a very good condition and Kerri did not hesitate in explaining everything that was needed for the dive with the best detail.We went to Isla Iguana, where we saw sharks, turtles and a huge variety of fishes. It was a very nice diving day and we saw that Kerri was a very responsible and professional dive master, taking care about safety, but making a very fun dive; showing you a lot of underwater life, but being concious and caring about the environment. And even more, after the dive she gave us tips about what to see around Pedasí (and how) and she was very nice to us in every way.We were very happy with all the day.I really recommend this dive shop. If you go to Pedasí for some diving, do not hesitate to go to Pacific Paradise Dive Shop. The experience wil be great and Kerri will be great with you!.