PDA is no doubt the nicest and best dive center in Palau. From their website to booking and finally to diving, they were professional and extremely helpful, making our time in Palau unforgettable.

If you ever search for diving in Palau, the first result will be their website. Not only does it exhibit the wonderful dive sites of Palau, it even recommends things to do in Palau outside of diving. Their website is easy to navigate and is a fantastic resource to your trip in Palau.

Booking with Cheryl was very easy and helpful. She made everything very clear and even gave us recommendations for places to eat. Pickup is great and your dive gear will be taken care of very well.

The divemaster in PDA is very experienced and knows the dive sites very thoroughly. Unfortunately jellyfish lake was closed when we booked our dives, however the PDA team gave us an extra dive instead. Every single dive was special and memorable. We all dived nitrox so we had so much time underwater. Being the most expensive dive center in Palau, I found every dollar worth. I’m not going to spoil what you will find while diving here, everything is truly very special and you have to see it for yourself.

If you’re diving in Palau and want the best experience, there is no better dive center than PDA.

We really enjoyed diving in Palau this visit.

During a previous visit we unfortunately hooked up with one of the larger cattle-class dive operators who herded us throughout the week with little care about diving repeatedly on the same sites or sites already packed with lots of other dive boats. Our gear was trashed in their equipment rooms, etc. Really miserable last time.

This time we really had great service and PDA offers concierge type diving. Once they picked us up from the airport and delivered us to the Palau Pacific Resort our equipment was prepped, cleaned and stored by them each dive day. They simply picked us up at the resort dock promptly at 8 AM, arriving at the premiere dive sites before the competition. After each day of great diving we were dropped off back at our resort and they returned to their base where they rinsed and stored our gear.

We dove with free Nitrox all week and a highlight was the boat tour in and through the Rock Islands. Their limit is ten divers with three dive masters. Lunch and snacks were healthy and tasty. The boat never felt crowded and we hit all of the top dive sites near Palau and Pelelui. One item of negative feedback is that we not appreciate the crew and a few of our dive masters chewing and spitting Betel Nut or tobacco on the boat. We have provided this feedback to the owners of PDA and they assure us this will be addressed. But for this single issue this review would be five star. Nobody at Palau Pacific Resort chews on their property so we know this can be done on off hours or at home.

The dive masters were well qualified and knew how to read the current and tides to bring us the best diving at each location. Lots of sharks and great fish counts, stunning corals and fans, etc. We wish the night dive had been on a coral garden or reef and not on a murky wreck in the harbor.

Chris and Jason are owners of this great operation with Chris located in the USA to answer inquiries and to do marketing and enhancing reservations. Jason is a Palauan and he has a great ground staff with Sheryl and Jamie supporting the logistics. They operate a five day program Monday through Friday with extra dives available on weekends. Our hats off to all for their great service last week.