Water Sports Guide — Beach Club & Catamaran Tours

Responsibilities

• Lead water sports activities at a Playa del Carmen beach club: paddleboarding, kayaking, snorkeling tours to the reef, banana boat, and non-motorized beach equipment rental
• Conduct snorkeling reef tours from the beach club: the Playa del Carmen beach accesses the offshore section of the Mesoamerican Reef at depths suitable for snorkeling with 10–15 minutes' swim from the beach — the guide leads, identifies marine life, and manages group safety
• Operate catamaran half-day snorkel tours to the Cozumel reef from the beach club's catamaran dock
• Lead morning paddleboard sessions and sunset kayak tours: these low-intensity, high-atmosphere activities generate consistent guest satisfaction in the beach club environment
• Assist with beach club equipment maintenance: rinse, inspect, and store equipment after each day's use
• Maintain reef-safe product enforcement at all water entry points

Requirements

• Strong swimmer with lifeguard certification
• Snorkeling guide and reef marine life identification knowledge
• Paddleboard and kayak instruction ability for beginner guests
• English, Spanish, and ideally French or Italian for the Playa international beach club demographic
• Physical fitness for full-day outdoor beach activity management

Benefits

• IMSS, aguinaldo, paid vacation + premium
• Fixed monthly + activity gratuity income
• Beach club access and daily Caribbean sea use
• Meals at beach club during shift

Work environment

Beach club water sports guide in Playa del Carmen. Non-motorized and catamaran activities in the Caribbean with a diverse international tourist demographic.

About the role

The beach club guide who paddles a sunrise SUP group out 200 meters from the shore before the sun clears the horizon — 8 people floating in silence on flat Caribbean water, watching the sky turn orange — is providing something that a parasailing operation cannot provide. The tonal range of the Playa water sports market, from the quiet to the adrenaline-driven, is what makes it more interesting to work in than the pure volume operations.