There has been a bunch of questions about diving the East/Windward side of Cozumel, as well as more than a little controversy about the board. I'd like to clarify a few things and of course I put this in the marketplace section.
First, a really cool video description of how it is to dive there was made by Scuba Diving Magazine in 2007 and can now be found on youtube.com at :"East Side Gold". We did not pay for that. A more detailed description of our service can be found at Aldora.com.
To put things in perspective, we explored over there and built infrastructure in order to serve our customers when the port was closed on the west side. Goodness, in January 2001, supposed "high season", the port was closed for 21 out of 30 days. We shared the grief of our divers, many of whom did not get wet on their entire vacation. I resolved to find a way to fix that.
We did by figuring out ways to keep and launch boats over there but never really expected to find the beautiful and different dive sites that could be experienced. In our minds, the East Side makes Cozumel one island but two distinct destinations. Really, when it is butt ugly on the west side, its usually like a lake over there.
We also found that the East Side could be enjoyed in the summer months without a Norte and have thus set aside trips with our larger boats around the north end when we have capable groups who want to go. IT is a lot more grief for us in terms of logistics but the thrill of diving in such pristine conditions is well worth the cost.
OF course Aldora Divers is the only operation currently offering such service but it just may be that competitive pressure might again raise the bar for all of you.
The web page ought to answer most questions but feel free to contact me directly dave@aldora.com
Dave Dillehay
Aldora DIVERS.
First, a really cool video description of how it is to dive there was made by Scuba Diving Magazine in 2007 and can now be found on youtube.com at :"East Side Gold". We did not pay for that. A more detailed description of our service can be found at Aldora.com.
To put things in perspective, we explored over there and built infrastructure in order to serve our customers when the port was closed on the west side. Goodness, in January 2001, supposed "high season", the port was closed for 21 out of 30 days. We shared the grief of our divers, many of whom did not get wet on their entire vacation. I resolved to find a way to fix that.
We did by figuring out ways to keep and launch boats over there but never really expected to find the beautiful and different dive sites that could be experienced. In our minds, the East Side makes Cozumel one island but two distinct destinations. Really, when it is butt ugly on the west side, its usually like a lake over there.
We also found that the East Side could be enjoyed in the summer months without a Norte and have thus set aside trips with our larger boats around the north end when we have capable groups who want to go. IT is a lot more grief for us in terms of logistics but the thrill of diving in such pristine conditions is well worth the cost.
OF course Aldora Divers is the only operation currently offering such service but it just may be that competitive pressure might again raise the bar for all of you.
The web page ought to answer most questions but feel free to contact me directly dave@aldora.com
Dave Dillehay
Aldora DIVERS.
