A ScubaBoard Staff Message...
I doubt you'll find any other dive op that will pick up at the Allegro and head to the northern reefs. Only option would be a taxi (or rental car) and that would get a little pricey. Why stay in the south if you want to dive the north?Oh boy....it seems I have come too late, but i'm going to give my $0.02 anyways, her it goes. I returned from Rivera Maya on Nov 4th from a week stay at the occidental grand in Playa and was diving with prodive there, also on Cozumel from the allegro, and i must say, i had some great dives with them. I've been to Coz and playa a number of times and have seen little more then coral, morays and parrot fish, not that i'm complaining about it, I reside in the north Atlantic..... but Prodive delivered for me, i seen just about everything on my Rivera bucket list this past trip, sharks, turtles, rays, scorpion fish and the list goes on and on. I won't argue on the nationalities on some of the staff as it is no different then any other dive op in other countries that i have dove with so far, but to say that they are a bad op in my opinion is just not true. I'm returning to the Allegro in Coz in May, and will probably go with another op, mainly because the don't go to the northern reefs. Prodive required me to do a free refresher in the pool with one of their instructors, before going out with them, and also required me to go on a shallow afternoon dive before i could join them on the early deep dive. I must say i was a little mad at first as I've never had that requested of me before, but in retrospect, it was very professional and i am thankful that they did to ensure that I was ready for the more challenging stuff.
For that matter, what's so exciting up north, especially in May? I now have 75 dives in Coz, still haven't made it north. I will make it a priority the next time I get there in the winter months when the eagle rays are swarming, but then I'll stay in town.
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