Trip Report Three diving days in Cozumel, July 21-25
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Been there, done that, didn't care for it. DSFDF
My daughter and I we there last week, it was her first "wreck dive". I thought it was a good wreck, plunty of acess holes to make is safe for OW set up but not enough to give you the feel that it was a just a piece of steel on the bottm to swim around. I would do it again.
To each his or her own. One thing I didn't like about it was that the time I went the current was fairly strong and I got blown off the wreck before I could get down; the boat had to come get me. Also, I am a bit claustrophobic so I didn't go inside; I had to fight or hide from the current while the others in my group were inside. Lastly, it is a work of man, not of nature; my interests lie elsewhere.
SwampTiger90
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Las Palmas is a great site. Some people don't like it but I love it. You zig zag from coral head to coral head, often find juvenile angel fish and other cool critters, along with spotted and goldentail morays. On each of my last two trips to Cozumel, I've seen a big eagle ray cruise by munching on crab.
That's a new one on me. I have been to Colombia Deep, Pinnacles, and Shallows, but not Cordillera. Where is it?
There is no Cozumel dive site that I do not enjoy diving. One day during our last trip to Cozumel the second morning dive was at Paradise, and the DM apologized to me for it when we were on the way there. I told him not to worry about it, and it turned out to be one of the best dives of the trip. Low current, bright sunlight, lots of critters, no other boats - what's not to like?
mcohen1021
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We moored to it and we used the mooring line to get down easily without burning our tanks. Once we were down, no issues. It was just a heavy wind / surface current.
In my video from the 1st dive (@ Yucab), the currents were so strong it looked like we were diving in a shaken snowglobe - so much sand!
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JediCheese
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My Garmin watch didn't log the entry, but the exit was near Palancar Bricks.
I loved the C-53. The GF likes wrecks (she wanted to get her wreck dive cert) and I think she'd love it. When we go back, I'm going to see if we can run a line and really penetrate the ship.
The current was enough to want to go down the line and I wouldn't want to free descend it. I missed the eel on top of the bridge but found a decent sized lobster in one of the anchor holes. The submarine didn't stop by to say hello (you could hear the whine in the distance).
cozcharlie
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Las Palmas is south of Paradise. I vaguely recall it is named for a few Palm trees that used to be on the shore (but some or all have died ). That conversation was 25 years ago so memory is a little hazy .
Basically a beginner/second dive close to the marina. Not particularly exciting topography, but I dive it every once in a while for convenience and sometimes see interesting things there
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