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If you haven't been there before, you'll dive the "must dive" sites by default. You must dive any of the Palancar sites (4), and you will. Palancar Gardens, mentioned above, may well be your first dive of the trip. All of the first dives, with a few exceptions, will be at a site with huge...

I'm a Scuba Shack and Village Tankah fan. I did 10 tanks with them years ago and have rented shore tanks from them many times. I usually stay at Casa del Mar, just on the other side of Village Tankah. Getting on and off the boat at SS is very, very easy, and if you're staying at Tankah...

Scuba Shack would be very convenient. It's basically across the street from Park Royal and maybe 100 feet north. They have a nice gear locker room and very easy entry onto their boats. They run small 6-8 pack boats. I've been diving with them and would recommend them. The other convenient...

This is just ballpark and not really an apples to apples comparison. I'm not sure if CDM is open right now and I used Salty Endeavors who advertise $80 for a two tank trip and as I understand, would pick you up at Casa del Mar as they leave from downtown. Others know their afternoon trip...

Wow.

I think this is room 13, or 3 at Ramon's, heh. If you're on the beach with your back to the ocean, it's to the left (south?) of the bar a distance of maybe 50 feet. From this room it was a 45 second walk to my gear locker on the dock. It's thatch roofed, spacious and has no tv. There is no...

I'd be inclined to skip the car ferry and just go over on the regular ferry. You can get on Cozumel early enough to do 4 tanks that way. Your wife could hang out around the square, taxi to your lunch drop so you could eat lunch together and she could have a beach afternoon and then taxi back...

I've done a lot of 4 tank days with Deep Blue. As you noted, they leave at 9am. They, like other shops, will drop you at a beach location after the morning 2 tank trip, usually Paradise Beach or the Money Bar, and then pick you up there after lunch for the afternoon 2 tank trip.

Definitely inquire with the dive shop, but generally equipment is included in those dives, along with an instructor (think private dm) and the course will usually include two 2-tank boat trips. Nav dives are usually done from the shore. So, it's spendy, but it does cover some dive cost and if...

It might feel like that right now, but really, diving Coz is almost as easy. It'll be much different than doing checkout dives in cold water with bad viz. Your tanks and weights will already be on the boat. I don't know if there are gear lockers close to the dock or if you have gear, but that...

If you are staying south of the marina, basically El Presidente and anywhere south, they'd pick you up from your hotel's dock, but confirm that with the shop.

Deep Blue will take both, but as others have mentioned, it's not an optimal situation for the divers or the snorkelers. As I recall, the first dive will likely be at a Palancar site, where the reef can come up to about 30 feet from the surface. While the divers are diving, the snorkeler will...

If you look in a bookstore you'll find really nice, laminated even, cheat sheets with lots of words and phrases. I can't remember the brand name, but one brand has a series of those laminated, tri-fold sheets that cover words, phrases, verbs, grammar etc. I have cousins that speak completely...

Forgot some dive gear in the trunk of a taxi. I asked another taxi driver about it and he and some other drivers tracked down the taxi I had taken. They were able to tell the driver about the stuff in the trunk, and about 20 minutes later I had it back. I've had some really nice experiences...

It can happen. Afternoon trip. 2nd tank. 2 groups, one new divers, the other advanced divers. Current moving south to north. Shop DM with the new divers and a freelance with the advanced group. We were running a little late that day. We wondered what was up during the briefing. The...

I've been diving with Scuba Shack and have friends that dive there, and stay at Village Tan Kah, yearly. Completely legit. I'm assuming the room you're booking is at Village Tan Kah. You'll find it extremely convenient for your diving as Scuba Shack and the dock are right across the street...

I don't know where Turquoise is, but Paprika is the opposite direction (north) of Ernestos from CDM, and maybe a 50 foot further walk than Ernestos. It's right across the street from Tikila, on the East side of the street. Ground floor room at CDM is super convenient, and the gear could go in...

I don't know current pricing to be able to compare, but when I did my referral there many years ago the prices were about the same. One of the factors determining my choice of shop was where the OW dives were conducted. Some shops did all 4 dives from the shore, some did 2 from shore and 2...

It's been about 5 years since I've been there, so others may have more accurate information. It sounds like you've ruled out CDM, Park Royal, El Cid and Village Tan Kah for your group. If I was considering Palmar, I'd ask Palmar what they suggest. They may have arrangements with ops in that...

Prior to Wilma and a couple years after the lockers were only for people diving with Del Mar Aquatics, but then it changed and anyone staying at the hotel and diving could use a locker. (bring your own lock) It's been awhile since I've been there so things may have changed, but my guess is that...