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One point hinted is how absolutely disorienting it is to not see the wall/reef/bottom. This is a good point about swimming out from the wall - you could end up in the blue with no point of reference. If you have never experienced this, try. Swim away from a way from a wall until its all...

Let me ask this question. All the respectable dive ops vet divers before going to Punta Sur or the North sites. Yet some people describe Santa Rosa as cautionary due to unpredictable down currents. Does Santa Rosa need to be restricted to experienced divers or not?

That's called hording :D

I routinely stay at Iberostar when traveling with my family BUT I never dive with Dressel. Many ops will pick you up at either the dock or from the beach. You simply walk in from the beach or use the stairs off the docks. This avoids large fees Iberostar charges OPs to use their dock...

This is such a troll thread. On nos. I did my 1000 dives before I certified and the question says how many dives since certified! What shall I do! I know! I'll ask on the Cozumel forum and also mention how long I have been going to Cozumel. Don't feed the trolls.

Love love love! Thank you for sharing!

My daughter trained in Cozumel. She did the elearning of the classwork at home but all pool and ocean work on the island. Other than being a hummingbird underwater flying all over looking at new things, I think she did well and was pleased. I did pre-train her on a few things. I taught her...

I dove with 3P in June and it was the same great experience. The new DMs are very techy so if that is your thing you will enjoy the new generation of DMs. Most of our deep dives were ~65 minutes. The DMs were actively pulling the group to shallower reefs in order to get longer dives. I did...

Dressel is ok and they are quite cheap since they include Nitrox. Your experience will be highly dependent on your DM. One day you can get one of their cave diver DMs and have a great time. The next time you can end up with a micromanager who wants you to be within 10 feet of them the whole...

Iberostar is right by Cedral and Santa Rosa wall. Anything north of that like Yucab requires planning. The best thing to do is simply go do the site and get a taxi back to the hotel after the short trip back to the dock. Some dive ops will actually pay for your taxi home... Yall are...

Ibersostar is a good choice. It is a beautiful resort with nice pools and many divers to have like minded discussions with. I second the notion to dive with someone else. Have them pick you up at the resort and then you are minutes from the dive site. Some will ask you to wade out to the...

Thank you for posting these. My wife and I enjoy the hunt and now you have shared a few new things to look out for. Could you please elaborate on the sea horses and where exactly you found them? It looks like some were on the sand but others were on the reef? Or maybe none were in the...

Last month, some friends we met at the pool were telling us they got a shakedown by the police while in a taxi. The police wanted a $250 fine but settled for $50. The driver told them that police from the mainland are coming over to the island and shaking down both tourists and locals. This...

Yea! Another thread bashing all AIs because we all know they are identical.

I'd personally love if someone started running 3 tank dives. I've done the 4 tank thing with 3P and its just a long exhausting day. Running back to town for more tanks is inefficient and a waste of gas. But I understand there is not much desire for this.

Hi, i am here diving now but the non divers on the trip want to snorkel. Can anyone recommend a good shop for a snorkeling trip? I am looking for the same things we look for in a good dive op: small faster boat, picks up at Southern resorts, goes to Ceilo. I hope I spelled that right...

I wear a long sleeve rash guard and a pair of knee length board shorts for some physical protection. I burn up on the surface in a wetsuit in the Cozumel heat/sun/humidity and find myself overheating and getting nauseous. I personally feel the overheating on the surface can't be good when...

So a dive op lost 3 divers. We are informed of this but no name is given. Does this forum even have a point anymore? Why even bother posting?

Pay very close attention to this. You aren't getting recommendations as much as you are getting people looking for validation of their preferred choices. Most of the people not recommending things have never stayed at the place and just lump non-equal things together. I stay at an AI that...

Haha! 4P!