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No, I'm not sure. I have no idea of the room type etc., of ncitro's trip. I just now checked again on Expedia. Sat to Sat, Dec 6-13. $1,119.96 for one person in a room. $1,340.18 for 2 people in one room. I don't remember where I looked a day or two ago when I posted about the price. I was...

No problem. For the record and as far as I know, Cozumel Resort by Wyndham and Hotel Cozumel are the same place. Based on the pricing I saw, $3,000 for a room and two people diving means the cost of diving is about $1800 since the room is $1,200 for a week. That's $900 per person for diving...

I'm not an AI guy but I just did a quick search and for about $161 per night, based on double occupancy, you could stay at the Occidental, the Allegro or the Cozumel Resort by Wyndham. That's pretty inexpensive for AI. $1,200 for a week. Call the room $100/night, that's $30 per night per...

No Problem. It sounds like you've got a list going. I'd contact those shops on your list and ask what they'd recommend for accommodations within your budget. This is just to my preference, but if I decided I was going to stay "in town", meaning down around the square or within blocks of it, I'd...

I'm not sure where the Mercado Municipal is, but if MM is the area around the square right across from the people ferry, there should be lots of options for dive shops that will get you to their boats. Tres Pelicanos and I suspect Deep Blue would get you to the south marina by vehicle. You just...

I suspect you're in Cozumel now? If you haven't been there before, how are you liking it? Is 4 or 5 days going to seem like enough? Did you decide what to do about BC and/or PDC and some more cenote diving?

I dive with Deep Blue. They've been around a long time and are a "small, fast boat" dive op. What I described in terms of site selection, etc., is going to be pretty standard with most of the "small, fast boat" dive ops. If you're trying to figure out who to dive with, people here will be able...

Staying with the same dive op for the week will not only be more convenient, but switching ops during the week would likely up the chances of repeating a dive site. With the dive op I've used, I've witnessed the DMs being cognizant of where the divers have been the prior days. They always ask...

My wording wasn't very clear. I shouldn't have implied searching for "north marina" shops. I think I'd start with looking at the resorts that are north and then take a look at which dive op is the in-house op. Their boats will likely leave from the north marina and/or they might direct you to...

I'd be looking at a north marina dive op as suggested above. Or for instance, whatever dive ops that may be servicing the north hotels/resorts. Others will know of far more options than I do, but I can think of Pepe Scuba (El Cozumeleno resort), Aldora Divers (Villa Aldora hotel) and Island...

2 tank boat trips take about 4ish hours. Most/Many shops leave at 8am, so you'd get back by noonish. Island time and all... As to good suggestions, where you're staying could make a difference and save some time and hassle. For instance, you may be staying somewhere that's a short walk to a...

Correct. As stated in my original post.

You're not missing anything. I simply have a personal preference. I have no problem discussing it in an open forum. It sounds like what you want is supplied perfectly well by Blue Angel's dive op. By and large, I prefer to dive with a non-house dive operation. I don't think there's anything...

I've never stayed at Blue Angel, but would second this suggestion and also suggest Casa Del Mar for some of the same reasons. Also, personally, I wouldn't dive with Blue Angel. It's not because they aren't a good dive op, I'm certain that they are. I wouldn't dive with Casa Del Mar's dive shop...

FWIW, I suspect that whichever dive op you're diving with on Cozumel will be able to set up cenote trip/s for you on the fly. If it looks like the port will be closed for diving, they'll probably have a good idea that it's going to happen the day before, but even if not, they could probably set...

As others have suggested, Cozumel is definitely not a rice and beans destination. I have no experience with Roatan, but from what I've read, it might be a little closer to that than Cozumel.

Right. Though I would say I've had some good meals a La Mission too. Another off the beaten path that comes to mind would be Pescadaria San Carlos. And the chicken places on 30th? Those must be in a taxi zone outside of the square too?

As to beaches, if "by the water " counts, there are many options. Many places that are on the water have some sort of ocean side service. As to the "no Mexican food", most, if not nearly all restaurants have food that isn't necessarily Mexican. There will be a Mexican preparation of fish, for...

There are resorts/hotels that aren't AI, but have restaurants and in some cases they are situated close to other restaurants. Or for instance, someone could stay at PalMar Condos and there are 4 very close restaurants where one could get breakfast, lunch and dinner if they wanted. El Cantil...

Right. It would require some negotiation. If they don't have a single tank, or 3 tank day price, that would have to be worked out, but at the least it's a better possibility in that the dive shop and hotel are basically in one. One of the ways I've been diving with just a divemaster, or the dm...