Search results

I wasn't in Coz at that time, but it's a pretty common strategy. When I first started diving nitrox, the shop explained it when I asked for nitrox for both tanks of a trip. If you're on one of the "walls", and there's a down current, it's a comfort to not worry about the MOD. Even with the...

Great trip report! I've been hoping you'd get to Cozumel! 26 tanks on an 8 day trip is great and a heck of a pace. Good on 3Ps for their part in making that happen. I dive a Suunto Mosquito computer. It's very conservative. My air consumption isn't horrible but I don't dive Nitrox to...

If you're at the southern cruise ship pier another option, which is walkable, would be Tikila Bar. It's about 4-5 blocks north of the southern pier. I don't know what's going on there Christmas day, but the cruise ships used to bring snorkel excursions there and they may still do so.

For the record, you can shore dive many places north of the southern cruise ship pier to probably the Barracuda hotel, which is on the south side of the square. The Presidente is just inside the marine park as I understand. North of the cruise ship pier and not in the marine park you can get...

Others with better information will be able to be more specific and may correct my understanding but fwiw, $75 a night sounds really great. You're basically at the Money Bar, so south of the marina, which means any op should be able to pick you up there, and you're on the north end of the...

As I'm sure you have, I've seen a lot of impressive things out of your friend the DM. One was 3 big, fat, juicy lionfish at Maracaibo that lived to see another day because the current was a little switchy and there were some other considerations. There was a 99.999999% chance that he could...

Silex, you may not have paid very close attention to what you read. It was the father of the guy in jail that was videotaped entering the ferry with another person carrying a backpack. When the ferry got to Playa, the father rushed away from the ferry and the guy with the backpack exited the...

I copied the following 4 paragraphs from a blog. Link to the full blog article is below the paragraphs. "Since all of the incidents involve the same company, the investigation has focused heavily on Barcos Caribe and one of the owners, Roberto Borge Martín. He is the father of the former...

On the chance that you're not joking Norrm, it sounds like you didn't understand what happened. The gas on his back when he did the dive was air. His computer was set for nitrox, 32% as he stated. So, when he went below 112 feet, his computer set off the alarm to alert him that he'd gone...

The dive op I use, Deep Blue, takes DSD divers on a shore dive first. After that the diver can do boat dives, with an instructor of course. I think this is true of many if not most shops on the island. First dive will be from the shore. Whichever shops you contact, tell them exactly what...

I've done a week or so diving with Blue Magic, many years ago when they were under different ownership, etc. I've done a lot of diving with Deep Blue over the years. Both would be fine choices. I don't have any experience with Eco Divers, but would expect they'd do a good job. The important...

I don't know that I'd call it hesitation, it's that I want my gear and handling the neoprene is a breeze. Between the dock and my room, there are 3 separate places I can rinse gear. I have a balcony with pegs for hanging stuff. I can see why there are those that want the service. It makes...

I want my gear for shore diving and there are lockers and rinsing facilities on the dock where I stay so it's convenient. My schlepping amounts to a mesh bag holding camera gear, dry bag, dry box and a little bit of neoprene which I can rinse on the dock or in my room easily. If I were staying...

It really depends on where you're staying. Where I stay, I can rinse it in several places. Personally, I take it off as soon as the dive is over. The quicker you get it off, the quicker you dry, the quicker you warm up. Some shops will take your wetsuit, rinse it and dry it. That's a...

On Blue Angel's website, they show 8am, 10am and 11am two tank trips. 11am is not in bold. Don't know if that makes a difference. A 10am two tank should get you back by 2pmish. DIVING – Blue Angel Resort

I've never stayed at Blue Angel but I know people that have. Something in your post does sound like BA would be a good fit. As money isn't a huge factor, taking a taxi in to town for supper won't be a budget breaker. It's walkable to/from town, but after diving all day, that isn't appealing...

Except for the room price, I think the Barracuda sounds the closest to matching your list. You could dive with anyone that leaves from downtown. I suspect that all of what you're looking for, mostly due to price, doesn't exist. For the record, from Suites Colonial, you'd be about a block west...

If it's the same Eduardo that did my resort dive 14 years ago, another vote for him. Amazing example of great instruction.

I've used a Sealife DC 500, a DC1000. Both of those really want the strobe. And therein lies a good question. Are you willing to shoot without a strobe? If you are, that'll really lighten your load.

Took a look and found that the website is down. Facebook is going though. Village Tan Kah At either Blue Angel or Village Tan Kah (Scuba Shack), I think Tres Pelicanos will pick you up on land and take you to the marina to board the boat, though they might just whip around the cruise ships to...