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March 2024 Cozumel I had six days diving mid to late march 2024. Mid week the south winds picked up and the Palancars were closed and the port closed at noon one day and remained closed until 9 am the next day. After that the weather was good. On the windy days the seas made getting up the...

I got my park pass today, which the government calls Pasaporte del la Conservacion. It is still via Conanp. I was a bit later in getting this year and in previous years I could do it online. It is btw, for all national parks with some exceptions which I don't know. However the site to buy a...

Another friend came down for some diving (@loudives ) so I dove three more days after last week. I ditched the macro lens however the currents these days were slow and vis good. The weather is getting hot but we are having some afternoon and evening rainstorms. The numbers of mosquitos seem...

A few macro photos from diving last week. I had not shot macro alot recently so I spent a few days with it. Normally I would use the M.zuiko 12-50 mm with macro (psuedo) for close shots but it does not compare to the M.zuiko 60mm macro prime lens on my Oly EM5 camera. The combo lens gave me a...

Diving Jan/Feb 2023 Cozumel, Mexico We had friends come into Cozumel the end of January and the last left the beginning of February. I got in 9 days of diving. One dived 11 days. Some in the group got in a couple of night dives in addition to a couple of 4 tank days with twilight 2 tank...

This was taken in Cozumel last week. Depth is about 30-40 feet fsw and is probably about 2-3 feet long maybe longer. We have no reference in the photo just remember it was long and substantial diameter. We believe it is an egg case and the white dots we think are individual eggs. What is...

I bought my Cnanp park pass today from Pasaporte para la Conservación CONANP. Go to acceder. Enter login info and continue. I then see my last years passport and below that a box with adquirir nuevo pasaport (acquire new passport). Next screen want to know how many (Cantidad a comprar). I...

Cozumel Diving December 2022 I dove with Scuba Diving Cozumel | Bottom Time Divers Cozumel and we left the marina at 8 every day. Dive times were between 60 and 70 minutes with a couple of 75 minute ones. Good weather and warm. Water temps around 81-83 F. The weather in November has been...

A few diving photos. I took these in February but unfortunately my computer went belly up during an OS upgrade and new SSD drive change, and after new motherboard, processor and memory and reinstalling all applications, I finally got around to getting the photos off the card. I dove only two...

I paid for the annual park pass (pasaporte de la conservacíon) for 2022 at Pasaporte para la Conservación CONANP. This is the same site as last year but seems to have less problems. However, same as last year, the top of the passport itself shows 2021 but the Vigencia (validity date) is 2023...

Diving Week of December 13, 2021 Friends from Virginia are here but leaving today. Diving with Bottom Time Divers Water temps are cooling down Mostly good visibility but was green at times especially at the Palancars. Good surface water conditions though a windy one day. Slow currents Reef...

I had friends from Canada come down for two weeks. they had not been diving in awhile but their skills came back quickly. The first two days we had mostly partly sunny weather, good visibility, warm water. We dove with Living Underwater the 14th and 15th since Raul with Bottom time Divers was...

Some photos and info of the first few days of diving starting on 24 Oct. Weather has been hot and we have had isolated rain. Water temps are about 84-85F. With rains there is some fresh water coming in lowering temps. Visibility is 100+ mostly. Current has been slow and all North to...

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IE11 has problems with the site. Yes it is an older browser but I rarely use Internet Exploder anyway. MS wants me to use edge. So for IE 11, I can't enter text on threads (new or old) or reply. Drop downs don't work. Google chrome V93 seems to work. I will use that. I do see ads as a...

The pier at Palancar used for SI's seems to have been damaged. There have been several reports of it on FB. Here is one of them https://www.facebook.com/DiveGalaxSeaCozumel/posts/2383342648468074. (I am not affiliated with this business). I have not yet been down there to see it.

After a month in the US to take care of business, vaccinations and family, we returned home to Cozumel yesterday. I had not been out of Mexico for three years so it was time to make a trip. We used United direct to Denver and back. Both flights arrived early. AA seems to be having big...

Two days diving with Raul and Bottom Time divers 20 and 21 May. Friends from Virginia came down to dive and I could only manage two days of diving. Some sort of head cold was going around here (not covid) and I could only get the last couple of days to dive with them. They were diving 3-4...

A few photos and update from 3 days diving and one night dive March 27-29. I did not get to dive more since the boat was full with friends in a group that came down and there was a full boat. Capacity is still limited by percentage. I dove with Raul and Bottom Time Divers. One day he...

Cozumel Diving Feb 21-26, 2021 I finished 6 days of diving with a friend who came down from Chicago and we dove with Raul and Bottom Time Divers (Bottomtimedivers.net). Raul is the owner/DM and finished updating and repairing his boat – all new paint, canopy, engine, ladder, and mats. Half...