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I know this is the Cozumel forum, but I figured some people here might have connections in Cancun. Someone from another forum I frequent is with her husband (a British and US citizen) in a hospital in Cancun due to medical emergency. The hospital apparently wants upwards of $20,000 US per day...

Could someone help me with Cozumel's new time zones? Knowing when daylight savings is in the US was already confusing enough (in that, I often don't know...) but now that Cozumel isn't always the same as Central, I'm totally lost. I'm going to be visiting as a pod person in September (the...

We have always gone diving in Cozumel in December. I love to see the Eagle Rays. We are thinking about planning the next vacation. Is there a time of year I might see something I don't see in December? Any reason to switch up the plan? (Edit: No idea how this got in the Mexico forum... I...

Earlier this year I started getting bored, and planned a hypothetical trip to Cozumel. Then someone (DJDiverDan?) posted some really great airline fares, and suddenly my hypothetical trip became a real one. Even though I LOVED my last trip (Scuba with Alison staying at Sunscape Sabor) we did a...

For those of you who have dove with TP before- since they have more than one divemaster, do I need to plan to have cash to tip daily; or will they let me tip when I settle up my entire bill? Is it preferred to tip in dollars or pesos if I need cash? I need to make a bank run for pesos and...

So my vacation of a lifetime is currently going to pot. All the flights in the Chicago airspace were grounded today. We are booked on flights tomorrow, but I'm trying to figure out what the heck to do if we don't get there. My plan is to just get my butt to Mexico and make it all better. It's...

(Okay- so I know I should just email the op and ask, but I don't want them to think I'm crazy. You all already think that, so I thought I'd just check here.) So last year when I dove we were required to fill out the PADI medical forms on the boat, and since I have a "yes" on it, that also means...

I'm looking at my old dives, and I don't understand the ceiling error in this dive. I thought a ceiling error was if you ascended past a mandatory safety stop depth. This error is on my descent. The dive was 45 minutes long with a max depth of 60 ft, and an average depth of 44 ft, but I'm not...

The op I dove with last time was not available for this year's trip, so I chose to dive with Tres Pelicanos. When I booked with them, I told them I was a beginner and that I do not dive below 75 feet; they said no problem. Now, I'm seeing TP being recommended as "awesome for advanced divers"...

Our Pentax WG-3 was found yesterday to no longer be working... (a motor is stuck or something...) We have 8 days until our vacation and need to replace it quickly. I had wanted to stay under $350, and get the Canon D30 with it's 80 ft range, or the D20 and only have it for snorkeling, but my...

Our Pentax WG-3 died this morning, and I have 2 weeks to get a camera :( That camera was only ever taken on shallow dives, only having a depth rating of 45 feet; but it worked pretty well. Since it only lasted 13 months (just over the 12 month warranty!) we don't want another. I've been...

Does anyone carry a slate underwater with them? I got really frustrated a number of times on our last trip because I wanted to communicate something to my buddy and wasn't able to with hand signals. But all the reviews I read of amazon is that they are hard to write on, and even harder to...

We are looking at returning to Cozumel. The first visit was so incredible. We stayed at the Sabor our first visit, and were pleased. However, even while we were there they were cutting areas to add to Secrets- so I'm not real sure we want to go back. Plus, we'd like to stay in town to get a...

A friend of mine posted something about Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, which had me go visit their site. I found out that there is a package you can dive in Shark Reef. For $650! (Two people for $1,000 a comparative bargain.) For me, I have to fly to Vegas and get a hotel, so we'll...

Okay, so this review is going to be really long... I'll start with the dives and then post about the trip in general, since I'm sure you mostly want to hear about the dives. For those who don't want to read the whole thing, here is a quick recap: Scuba with Alison was AMAZING, Cozumel diving...

Many of the things we took pictures of on our dives (we could only take the camera on two dives- it doesn't have good depth rating...) because another diver grabbed our arm and excitedly pointed something out. We only later found out that the things in the pictures were brittle starfish...

I just got back from 5 days of diving and had a small problem with my fins. I have Cressi Frog Fin Plus fins and the strap just tore a hole above my ankle. It is right where the fin hits my skin when I point the foot, not where the fin sits on my ankle when my foot is neutral. Would switching...

So the forecast for next week looks pretty rainy. Can anyone tell me if that most likely means "rain all day, no beach for you" or more "it's the tropics, it rains everyday, it will be gone in an hour" type rain? I know that I'm already wet underwater, so rain is unlikely to effect my diving...

YAY! Only 1 month until we get to go to Cozumel. I'm so excited. I'm stalking hotel reviews and excitedly reading the November thread to see what the current diving is like. I can't wait to finally get to go dive somewhere nice!

I got OW certified this summer, and local diving season is done. I'm heading on a trip in December, and really excited; but the more time it's been since my last dive, the more nervous I'm getting. My OW cert was rough, but the dives I've done since then (I'm up to dive 10, so not many) have...