Aldora Divers trip report

[TSandM]

We really liked Paradise. We did it three times, once at night. There were a lot of other divers there, but it was probably the best shallow reef we did.

 

[Sherpa_fab]

Glad to read TSand M's report about Cozumel, and Aldora.......

I went in mid Feb, and the diving was great!

Mateo is a very personable, and professional DM....... and just a nice guy as well.

The boat's all ran great..........

Greg And Kay were wonderful hosts....... Greg provides a truthful inviting hospitality.

--I look forward to diving in Cozumel again sometime........ I might even venture our
with other dive ops just to see.....

--Sherpa

 

[scubabum2]

Aldora's our new dive shop in Coz as of last year. They guarantee diving on your day of arrival. There are not many shops in Coz that will do that - see for yourself.

Aldora does charge a bit more than other ops, but we never had a dive under 1 hour with those big tanks. Once we got back from our May trip, I compared them to other dive shops based upon price per dive and bottom time and I found that there wasn't much difference in price based upon that comparison. Plus, their service is exceptional, starting at when you arrive at the airport.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Yeah to all of that ... our plane touched down at around 10:30 ... four hours later we were diving. Gotta love that ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[dsteding]

Yeah to all of that ... our plane touched down at around 10:30 ... four hours later we were diving. Gotta love that ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

As we have learned, a diving Bob is a happy Bob

 

[diver 85]

Aldora's our new dive shop in Coz as of last year. They guarantee diving on your day of arrival. There are not many shops in Coz that will do that - see for yourself.

Aldora does charge a bit more than other ops, but we never had a dive under 1 hour with those big tanks. Once we got back from our May trip, I compared them to other dive shops based upon price per dive and bottom time and I found that there wasn't much difference in price based upon that comparison. Plus, their service is exceptional, starting at when you arrive at the airport.

Have to agree with Aldora & all......except, Greg is out of the airport meeting business as of sometimes this year....We went in Oct '06 & was met by him, went back March '07 & had to get our own transportation from the airport( that new 'law' or something they put in).....Not a big deal, it cost like $5 US each to get to our hotel, Vista del Mar, which is around the corner from Aldora(we walked our BC & Regulators over).....Love the afternoon then nite dive you get in on the day of arrival......

 

[TSandM]

Just one word . . . You have to be sure and let Aldora know you want to dive the day you get in. I assumed from the website that that was a given, and they had to scramble a bit to get a boat together for us the first day. But they did it.

 

[pilot fish]

Would you give us a description of your cenote diving, what it was like, temp, vis, what you saw and why you prefer it to Coz diving?

Just one word . . . You have to be sure and let Aldora know you want to dive the day you get in. I assumed from the website that that was a given, and they had to scramble a bit to get a boat together for us the first day. But they did it.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Would you give us a description of your cenote diving, what it was like, temp, vis, what you saw and why you prefer it to Coz diving?

Lynne posted it several days ago ... http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=185645

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[pilot fish]

Lynne posted it several days ago ... http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=185645

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Thanks for the link. I missed that.