Allegro Cozumel alternative dive operator

[IRZL]

Good day,
My husband and I are going to Allegro Cozumel end of December. Are there smaller DOs to Pro Divers whom you can recommend in close proximity?
Thank you

 

[flyboy08]

Most any other will pick you up on the dock or shore, so yes.

 

[gopbroek]

Good day,
My husband and I are going to Allegro Cozumel end of December. Are there alternative dive operators to pro divers?
Thank you

Yes every other operator on the island

 

[gamon]

Yes every other operator on the island

Conversely, every alternative dive operator to every other dive operator on the island to Pro Divers is Pro Divers.

 

[IRZL]

Most any other will pick you up on the dock or shore, so yes.

 

[NDL_Diver]

Read this Thread

Finding a (Best) Dive Op in Cozumel

First let me reminisce: a year or so after joining SB in 2009, I read a thread about the best dive op in Coz with people cheerleading for their choice. I found myself looking at the different websites of those dive ops and was surprised by how many claimed, on their webpages, to actually be the...

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[cozcharlie]

Good day,
My husband and I are going to Allegro Cozumel end of December. Are there smaller DOs to Pro Divers whom you can recommend in close proximity?
Thank you

You may have figured this out by now, but to address your questions fairly directly:

1) There aren't many dive operators close to Allegro
2) It doesn't really matter how close the dive operators are because Allegro is fairly close to the reefs where most dive shops go anyway. Historically all diver operators would have picked you up at Allegro or any hotel south of the marina.
3) Hotel polices now vary about allowing non-affiliated dive operators to pick up at their pier. Some allow without restriction, some charge a fee, and perhaps some don't allow it all. Years ago all the hotels allowed any operator to pick up at their pier, but that has changed over time. depending upon the hotel. I don't know what the Allegro's policy is. Some operators may even pick up people on the beach as opposed to the pier to avoid the charge.

The above points might be good background before reading the thread @NDL_Diver linked to.

 

[jonhall]

Are there smaller DOs to Pro Divers whom you can recommend in close proximity

By smaller op, are you looking for a smaller boat? Good posts from @NDL_Diver and @cozcharlie .

Something else to think about: although ProDive has bigger boats, groups will be small and the trip to dive sites will be 5-10 minutes - dive times may be about 10 minutes shorter than going with a smaller op because they tend to (or used to) stay on a schedule. With “smaller” ops and, of course, depending on the sites, you may get 60+ minute dive times. If you are looking for more than 2 dives a day, it may be easier to schedule with ProDive also, since they are right there. If you have another op pick you up, you will be waiting for them to arrive and most likely be the last divers on the boat (unless they are also picking up at the Iberostar a little farther south.) Just a few things to think about - no matter what you do, it will be great!!

 

[ReefHound]

We were picked up at Allegro pier by Roberta's Scuba Shack for the past 7 days. They were paying the dock guy and added it to our final bill. Not sure how much but about $3 per person per day. I just remember for two people for 7 days the adder was in the low 40's.

Being close to the dive sites is nice. We had to hurry to get our stuff in our bags after dive 2 before they were at the dock. A day or two they beat us. One drawback is you don't get to do the more northern sites. One day we rode back to their shop so we could do Tormentos.

 

[IRZL]

By smaller op, are you looking for a smaller boat? Good posts from @NDL_Diver and @cozcharlie .

Something else to think about: although ProDive has bigger boats, groups will be small and the trip to dive sites will be 5-10 minutes - dive times may be about 10 minutes shorter than going with a smaller op because they tend to (or used to) stay on a schedule. With “smaller” ops and, of course, depending on the sites, you may get 60+ minute dive times. If you are looking for more than 2 dives a day, it may be easier to schedule with ProDive also, since they are right there. If you have another op pick you up, you will be waiting for them to arrive and most likely be the last divers on the boat (unless they are also picking up at the Iberostar a little farther south.) Just a few things to think about - no matter what you do, it will be great!!

Thank you for very up to the point practical response