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Diver Kat
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What a shame you spent all that money on your dives and no muffins. You certainly could have had the same dives with MANY other dive operators on Cozumel for much much cheaper and equal to better service to boot.
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Sad to say, this particular troll often pops up and disrupts threads. I'm not 100% sure, but I think he also gets banned for awhile, then returns to start all over again. Seems to have a real issue with Christi/Blue XTSea, although I have not ever seen any of his posts provide specifics as to why. Most of us that have been around here awhile are aware of his negative non-constructive posts, but I guess he just keeps at it hoping he will deter any new people from possibly booking with Blue XTSea. Considering her widely popular reviews from her current customers, I doubt he'll have too much of an effect on any new person that researches before booking. My only complaint about Blue XTSea? Years ago when we first were going to Coz and we contacted Christi to book - based on all the good info we had read - she was booked solid! (Yeah, the nerve!!!
) So (luckily) we ended up with Scuba with Alison, and became one of her lifers. However, if for some reason I couldn't book with Alison, I would be sure to check with BlueXTSea as one of my top choices.And a side-note to the OP .... if Blue XTSea doesn't work out, or if you're checking out several options, give Scuba with Alison a look! She also runs a small personal dive op that takes great care of their customers, and often can adjust her schedule to accomodate a cruiser.
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Diver Kat
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Actually Don, she did ask ....
... I mentioned Scuba with Alison specifically because she is often more flexible with her departures times to accommodate those off a cruise or traveling over from the mainland for the day - something not all ops will do. Guess it's one of the benefits of being the owner/operator!
Also ... I'm wondering if the OP just means a private DM - not a private boat, as I believe the private DM is what Blue XTSea offers on their website. (And as many other ops offer as well.) Of course I guess if money's no object, you could easily pay for the whole boat just for 2 of you!:glad:
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Oops, sorry. :blush:
And she did indeed say private dive, no not private boat, so maybe she just wants her own DM? Another good catch!
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Yep, I don't want the whole boat or the whole boat of divers.
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Yep, I don't want the whole boat or the whole boat of divers.
I don't understand? You don't want a private boat, just your own private DM to lead you away from the others? Not so expensive. With Coz drift diving, the skipper follows the general direction of the divers' drift and picks them up wherever they surface. Sometimes he's right there after following bubbles; sometimes he's close. I suppose a second DM could take a couple of a private tour of the same dive site away from the main group?
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I simply don't want to be in a crowd of divers. My buddy and I would like a private dive, if possible, or at least a small group. I consider a small group to be four divers and a DM.
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See my trip report...We dove with Deep Blue and as I am a photographer also, found it difficult to follow the group in an environment where there may be some divers who are in Cozumel to "drift" in the current. I am there to take photos of the critters, reef, etc....and I may want to take several shots of the same subject.
Gary with Deep Blue suggested that next time I should do what you are planning and have our own Divemaster. He seemed to think that it wouldn't be a problem to have more than one DM on the boat and split the groups. I would have happily paid $30-$40 extra to go at my own pace on several dives that I felt hurried on. We were used to paying $120-$150 per person/per day in Hawaii so Cozumel feels like a bargain!
Gary with Deep Blue suggested that next time I should do what you are planning and have our own Divemaster. He seemed to think that it wouldn't be a problem to have more than one DM on the boat and split the groups. I would have happily paid $30-$40 extra to go at my own pace on several dives that I felt hurried on. We were used to paying $120-$150 per person/per day in Hawaii so Cozumel feels like a bargain!
Your best option, IMO, would be to arrange for a private DM. You could go out with another group but be dropped at a different spot on the reef. If you could expand your tolerance of other divers to four or so you would have more (less expensive) options; there are plenty of ops that have boats that size.
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