Cancun Diving

[rykozel12]

Hey everyone! I'm new to the site, this is my first post, but I'm impressed with all the information on here! Gonna take weeks of reading through all this stuff. Anyway I'm going to Cancun about 2 weeks from now with my dad. I'm an advanced open water diver with Padi and am looking for dive spots/the best shops to use. I know of the underwater museum and definitely want to do that, and I'm a little early for the whale sharks (heartbreaking for a Marine Science major). My dad is basic open water and definitely not as skilled as I but I can run off and do a tougher dive if there are some other cool ones. Any recommendations would be appreciated! I don't mind doing a deeper dive and I'm also a swimmer/water polo player so physically speaking there isn't much underwater I can't do.

P.S. staying at the westin Lagunamar so if theres a shop closer to that its preferrable, but no big deal.

 

[flyboy08]

Welcome...the search feature is your friend. There is a recent post on this very topic you should be able to locate.

 

[Chavodel8en]

I just came back from Cancun in early Dec. I only did 2 dives there, but they were good -- although they were advanced diving, so maybe not for your dad.

I dove the C-55 wreck & the nearby reef as a 2nd dive. We had hoped to do the C-58 but the buoy was missing. The C-55 (and the C-58) is at 80' and the current can be strong - so its an advanced dive. We ended up going down the line, but it is often a drift dive. Lots of eagle rays & lots of fish. Not much of a wreck, the C-58 is supposed to be better, but lots of life.

The nearby reef - I believe its called "No Name Reef" -- but its the reef that is generally done as a 2nd dive, was the highlight of my vacation. A ~60', drift dive. This was a great reef, lots of life, a baby bull shark, eagle rays, swam with a green turtle for a bit, an eel, a big Nassau Grouper, just tons of fish, and a very healthy reef.

I would recommend diving one of these wrecks (the C-58 is prob better) and the nearby reef. Unfortunately I didn't dive any of the more OW sites, so I cant recommend anything.

I dove with CancunScubaDiving.com, Alberto was a great DM. It was my first drift diving and he was great. I mainly chose them bc they were close (Km 3.5). I note that they may have been a bit pricier. They seem like a small outfit - they had a fairly small boat (backroll off the side, removable ladder on the side). There was only one other diver with me. I do note that they had us on a 30 min limit on the wreck dive, which maybe was a bit short.

Enjoy your diving!

 

[Chavodel8en]

Note: I have a recent thread describing these dives, as well as some PdC diving. I preferred Cancun to PdC, although it may have been due to the operator.

 

[rykozel12]

Thank you so much! Very helpful and I'll have to look into those wrecks for sure. Wreck diving may be my favorite. I was also curious about it down at PdC and Cozumel since I've read people saying Cozumel is considered to have better diving so good to know!

 

[amoses]

You should go to Cozumel instead. The diving there is way better!

 

[Steve_C]

Was in a cancun for a week at a conference. Did 3 days of diving before the conference. Enjoyed the dives. Went mostly with Manta a little boat. Did nice drift dive on a wreck. Rest were reef dives.