Cancun Still the place for Texans

[NYCDiver2017]

Has anyone chartered a boat from Cancun to COZ? With a group of divers it might make sense financially.. Find some guy with a speedboat and have him drop you right at the dock of you COZ hotel. Or is that idea crazy....

 

[mstevens]

Has anyone chartered a boat from Cancun to COZ? With a group of divers it might make sense financially.. Find some guy with a speedboat and have him drop you right at the dock of you COZ hotel. Or is that idea crazy....

Maybe not "crazy", but I'm not sure this makes sense, either. Small boats don't always make the crossing very well (there are some divers here who can attest to this...) and the ferry is very inexpensive. Not all hotels are open to having boats dock unless they've paid a fee.

 

[gopbroek]

Has anyone chartered a boat from Cancun to COZ? With a group of divers it might make sense financially.. Find some guy with a speedboat and have him drop you right at the dock of you COZ hotel. Or is that idea crazy....

Kinda like a Uber service? I am sure that would be accepted with open arms. The current ferry system is extremely political with very vested interests involved.

 

[mediumone]

A speedboat hauling me and my luggage to Coz sounds like a barrel of laughs. We've made around 90 crossings on the ferry, and serenaded enough times by fellow passengers retching, that I find myself clearly in the it's crazy camp.

 

[ggunn]

Has anyone chartered a boat from Cancun to COZ? With a group of divers it might make sense financially.. Find some guy with a speedboat and have him drop you right at the dock of you COZ hotel. Or is that idea crazy....

Have you ever made the12 mile crossing from Playa del Carmen to Cozumel in a small boat? I have. Even on a calm day it's pretty rough. Cancun to Cozumel is more like 50 or 60 miles, and you'd be running parallel to the shore most of the way, which means you'd be taking the prevailing seas on the port quarter. That would not be a comfortable or short boat ride.

 

[Dave Dillehay]

I would say it falls in the crazy category. Gas costs us $4+ per gallon. We might make such a trip for several thousand dollars if we could find a captain who was willing. I've done the crossing late one night from Playa in a small boat—never again.

Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers

 

[flyboy08]

So we found ok airfare from NYC to CZM for December and decided paying over $900 to go to Roatan would leave a sour taste, so we booked CZM and the awesome rate at Occidental for a week stay was hard to pass up....de je vue from last December.

Have yet to pick a dive operator, but Pro with free Nytrox and on location is hard to beat!

So, Roll Call for December....put us down

Ps...to Can was under $300 but the bag drag isn't my wife's sort of adventure....

 

[BRT]

When the fishermen need to cross in a small boat they like to get right behind the ferry. I won't be on the small boat for that trip.

 

[ggunn]

When the fishermen need to cross in a small boat they like to get right behind the ferry. I won't be on the small boat for that trip.

That may happen but I don't think it's a common practice. When we are out fishing we see the ferries going back and forth all day, and I've never seen any small boats drafting them.

 

[Dave Dillehay]

Today I got a United one way to Cancun from Houston on Oct 15 for $88. After taxes United keeps $32! Going to Coz on that date is $361.

This is all due to Southwest and I hope lasts a long time. I don't hate the bag drag that much plus I use CVChief's Private van guy…very reliable.

Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers