Gdog
Contributor
We went to Coz for the second time of hopefully many to come, had a fantastic time. We were worried about conditions there, but found out we had absolutely nothing to worry about. Construction is going full speed, and most shops are open for business. Food was great, discovered Sonora Grill this trip, the Sonora shrimp were incredible. We visited most of the restaurants on Christi's list, and found them all to be very good.
We dove with Deep Blue, (which is conveniently directly accross the street from La Choza....another good place to eat!), and they did a fantastic job. We were informed of the dive site options and allowed to vote, and were put in fast boats with divers of our level. The DM's, Sandro and Hector, allowed us to dive our dives at our own pace, while the cattle boat divers went blazing by us in the current. Deep Blue also hooked us up with Lorena from Deep Vision, who dove with us 2 dives and did a videography for us. The videography turned out wonderful, kinda like watching National Geographic with us in it, set to great music!! The deep dives are great, with new swim thrus having been uncovered by Wilma, while the shallower dives show damage. Most of the shallow sites have alot of sand, and even Santa Rosa wall looked alot different with the sand on the coral. Our night dive at Paradise was very different due to the sand deposited there, and the coral damage from Wilma. However, it seemed like we saw many more critters this time than last. We saw Eagle rays on 3 different dives, all at the shallower sites, like Punta Tunich. Also saw several Nurse sharks, and several Octopus. We even managed to find a Seahorse on Punta Tunich. Got to see the anchor that Wilma uncovered also.
We stayed at Hotel Cozumel, nice place, although the food was not really that great. However, it is close to town, and the pier was one of the few that was up and operational, allowing Deep Blue to pick us up right there. The second pier was being poured when we left to come back to the states.
Overall, a fantastic trip, fabulous diving, Deep Blue was great, and the Island, well, such a wonderful place with such friendly people. Cannot wait to return as soon as we can!
We dove with Deep Blue, (which is conveniently directly accross the street from La Choza....another good place to eat!), and they did a fantastic job. We were informed of the dive site options and allowed to vote, and were put in fast boats with divers of our level. The DM's, Sandro and Hector, allowed us to dive our dives at our own pace, while the cattle boat divers went blazing by us in the current. Deep Blue also hooked us up with Lorena from Deep Vision, who dove with us 2 dives and did a videography for us. The videography turned out wonderful, kinda like watching National Geographic with us in it, set to great music!! The deep dives are great, with new swim thrus having been uncovered by Wilma, while the shallower dives show damage. Most of the shallow sites have alot of sand, and even Santa Rosa wall looked alot different with the sand on the coral. Our night dive at Paradise was very different due to the sand deposited there, and the coral damage from Wilma. However, it seemed like we saw many more critters this time than last. We saw Eagle rays on 3 different dives, all at the shallower sites, like Punta Tunich. Also saw several Nurse sharks, and several Octopus. We even managed to find a Seahorse on Punta Tunich. Got to see the anchor that Wilma uncovered also.
We stayed at Hotel Cozumel, nice place, although the food was not really that great. However, it is close to town, and the pier was one of the few that was up and operational, allowing Deep Blue to pick us up right there. The second pier was being poured when we left to come back to the states.
Overall, a fantastic trip, fabulous diving, Deep Blue was great, and the Island, well, such a wonderful place with such friendly people. Cannot wait to return as soon as we can!
