Cozumel Trip Report

[AggieDad]

Sitting in the airport waiting to go home from a quick trip to Cozumel. Dove with Blue XT Sea Diving and had a great time. I have never experienced current like we did this trip. We dove the Plancar Breaks on the last day and when we went down I could see sand blowing off the tops of the ridges and little sand tornado's. It was an air sucking time for all. I got caught in a down draft current and went below our floor of 80 feet to 94 while adding air to my BC and kicking with all my strength. Saw the biggest turtle I have ever seen. 2nd Dive was at San Francisco Wall and although the current was still strong it was manageble. My buddy did a video and it really looked like we were riding a scooter. Didn't see too many fish this trip but most of what we did were in crevices.
Stayed at the Casa Mexicana on a package deal and with it's location really felt we saved some money. Nice place, great breakfast.

 

[Willie]

Thanks for the report, Dan. Glad you had a good trip.

Willie

 

[Hemlon]

Awesome, AggieDad!

 

[Mack Diver]

Welcome back Ag.

 

[sealskin98]

Glad you had a great trip. Sounds like a nice...experience.

I've only seen tornados once... one was about 10 foot tall, and have been lucky enough not to have gotten into any kind of a downwelling. It was a pretty stiff current when we rushed across a "chute" from one tall coral head to another as the "tornado" was coming down the chute though. This was at Columbia Pinacales in '98.

Post some pics. if you got 'em!

 

[Dee]

Ride 'em Cowboy! Glad you came out of the downdraft OK.

Now that you've had your saltwater fix, you can look forward to the CCV trip!

 

[AggieDad]

Ride 'em Cowboy! Glad you came out of the downdraft OK.

Now that you've had your saltwater fix, you can look forward to the CCV trip!

Dee
Daryl and I were down there together and were talking about being able to actually hold still for a picture. Can't wait.

Dan

 

[jennyd]

hey it's jen! i'm on scubaboard now, so you hafta keep in touch! : ) hope you're both doing well-
jd

 

[AggieDad]

jen
good to hear from you. I am supposed to be leaving on a trip RIGHT NOW but I can't get my ear to clear. Take care of your ears if you want to fly. I am taking so many different medicines now to try to get it to clear on a consistent basis that I would probably be illegal to fly. Hopefully I can clear up enough to pick up at least part of my trip. Anyway. Good to dive with you. I will stay in touch.

Dan