Cruise ship diving

[Lefty Writer]

My wife and I were on the Carnival Magic in December, and stopped at two of the ports you mention.

In Coz, we booked independently with Scuba with Alison. She's a FANTASTIC dive operator, and treats her customers more like friends and family than just a "client." She's accommodating to cruise ship passengers like us and we had a great time. She's also very popular and since her boat only takes 8 divers at a time, you need to book early with her. We will definitely use her any time we are in Coz.

In Grand Cayman, based on the time we were there, we really had no choice but to book through the cruise line. Carnival uses Don Foster's and based on some research, the prices we paid through Carnival were actually pretty competitive with doing it independently.

Hope this helps...

 

[DEEPLOU]

Just back from back to back on the Carnival Glory. first week was Cozumel, Roatan, Costa Maya (was supposed to be Belize), Grand Cayman. Second week Nassau (no dive), St. Thomas, San Juan (no dive again), Grand Turk.
I booked everything through the ship.
For me anything in the water is great. I dive North East (Long Island, NY) Atlantic, Florida (Boyntan Beach), and the Carib on cruises.

 

[ReelDuel]

this is not true. they are close to the same as I see just the Cruise ship has alot more divers and they dont worry about you being back to dive tomorrow...

 

[joel smith]

We dove with Bienvenidos - Aldora Divers | Only the best of Cozumel from a cruise in Dec the harbour master closed all diving due to winds and waves we still dove because they also have boats on the other side of the island. They are top notch also use steel 100 for women steel 120 for men 1 hour or better dives.we did not book our dive through the cruise.