Diver Kat's December 2011 in Cozumel list

[DjDiverDan]

Great pics..now if you could identify everyone...LOL. Kat and I sure missed out on some fun...maybe next year.
thanks Colin !!

Fat Guy in Dark Blue Hawaiian Shirt (Pic #8) is DjDiverDan. Got 4 days of diving, plus 1 great night dive in, diving with a group that included WunderDuck & DivaDuck. Had a great time, now back to work so I can afford the next trip.

 

[Diver Kat]

Well it time to be mean, and turn some of you GREEN!!!!! :shocked2: Sorry guys!

11/29 - 12/04 - bwetter w/wife & family, Occidental Grand, Dive Palancar then onto Playa del Carmen 12/4 - 12/10 for SHARKS AND CENOTES
12/06 - 12/06 - Lefty Writer & wife, Carnival Magic, Scuba with Alison
12/01 - 12/07 - DjDiverDan w/ group, Casa Del Mar, Dive with Martin (El Moro 12/5)
11/29 - 12/08 - Sideways & 'better half', Blue Angel Resort, Blue Angel (El Moro 12/5)(Wet Wendy's 12/6)
11/30 - 12/09 - fly2dive +1, Amaranto, Aldora
11/26 - 12/10 - rossandmaureen w/ (non-diving) wife & (diving) daughter, Casa Caribe Azul, Living Underwater (El Moro 12/5)(Wet Wendy's 12/6)
12/03 - 12/10 - JG109 and JC, 12/3-12/10/11, Hotel Cozumel, Dive Paradise
12/03 - 12/10 - pelagic_by_nature & wife, Casa Del Mar, Aldora(El Moro 12/5)(Wet Wendy's 12/6)
12/03 - 12/10 - Colin Gray & non-diving wife, Blue Angel Resort, Blue Angel (El Moro 12/5)(Wet Wendy's 12/6)
12/05 - 12/11 - Bearkeley w/husband, Vista Del Mar, Aldora (El Moro 12/5)(Wet Wendy's 12/6)
12/02 - 12/12 - cvchief, Susanita & nephew, Las Ventanas B404, Scuba with Alison (El Moro 12/5)(Wet Wendy's 12/6)
12/05 - 12/12 - UnderworldTattoo & wife, south-side condo, Scuba Pablo
12/05 - 12/15 - Dirty-Dog, with wife & a lady friend, Sabor, Aldora Divers (El Moro 12/5)(Wet Wendy's 12/6)
12/07 - 12/14 - Gazelle55, Fiesta Americana, Dive Choice Mexico
12/08 - 12/15 - tranetech & wife, Hotel Cozumel, Anita divers
12/08 - 12/23 - tom_n_tacoma & wife, Our Place, Blue Angel
12/09 - 12/15 - Darol, Hotel Cozumel, diving ???
12/10 - 12/13 - Tipsy, Hostelito, Blue Angel
12/10 - 12/17 - pidgiepoo & husband, Iberostar, Dive with Martin
12/10 - 12/18 - rebelrph, Villa Aldora, Aldora Divers
12/12 - 12/19 - MagnaBoxer w/wife, Blue Angel Resort, Blue Angel
12/12 - 12/19 - Brian2828 Blue Angel Resort, Blue Angel
12/14 - 12/19 - 94GTStang & Wife, Hotel Cozumel, Bottom Time Divers
12/15 - 12/15 - splzero w/wife & BIL, diving???
12/16 - 12/20 - prosdog & son, Hotel Cozumel, Dive Paradise
12/16 - 12/22 - SDucotey w/wife & 2 children, Blue Angel Resort, Blue Angel
12/17 - 12/25 - nigil & (maybe) my wife, Cozumel Palace, diving ???
12/18 - 12/25 - Basscat - Hotel Plaza Cozumel, Blue XT Sea
12/22 - 12/29 - melissabeads Hotel Cozumel, Dive Paradise
12/23 - 12/28 - heysoymilk & girlfriend, Suites Bahia, Blue XT Sea
12/23 - 12/30 - Get Wet, Hotel Cozumel, Scuba Tony
12/23 - 12/30 -Woodiver & wife, El Cantil, Liquid Blue
12/23 - 01/02 - crgravitt & husband. Hotel Cozumel, Dive Paradise
12/24 - 12/31 - darook & family, Fiesta Americana, Dive House
12/25 - 01/03 - Geckotek, Safari Inn, diving ???
12/26 - 12/30 - mountainsean, south of town condo, Aldora
12/26 - 01/02 - gianster, El Presidente, Blue XT Sea
12/27 - 01/03 - ElGaucho & friend, Blue Angel Resort, Blue Angel

 

[pidgiepoo]

NO Eagles...NO eagles..but who didn't know that?? Can't complain though cause we saw everything else imaginable on the dives today. Weather is great. Water temp 79..comfortable in 3mm full length. Got up close and personal with a big hawksbill eating some coral. He sure had some nice eyes .It's great to be back on the island again.

 

[JG109]

Like Kermit said, It's not easy being green! Home in NJ.
Stayed at Hotel Coz, AI, never any complaints about the place, the staff or the other guests. It felt like stealing for the price lol.
Dove with Deep Blue, nice operation-got in Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed. 4 for 6, no complaints.
Saw a bunch of eagle rays, a couple squadrons and a few singles, we were in a sand patch at Barracuda and just hung as they swam past effortlessly, against the strong current- incredible. Also saw the standard assortment of turtles, some nurse sharks, sea horses on Cedral, (always a nice dive), a few toadfish.
Saw two reef sharks at Palancar caves. The ones we saw were not Bulls tho, pretty neat watching them buzz around fast hunting.
I don't care who you are, your heart speeds up a bit when you see sharks swimming fast towards you.
Dove Punta Sur with (surprisingly) almost no current, plenty of pesky lionfish tho, due to the depth and dove less often I guess. I think the Punta Sur/ Columbia coral formations are just so darn impressive!
Anyway, as always, a great trip, excellent diving and no major mishaps. Now I need to start planning my next trip!

 

[kixy1]

Keep the faith Pidge! With all the sightings recently, you're just got to see one!! Either that, or they've gotten together and decided to hide and mess with your head

 

[pidgiepoo]

e!! Either that, or they've gotten together and decided to hide and mess with your head

You've got that right...they always mess with me Gonna go to Barracuda and park my butt in the sand until they swim by..probably gonna take a few tanks of air though and that's if I finally get lucky

 

[Diver Kat]

You've got that right...they always mess with me Gonna go to Barracuda and park my butt in the sand until they swim by..probably gonna take a few tanks of air though and that's if I finally get lucky

You need to copy this guy .... and you'll be down there for awhile!

 

[pelagic_by_nature]

Here's a vid I shot last Tuesday on Paso de Cedral.

[video=vimeo;33482725]http://vimeo.com/33482725[/video]

 

[Dirty-Dog]

The pool opened yesterday at noon, so we got in two dives after lunch, Santa Rosa Wall and Tunich all the way over and ended up on Yukab. Both dives over an hour, and even with only a one hour SI, we did at least 30 mins of the last dive in twilight. Fortunately, I'd left the bag-o-lights with the gear after we came back from Dos Ojos, so I passed them around and everybody was lit up. I made a mild boo-boo. I dive with an Aeris XR1-NX as backup and a Suunto Stinger as primary. With the short SI and long dives, I dropped down to get a picture and put myself into deco. Not a big deal. The Aeris said I still had time. So I did 10 mins at 10' and still had 800+ PSI.

 

[Diver Kat]

Very nice pbn!!