Down Currents Cozumel

[AdivingBel]

I’m pretty sure @gopbroek ‘s excess pressure clears through his eyeballs…

 

[bradStyle]

Excellent thread. Here's one more story for it:

Thread 'Whirlpool Down Current – Cozumel Jan 9, 2024'

Mar 22, 2025

I'd like to share my experience with an unusual down current I encountered in Cozumel, Mexico on January 9, 2024.

Unlike many of the stories I've read in these threads, the down current we encountered was not waterfall shaped, but a whirlpool pulling down into the blue, meaning there was no clear direction to swim that would bring us to safety other than up. In reading through other down current posts here I sometimes see people leaving single sentence suggestions on "what you're supposed to do, period". My hope with this thread is to help convey the idea that there is no...

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[ChuckP]

Stop jumping at the wall in Cantarel, stop descending at an angle to the wall - all just to save a few minutes of bottom time.

Jump at 50', get to the bottom and then take the 2-3 minutes to swim out to the wall and stay on the bottom - it ain't fool proof but odds are better. That crazy whirlpool action up there just appears out of nowhere, I've seen it, it can come and go just as quick.

Cool divesite, just stay out of the mid open water.

 

[bradStyle]

Stop jumping at the wall in Cantarel, stop descending at an angle to the wall - all just to save a few minutes of bottom time.

Jump at 50', get to the bottom and then take the 2-3 minutes to swim out to the wall and stay on the bottom - it ain't fool proof but odds are better. That crazy whirlpool action up there just appears out of nowhere, I've seen it, it can come and go just as quick.

Cool divesite, just stay out of the mid open water.

Which is what we have done ever since. Thank you.