I have been to Coz every year for the last 4 years and have gone el cheapo to ritzy. Regardless of hotel you will not find a better dive operator than Dive With Martin. Smaller groups 4-8 people, super clean boats, excellent staff (all of them, I prefer David as he has some slick tricks he does at the end of the dive that are pretty amazing) price is right in the ball park. There are some shady dive ops in Coz and it seems like every year we hear of someone not coming back....another reason we use Dive With Martin! Heck they even rinse and store your gear for you for no extra charge!!! I'm on vacation, I'm lazy. BTW I am not affiliated with Dive With Martin...I'm just a very happy customer.
As far as resort goes...middle of the road you can't go wrong with Park Royale. Close enough to downtown and has a beach. Many resorts do not as the island mostly has a coral rock shore line. On the cheap I've done Hotel Cozumel twice. On the high end I've done Secrets Aura (getting a meal, though fabulous takes an hour to complete) and it is on the south end of the island, so some dive ops won't pick up there...Dive With Martin does.
There are some super fantastic places to go in town....Wet Wendy's for the OMG best margaritas (Cucumber, cilantro, pineapple) or the Thirsty Cougar, same owners. Indio is a restaurant back off the main area that serves a lot of people who now reside in Coz year round and locals and has great food.
The island is safe and I have been all over downtown at night and NEVER felt unsafe.
If you have any questions feel free to ask. Where ever you go I hope you have a great vacation.
As far as resort goes...middle of the road you can't go wrong with Park Royale. Close enough to downtown and has a beach. Many resorts do not as the island mostly has a coral rock shore line. On the cheap I've done Hotel Cozumel twice. On the high end I've done Secrets Aura (getting a meal, though fabulous takes an hour to complete) and it is on the south end of the island, so some dive ops won't pick up there...Dive With Martin does.
There are some super fantastic places to go in town....Wet Wendy's for the OMG best margaritas (Cucumber, cilantro, pineapple) or the Thirsty Cougar, same owners. Indio is a restaurant back off the main area that serves a lot of people who now reside in Coz year round and locals and has great food.
The island is safe and I have been all over downtown at night and NEVER felt unsafe.
If you have any questions feel free to ask. Where ever you go I hope you have a great vacation.