Diver Dennis
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Thanks for coming and clarifying this Jorge. I think you will see the posts here have been skeptical of the original poster's description of what happened.
Lost At Sea In Cozumel
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RonFrank
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RonFrank:
Just got a nice email from Jorge at EcoDivers. I quote:
"Just to let you know a common mistake that sometimes affect to us, Blue Bubble is Eco-Cozumel, Roberta’s dive shop, they are NOT Ecodivers.
We are a small operation that has been taking people diving for the past 10 years, today most of our divers are now good friends that keep diving with us each year."
So here is our first verified mis-stated FACT, this guy did not even know who he was diving with
No wonder he got seperated from the herd.. mooo..:monkeydan"Ooops, did not see that Jorge replied on the board....
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Damn, didn't think to keep looking after I found Ecodivers. :11: Okay, that wasn't them, here's Blue Bubbles of Coz...DandyDon:Site: http://www.cozumel-diving.net/ecodivers/
Email: ecodivers@cozumel-diving.net
Go for it, but would you really expect them to admit any of this if true?
Site: http://www.bluebubble.com/
Email: info@bluebubble.com
RonFrank
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DandyDon:
K, email sent to THAT diveOp
We shall see if they respond.
PaulChristenson
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DandyDon:Oh, that's easy to say, but I've dived with the best there - and I'd still recommend them to anyone as the best - but surfaced alone when I ran out first (getting over a cold, and always a air hog anyway) only to see my boat out of storm whistle range, skipper talking to another on another boat. I was glad I had my Dive Alert horn.
Yeah...you and me both...
My wife got this for me...
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Parodying the American Express commercial...
Dive Alert...Don't go diving without it...
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Love it Paul - got to have it, and I am shameless about this...!!PaulChristenson:Yeah...you and me both...
My wife got this for me...
http://www.fishpie.com/Product_928
Parodying the American Express commercial...
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PaulChristenson
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DandyDon:
Then you need to go Tech...
:scubadive
Now I have as much air as the other guys...
I hate to hear of these types of things in Cozumel as it sheds a bad light on all operators and truly affects all of us. The lack of follow-through from the original poster certainly makes these accusations questionable. Perhaps he has alterior motives or he was miffed with someone for something that didn't go exactly his way.
I am only here to say to all of you (including the original poster if in fact legitimate) that I sincerely hope this account will not scare anyone or taint your impressions of Cozumel diving or Cozumel in general. I assure you that this is not the norm and there are many incredibly safety minded and service minded operations here. Roberta's operation wouldn't be around this long if she weren't.
If the captain was in fact fishing while they were diving, he should be reported to the dive shop owner, the Marine Park officials as well as the harbor master. Not only is fishing strictly prohibited within the marine park (which is virtually all dive sites here - from Paradise Reef and south around the tip of the island) the captian has an obligation and a duty to be focused on his divers.
I am only here to say to all of you (including the original poster if in fact legitimate) that I sincerely hope this account will not scare anyone or taint your impressions of Cozumel diving or Cozumel in general. I assure you that this is not the norm and there are many incredibly safety minded and service minded operations here. Roberta's operation wouldn't be around this long if she weren't.
If the captain was in fact fishing while they were diving, he should be reported to the dive shop owner, the Marine Park officials as well as the harbor master. Not only is fishing strictly prohibited within the marine park (which is virtually all dive sites here - from Paradise Reef and south around the tip of the island) the captian has an obligation and a duty to be focused on his divers.
Blue Bubble was sold out two years ago to another existing operation, Roberta's Eco-Cozumel, not to be mistaken with EcoDivers. She kept the name and operates both shops, but the Blue Bubble crew you dove with five years ago have moved to other places.deeper thoughts:
NO, they are not. I am going to say with a very high degree of certainty that the 6 knot current is a complete exaggeration. As someone else mentioned, that would have carried the diver over 5 miles. I have well over 1000 dives in Cozumel and I have NEVER experienced anything more than a 2 to 3 knot current here, and even that is rare. I would say that even 3 knots is pushing it. Fast currents are more common in the north, but not at the southern reefs which is where 99% of the diving takes place. Most of the time the currents are so mild you don't even really notice them. There are other times when they are considerably faster, but as long as you let the current do the work, it's not really that big of a deal. I call Cozumel drift diving "lazy diving" because it really is!tkring:
BadeInBulverde
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I have been diving with Roberta's "Scuba Shack - Eco-Cozumel" and now also Blue Bubble Divers for several years.
I have NEVER had a negative experience with this op ... in fact Roberta and Robert (owners) "Juan A" (primary DM) and Benjamin (boat capitan) are almost like family now. We have taken classes with this OP, stayed at their small resort (Village Tan-Kah) and enjoyed many many many hours of diving and conversation. So to see/read such a disturbing report definately got my attention!
I immediately emailed Roberta, cited the thread URL and copied the initial poster's comments. I told Roberta she REALLY needs to respond because this kinda of report can not be good for business.
Like many businesses in Coz email to Roberta can sometimes take a day or so to cycle ... if I haven't heard from them by Saturday I'll give them a call ... I'm headed down there for a week of diving with this OP 3/18 and would sure like to hear their side of the tail. I'll post here when I make contact.
Bade Millsap
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I have NEVER had a negative experience with this op ... in fact Roberta and Robert (owners) "Juan A" (primary DM) and Benjamin (boat capitan) are almost like family now. We have taken classes with this OP, stayed at their small resort (Village Tan-Kah) and enjoyed many many many hours of diving and conversation. So to see/read such a disturbing report definately got my attention!
I immediately emailed Roberta, cited the thread URL and copied the initial poster's comments. I told Roberta she REALLY needs to respond because this kinda of report can not be good for business.
Like many businesses in Coz email to Roberta can sometimes take a day or so to cycle ... if I haven't heard from them by Saturday I'll give them a call ... I'm headed down there for a week of diving with this OP 3/18 and would sure like to hear their side of the tail. I'll post here when I make contact.
Bade Millsap
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I wondered from the beginning if this didn't need to be in the Whine forum, and now that it's turned into a "Oh yeah - really?" discussion as it has, we're not getting much in the forum's intended purpose are we?
I've wanted to give the new poster the benefit of "possibly so" in in the face of doubt, but the story just doesn't look like it's gonna' hold, does it?
:blush: Many of us are guilty of the occasional exaggeration, but...???
I've wanted to give the new poster the benefit of "possibly so" in in the face of doubt, but the story just doesn't look like it's gonna' hold, does it?
:blush: Many of us are guilty of the occasional exaggeration, but...???
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