Mexican Mosquitoes

[Altissimus]

Hey folks,

Riviera Maya in May...too mozzy, or not too mozzy? That is the question.

Cheers,
A.

 

[TSandM]

It's been hit or miss for us, depending on how much rain they have had. Not as many as in June, though . . .

 

[Beyond_Diving]

Nothing a little citronella can't fix

 

[rongoodman]

I didn't notice many last May. A year ago in October, OTOH, they were little monsters!

 

[DivemasterDennis]

Stay within 30 feet of the ocean and the skeeters are minimal. Stay under the ocean and you hardly notice them at all!
DivemasterDennis

 

[t4e]

been there last year in may at Bahia Principe Tulum...huge, around 30-60 minute, downpours pretty much every day...not a single mosquito

in fact i never encountered any mosquitoes whenever i went to Mayan Riviera, going back next month

 

[rongoodman]

Stay within 30 feet of the ocean and the skeeters are minimal. Stay under the ocean and you hardly notice them at all!
DivemasterDennis

Unfortunately, the locals put the cenotes out in the jungle, probably to save the beach front areas for the resorts.

 

[TSandM]

I've been there in June when, if you surfaced to debrief a dive, your entire face was immediately black with the things. But as said, these were cenote dives, and in the jungle where the mosquitoes are.

Mosquitoes can be deterred with repellent, although one is not supposed to wear it into the cenote water. Tabano flies, on the other hand, are deterred by nothing.

 

[Scoober]

I've lived there tear round and its never sooo bad. True, the jungle can get goofy in summer. And occasionally it can get a little buggy on the beach in mud-summer, but that's when you pull that lime outta your beer, which shouldn't be there anyway, and rub it on as a repellant.