We just got back last night from a 13 day stay on Cozumel. It was my 30-somethingth trip there, so I knew what to expect, but it was a fabulous trip nonetheless. We had 12 very full days - 8 days diving, 3 days fishing, and one day dedicated to touring the "wild side".
The hotel: We stayed at Blue Angel, as always. When we got there BDSD's 32 diver group was there, and I met and dove with him and several other SBers. Great bunch of folks. We also had almost a week overlap there with Mr. and Mrs. Sharky. We met them years ago at BA and we always love it when our stays there coincide.
The dives: Santa Rosa, Cedral, Tormentos, San Francisco, Tuniche, Colombia Deep, Colombia Shallows, Paradise (night dive), Chankanaab, Palancar Caves and Bricks, and Dalila. Some of these we did more than once because the strong SE wind that was blowing pretty much the whole time we were there sometimes interfered with diving the south end. No biggie. We also did the shore dive from BA a couple of times, plus the drift from Villblanca to BA at night. The only dive that was a little less than ideal (IMO, of course) was Tuniche. I know to expect more current there, but this was ridiculous, especially in the first part of the dive where there wasn't anything to hide behind. Again, no biggie.
The fishing: Not too bad but not exactly stellar; that's why they call it fishing instead of catching. In three days we caught four small dorado, two large dorado, one barracuda, one sailfish, and one tiny bonita. We had plenty of cold cervesa, though.
The food: Great as always. We ate at the BA restaurant several times as well as at Kondesa, Pancho's Backyard, La Choza, El Moro, La Perlita, and Casa Mission.
The weather: Cloudier than we have been accustomed to, and on Wednesday 5/24 a pretty big storm blew in from the west. We only had one decent sunset the whole time we were there. It rained a few other times as well, but once again, no biggie (did I mention that we had plenty of cold cervesa?). The "wild side" more than lived up to that moniker the day we were over there; there were guys surfing at Chen Rio and the waves were shoulder high with the occasional overhead.
Our next trip: April 2018 to celebrate my mom's 90th birthday and her 42nd yearly trip to Cozumel.
The hotel: We stayed at Blue Angel, as always. When we got there BDSD's 32 diver group was there, and I met and dove with him and several other SBers. Great bunch of folks. We also had almost a week overlap there with Mr. and Mrs. Sharky. We met them years ago at BA and we always love it when our stays there coincide.
The dives: Santa Rosa, Cedral, Tormentos, San Francisco, Tuniche, Colombia Deep, Colombia Shallows, Paradise (night dive), Chankanaab, Palancar Caves and Bricks, and Dalila. Some of these we did more than once because the strong SE wind that was blowing pretty much the whole time we were there sometimes interfered with diving the south end. No biggie. We also did the shore dive from BA a couple of times, plus the drift from Villblanca to BA at night. The only dive that was a little less than ideal (IMO, of course) was Tuniche. I know to expect more current there, but this was ridiculous, especially in the first part of the dive where there wasn't anything to hide behind. Again, no biggie.
The fishing: Not too bad but not exactly stellar; that's why they call it fishing instead of catching. In three days we caught four small dorado, two large dorado, one barracuda, one sailfish, and one tiny bonita. We had plenty of cold cervesa, though.
The food: Great as always. We ate at the BA restaurant several times as well as at Kondesa, Pancho's Backyard, La Choza, El Moro, La Perlita, and Casa Mission.
The weather: Cloudier than we have been accustomed to, and on Wednesday 5/24 a pretty big storm blew in from the west. We only had one decent sunset the whole time we were there. It rained a few other times as well, but once again, no biggie (did I mention that we had plenty of cold cervesa?). The "wild side" more than lived up to that moniker the day we were over there; there were guys surfing at Chen Rio and the waves were shoulder high with the occasional overhead.
Our next trip: April 2018 to celebrate my mom's 90th birthday and her 42nd yearly trip to Cozumel.
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