Curious_George
Green water guy
How does shore diving there compare to up north by Aldora Villa? Anyone done both?
Shore Diving comparison
- Thread starter GirlonFire
- Start date
Please register or login
Welcome to ScubaBoard, the world's largest scuba diving community. Registration is not required to read the forums, but we encourage you to join. Joining has its benefits and enables you to participate in the discussions.
Benefits of registering include
- Ability to post and comment on topics and discussions.
- A Free photo gallery to share your dive photos with the world.
- You can make this box go away
cicopo
Contributor
AND just how far away is Scuba Club from Hotel Cozumel's beach front area? Divers are free to go all the way north to SCC's area too.
I’ve done Aldora 3 or 4 times. There’s a lot of life right at the wall along shore. There’s not a large area of interest but what there is is nice. I’d pick it over hotel Coz but I’d still take the Tikila area over them all.
jlyle
Contributor
- Messages
- 2,258
- Reaction score
- 1,243
- Location
- Palos Verdes Peninsula, California
- # of dives
- 2500 - 4999
Uh...next door. However, the current normally runs South to North in front of the hotels and it's good practice to start your shore dive into the current and then drift back to the entry point at the end of the dive. One could easily visit the artificial (concrete) reef in front of SCC but there's little to see North of the rubble. With included, unlimited shore diving at SCC there are many more shore divers than from HC.
The same is true of Blue Angel. The stingray pen next door attracts a lot of life and there are lots of small coral heads and rubble piles to the south of the pen. In the Before Times we'd put in at Turquoise and drift down to BA to avoid fighting the current, but I don't know if that is an option these days.
soonerwink
Contributor
Must agree, very good shore dives here for Cozumel. Lots of marine life, a few large coral heads, sea fans, and even the remains of the old airplane and a large anchor. Two years ago Mario took me a tour of the area for a 2 hour dive. He knows where to find sea horses, and all the marine life. He is also a great photographer. He only charged me $28 for a tank, weights and guide service. The best $28 I ever spent in Cozumel. That is Mario in the background of one of my pics.
I'd rather dive sites where there are fewer other divers. If you're an HC diver who exits as SCC low on air they aren't going to push you back into the ocean although they may scold you a bit as they escort you to the street to walk back. Yes, it is good practice to start a dive into the current but there can be exceptions, especially if the current is mild. Very seldom have I found current by shore that I couldn't go against with an easy occasional frog kick.I've always found the current nearly nonexistent right by the shore so if you're exerting against the current 100 yards out just come closer to shore.
P-Dog
Contributor
I was shore diving at Blue Angel last week. The night diving is much more interesting. Rays, squid, eels, octopus, scorpionfish...The night dives were great. I did a couple of them.
I did a few day shore dives as well and enjoyed them, but I like to look into holes and crevices and really search for stuff. Eels, shrimp, crabs, flounder, rays...that sort of thing is what I saw.
Tanks are free.
I did a few day shore dives as well and enjoyed them, but I like to look into holes and crevices and really search for stuff. Eels, shrimp, crabs, flounder, rays...that sort of thing is what I saw.
Tanks are free.
Sallygirl
Contributor
