Most people find Chankanaab expensive vs the snorkeling you'll get there. Punta Sur is cheaper, but conditions can be iffy if the winds are up in just about any direction. Palancar beach club tour is $35 per person, and there's another good tour offered at Alberto's beach club at roughly that price. Next best choice I've done since Wilma is the area between the Presidenté & Fiesta Americana, but it's not what it once was either.
https://picasaweb.google.com/CozumelTimeCapsules/SnorkelingBetweenThePresidenteFiestaAmericanna#
https://picasaweb.google.com/CozumelTimeCapsules/SnorkelingAtPuntaSur#
Thanks, Cocopo, for posting those pics of the shore area between Fiesta Americana and Presidente.
I've been searching for shore dive info for months now, and your post is the only one where I actually SAW what the shore diving is like, and I liked it - doesn't take much to make me happy.
Many lucky folks that dive all the time and are jaded & cynical, have poo-pooed the shore diving in Coz ("just good enough to check gear"), but I'm from ohio - the land of cold mud water, and not enough money to dive Bonaire.
So my choices of low cost vacation packages (cheapcaribbean, apple vacations, etc) have not included the highly rated palces like Scuba Club Cozumel, or Villa Blanca (with good shore dive reviews). Seems the only places that come up are Fiesta Americana, and Presidente, and a few others, but my wife and I want all inclusive, and she will only snorkel, so this place (FA) looks like the best option all around.