PARADISE HUNTER
Contributor
Trip Report - Living Underwater - 3/2-3/29
Just got back from spending four weeks staying at El Cantil and diving with Living Underwater. I’ve been diving off Cozumel for over 20 years and had yet again a great trip.
The weather for the most part was fantastic. It didn’t rain a single day, but we did have some high winds that closed the port for two days out of the month.
I logged 38 dives on this trip and the diving was terrific! Some of the best visibility I can remember, and water temps stayed between 80-82 degrees. The eagle rays were back in force the entire month and I was able to see one or more almost every day. We went north one day and had a squadron of 17 eagle rays continue circling above us for the entire dive. Incredible! In another dive up north, we came across two different schools of 50 + cuttlefish. At the end of a second dive, we encountered 10 stingrays working over and feeding in a large grass bed, not something I’ve seen before. Also, I saw less lionfish and more juvenile spotted drums than my last visit. It was also nice to have the owner Jeremy on board for several dives. He’s smooth underwater!
Living Underwater does an exceptional job and has been since 2001. The divemaster’s name is Pepe and he has over 40 years of commercial and recreational diving. He has an incredible eye underwater, never in a rush and lets you dive your computer. On the boat he’s very knowledgeable and keeps the boat fun and lite hearted. Another nice thing about Living Underwater is that they always have a third employee (1st mate Ricardo) on board to assist you with anything needed. Their boat is a long 33ft, covered panga with twin 150’s and it flies by the other dive boats. With a max of eight divers on board there is plenty of room. They have both 95 and 120 LP steel tanks that can allow for 90+ minutes of bottom time and nitrox is no problem to get.
Some other nice things about Living Underwater are that they pick you up at your hotel pier, they rinse and store your gear each day and they have a large rinse tank on board dedicated for cameras. They take long surface intervals at the beach that allows for a nice long second dive. No rush, just good conversations. If all that wasn’t enough, they’ve got post dive tropical fruit and water for anyone that wants it.
I highly recommend diving with L.U. if you find yourself on Cozumel!
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
PH
Just got back from spending four weeks staying at El Cantil and diving with Living Underwater. I’ve been diving off Cozumel for over 20 years and had yet again a great trip.
The weather for the most part was fantastic. It didn’t rain a single day, but we did have some high winds that closed the port for two days out of the month.
I logged 38 dives on this trip and the diving was terrific! Some of the best visibility I can remember, and water temps stayed between 80-82 degrees. The eagle rays were back in force the entire month and I was able to see one or more almost every day. We went north one day and had a squadron of 17 eagle rays continue circling above us for the entire dive. Incredible! In another dive up north, we came across two different schools of 50 + cuttlefish. At the end of a second dive, we encountered 10 stingrays working over and feeding in a large grass bed, not something I’ve seen before. Also, I saw less lionfish and more juvenile spotted drums than my last visit. It was also nice to have the owner Jeremy on board for several dives. He’s smooth underwater!
Living Underwater does an exceptional job and has been since 2001. The divemaster’s name is Pepe and he has over 40 years of commercial and recreational diving. He has an incredible eye underwater, never in a rush and lets you dive your computer. On the boat he’s very knowledgeable and keeps the boat fun and lite hearted. Another nice thing about Living Underwater is that they always have a third employee (1st mate Ricardo) on board to assist you with anything needed. Their boat is a long 33ft, covered panga with twin 150’s and it flies by the other dive boats. With a max of eight divers on board there is plenty of room. They have both 95 and 120 LP steel tanks that can allow for 90+ minutes of bottom time and nitrox is no problem to get.
Some other nice things about Living Underwater are that they pick you up at your hotel pier, they rinse and store your gear each day and they have a large rinse tank on board dedicated for cameras. They take long surface intervals at the beach that allows for a nice long second dive. No rush, just good conversations. If all that wasn’t enough, they’ve got post dive tropical fruit and water for anyone that wants it.
I highly recommend diving with L.U. if you find yourself on Cozumel!
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
PH
