Willar
Contributor
Group trip with our local dive shop - Adventure Dive & Travel, Springfield, IL - to Scuba Club Cozumel, November 4-11, 2006.
Scuba Club Cozumel was excellent. The diving was awesome and the fish were plentiful and big. However, the reefs still have some sand coverage from the hurricane. Some shallow areas with less current still look like a snow storm hit. My favorite dive was Columbia Deep, it was a little better than Santa Rosa Wall but not by much.
Food was good, cooked and served to order for lunch and dinner. Dinner menu was 3 different items each night but all were very good. The resort was dedicated to diving, the service was excellent and the place was very clean. The boat crew (Dive Cat) was excellent and very helpful.
We had rain the first half of the week and second half was better. There was no night life except our group drinking wine togther under the cabana discussing the daily dives.
Our scheduled for each day, all week:
7:00a Rise & shine
7:30a Breakfast
8:00a At dock with scuba gear
8:15a Boat (Dive Cat) departs for dive site, 1 hour ride
9:15a Boat arrives at dive site, splash in.
10:00a Surface from dive to 100 ft., boat heads to next site.
11:00a Splash in second dive after 1 hour surface time.
Noon Surface from dive to 50-70 ft, head towards resort
1:00p Lunch at resort
1:30p Relax for on hammocks near waterfront
3:00p Afternoon dive at resort or taxi up the coast to dive site.
6:00-8:00p Dinner at resort
5:00p or 8:00p Night diving at resort or taxi up the coast and navigate back
9:00p Group analysis of days' dives (with wine & drinks)
10:00p Bed time
I received two specialty certifications: Night Diving and Underwater Naturalist (not nudist, that is fish and creature I.D.!!).
Overall a great trip but I missed the wife and the kids at the end of the week and was ready to come home. I will definitely return!
Dean
Scuba Club Cozumel was excellent. The diving was awesome and the fish were plentiful and big. However, the reefs still have some sand coverage from the hurricane. Some shallow areas with less current still look like a snow storm hit. My favorite dive was Columbia Deep, it was a little better than Santa Rosa Wall but not by much.
Food was good, cooked and served to order for lunch and dinner. Dinner menu was 3 different items each night but all were very good. The resort was dedicated to diving, the service was excellent and the place was very clean. The boat crew (Dive Cat) was excellent and very helpful.
We had rain the first half of the week and second half was better. There was no night life except our group drinking wine togther under the cabana discussing the daily dives.
Our scheduled for each day, all week:
7:00a Rise & shine
7:30a Breakfast
8:00a At dock with scuba gear
8:15a Boat (Dive Cat) departs for dive site, 1 hour ride
9:15a Boat arrives at dive site, splash in.
10:00a Surface from dive to 100 ft., boat heads to next site.
11:00a Splash in second dive after 1 hour surface time.
Noon Surface from dive to 50-70 ft, head towards resort
1:00p Lunch at resort
1:30p Relax for on hammocks near waterfront
3:00p Afternoon dive at resort or taxi up the coast to dive site.
6:00-8:00p Dinner at resort
5:00p or 8:00p Night diving at resort or taxi up the coast and navigate back
9:00p Group analysis of days' dives (with wine & drinks)
10:00p Bed time
I received two specialty certifications: Night Diving and Underwater Naturalist (not nudist, that is fish and creature I.D.!!).
Overall a great trip but I missed the wife and the kids at the end of the week and was ready to come home. I will definitely return!
Dean