Just got back from 4 days of great diving; Tuesday- Friday. After surfacing from my last day Friday the conditions were so good it was very hard to get out of the water.
I stayed at Vista Del Mar for the first time. Overall I think it is a great budget option hotel. I sprung for an ocean view with a king size bed. My only issue was that when sitting on the balcony there is a 4" beam right at my eye level. They delivered a tray with coffee, orange juice and bread to your room at what ever time you arranged in the AM. Not a full breakfast but enough to last me to the first SI. At night I would close the storm shutters and it was very dark and not very noisy. AC worked great, plenty of hot water. After all taxes and fees it came to $60 a night, I think that is pretty reasonable considering the view.
I dove with Aldora and dove with the same group of great divers each day. Average dive times were longer than normal since we didn't dive any of the deeper sites; 9 dives averaging 92 minutes each. One day we went north of the island to a couple sites our fisherman captain knows about. Those sites were quite different from the normal Cozumel diving. Fairly flat with ledges spread out, lots of soft corals. There was no current, just a little surge. Wed. night I did a night dive at Tormentos. We only had 4 divers in the group lead by a PADI course director for an 80+ minute dive with no other dive boats in the area.
Friday night I spent the night close to the bus station in Cancun. The square was absolutely packed with families celebrating the Day of the Dead.
I stayed at Vista Del Mar for the first time. Overall I think it is a great budget option hotel. I sprung for an ocean view with a king size bed. My only issue was that when sitting on the balcony there is a 4" beam right at my eye level. They delivered a tray with coffee, orange juice and bread to your room at what ever time you arranged in the AM. Not a full breakfast but enough to last me to the first SI. At night I would close the storm shutters and it was very dark and not very noisy. AC worked great, plenty of hot water. After all taxes and fees it came to $60 a night, I think that is pretty reasonable considering the view.
I dove with Aldora and dove with the same group of great divers each day. Average dive times were longer than normal since we didn't dive any of the deeper sites; 9 dives averaging 92 minutes each. One day we went north of the island to a couple sites our fisherman captain knows about. Those sites were quite different from the normal Cozumel diving. Fairly flat with ledges spread out, lots of soft corals. There was no current, just a little surge. Wed. night I did a night dive at Tormentos. We only had 4 divers in the group lead by a PADI course director for an 80+ minute dive with no other dive boats in the area.
Friday night I spent the night close to the bus station in Cancun. The square was absolutely packed with families celebrating the Day of the Dead.
