What happened to Cozumel?

[ggunn]

2 x 4 is still 8 isn't it?

Yes, but tanks or two tank trips? It looks like it might mean $100 per diver per two tank trip, which is a little high but not exorbitantly so in these days and times. When I started diving 30 years ago I think I was paying US$30-40 per trip but those days are gone for good.

 

[ggunn]

There is never an analyzer on our boat except ours. This year one other person asked to use it. One time I wasn't sure which tanks we would be diving so I analyzed some that were not ours. The guy that was going to use them got kinda snarky with me.

Did you cost him a minute or two of bottom time when you tested his tank?

 

[BRT]

Yes, but tanks or two tank trips? It looks like it might mean $100 per diver per two tank trip, which is a little high but not exorbitantly so in these days and times.

Yes, for the first time this year it cost us more than $100/diver day on Coz. Last year the peso was up in relation to the dollar so I understood the increase. This year the peso was way down, so not so clear. On the other side they quoted me very close to the same peso price last year and this year. Made diving a little cheaper but I gave them more anyway cause the owners are the divemasters and I really like them.

 

[BRT]

Did you cost him a minute or two of bottom time when you tested his tank?

Nope. I don't use that much.

 

[mcohen1021]

We first dove Cozumel in 2008 and it was one of our first destination dive trips.

Imagine how much better it was in 1990 my first trip? Talk about disappointing.

The first day of diving went fine enough- my BCD inflator was broken and the DM swapped me his setup.

I'm trying to understand why you would need to trade out a full set of gear for this

The boat was to pick us up at 7:40 and by 8am there was no boat and no text. I texted the dive shop and they said they would be there at 8:15.

Typical boat pickup in Cozumel, nothing out of the ordinary

We stayed at Allegro- there were people having sex in the hot tub at 4pm and the food (other than the Asian) was terrible.

Looks like you learned another lesson, never go AI in Cozumel, it just sucks especially in Allegro

Someone please tell me Bonaire hasn’t suffered this same fate?

The reefs are suffering everywhere in the Caribbean, I have not been bonaire but I'm guessing it's the same

 

[ggunn]

Typical boat pickup in Cozumel [over half an hour late], nothing out of the ordinary

For some ops, maybe, but certainly not for all of them.

 

[JFS]

The ambiguity, I believe, is what you mean by "4 dives". Are you counting trips on a boat or tanks in the water? $100 per diver per two tank outing is a little steep but not all that unusual, but $100 per tank is way out of line. Also, are you renting equipment?

Most shops are now charging atleast $100 plus marine park fees for 2 tank dives. Blue Angel is near $120 plus taxes.

 

[ggunn]

Most shops are now charging atleast $100 plus marine park fees for 2 tank dives. Blue Angel is near $120 plus taxes.

Not surprising, I guess. Inflation hits us all. I'd hate to think of what it costs to dive in Hawaii these days.

 

[lowwall]

I'm reading this from my room in Villa Aldora. This is my 4th trip trip to Coz. The first one was in 2004.

Yes the coral has taken a big hit since then. But there's still lots of sea life. And there are lots of great dive ops and places to stay. And eat.

 

[The Chairman]

I dove Pennekamp in 1977 and refuse to return as I'm much happier with my memory of what it was as to today's reality.

Gawd, I remember the urchins in the Keys circa 1976. They forced me to perfect my buoyancy.