Cozumel is an island situated off the Yucatan Penninsula in the warm carribbean waters.

We visited in July for an intensive 8 night/7 day vacation.Flying from San Francisco late friday night to Los Angeles - connecting to Houston - arriving early am - then on to Cozumel arriving around 1pm. I took the local taxi to Scuba Club Cozumel and checked in to our room, minus one piece of luggage which we never did receive!

We stayed at the Scuba Club Cozumel. The 3 dives/day had a more relaxed start time usually from 8:30 to 9:00 am with nice large boats and not too crowded on board. We were back for lunch and then after about 45 mins off for the afternoon dive. All our meals were included and they were very good....breakfast buffet, lunch from a set menu and a changing dinner menu to pick from. The rooms were a little small, but we rarely were in them...if not diving or snoozing in a hammock, we would walk to town to see the sights. Visit this link for a map of Cozumel.

The dives were all drift dives with a divemaster guiding us and the nicest ones were:

• Paradisio - where we saw a seahorse in the eel grass, sandy underwater dunes, spotted eels and friendly french angelfish - about 50' depth
• Santa Rosa Wall - A beautiful wall with purple tube sponges, sea fans, caves for swim throughs in the wall...about 85' depth
• Palancar Pinnacles - We saw big barracudas, large groupers, a sea tutle flying past us and more tunnels to swim through - about 90' depth

  The guides seemed a bit bored.....some floating on their backs blowing bubbles while they made sure the groups stayed together...usually 6 divers in a group flaoting through the clear, warm water.

  If the boat dives were not enough there were unlimited shore dives to be made from the front of the resort. The current was mild and you could make large circles so you would not end up floating past downtown. We booked a dive package to get the best value.

  Problems we encountered ;

  1. One bag of gear never made it to our hotel. Keep records of all items in your bag, keep receipts of any items you purchase because of this problem, file a report at the airport, andmost important - DO NOT STRESS (like I did). Just rent/buy what you need and enjoy your vacation as you will have lots of time to fight with the airlines later!
  2. The mosquitos for the shore dive at dusk almost ate us alive - 50-75 bites on our bare calves - bring repellant and USE IT!
  3. Find out how much your calls cost before you dial - I incurred over $300 worth of calls from Mexico to the states trying to get my bag sent found! This was for about 30 minutes of calls!!!!

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