LWith58
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This was our first trip to Cozumel, along with a group of 22 (12 of which are divers).
We had a perfect week of weather as far as I am concerned. For the most part the weather was partly to mostly sunny mid 70s mid 80s. It rained hard a couple of times overnight and a quick shower one mid afternoon.
We were actually very lucky with the weather (or maybe it was just good planning). Part of our group flew out Saturday morning just as a winter snowstorm began to blow through and the rest flew out Sunday morning after the storm passed not a single delay.
We arrived in Cozumel just after a Norte had blown through, had a great week of diving, and another Norte blew in closing the port again we did not miss one dive.
Hotel Cozumel was nice. The rooms were clean, our bed had a foam pad on top of the mattress and was comfortable enough, and our maid gave us fresh flowers every other day. The pool area was very nice as was the small man-made beach area, we had no problems getting a spot to sit and relax. We took advantage of the all-inclusive plan with the feeling that it was inexpensive enough to warrant dinners at many of the great restaurants in town. Breakfast and lunch were always decent at the resort and dinner was hit and miss.
Hotel Cozumels location was great for our group as well, close to town for the non-divers and the divers utilizing small fast boats to get to the dive sites quickly worked out very well for us too.
When we did go to town for dinner we made it to La Choza, French Quarter, Prima and Casa Denis, a few of the others in our group also went to Guidos and Pepes. All were very good and we had exceptional service at Casa Denis and Prima.
Diving with Blue XT~Sea was as advertised and then some. We dove with DM Pedro Pablo all week, he was absolutely fantastic, with the briefings, handling the gear, pointing out lots underwater and helping the less experienced divers get comfortable. He also clearly made adjustments as the week went on, as he watched and learned how we all dove. The captains were equally as good all week helping out with gear and getting in and out of the water. Christi truly runs a top notch, professional operation. I highly recommend Blue XT~Sea.
Sites we visited:
Palancar Bricks, Horseshoe, and Gardens.
Paradise twice, once at night and once on our last day.
Santa Rosa
Columbia (deep)
Tormentos
San Francisco
Yucab
Cedral
Its difficult to pick a favorite; Id say its a toss up between Horseshoe, Columbia and Santa Rosa.
A few of us took Wednesday off from diving and went to the main land to tour Tulum and visit Xel-Ha. We had a great day here as well, the Tulum tour was very interesting and Xel-Ha was great, we could have spent a whole day there. It was definitely a great diversion while off gassing a bit mid week.
My wife and I had a really great week and cant wait to go back. Unfortunately we have the next years trips already planned out, so its going to be a while before we can go back to Cozumel, probably in the fall of 06.
Lee
We had a perfect week of weather as far as I am concerned. For the most part the weather was partly to mostly sunny mid 70s mid 80s. It rained hard a couple of times overnight and a quick shower one mid afternoon.
We were actually very lucky with the weather (or maybe it was just good planning). Part of our group flew out Saturday morning just as a winter snowstorm began to blow through and the rest flew out Sunday morning after the storm passed not a single delay.
We arrived in Cozumel just after a Norte had blown through, had a great week of diving, and another Norte blew in closing the port again we did not miss one dive.
Hotel Cozumel was nice. The rooms were clean, our bed had a foam pad on top of the mattress and was comfortable enough, and our maid gave us fresh flowers every other day. The pool area was very nice as was the small man-made beach area, we had no problems getting a spot to sit and relax. We took advantage of the all-inclusive plan with the feeling that it was inexpensive enough to warrant dinners at many of the great restaurants in town. Breakfast and lunch were always decent at the resort and dinner was hit and miss.
Hotel Cozumels location was great for our group as well, close to town for the non-divers and the divers utilizing small fast boats to get to the dive sites quickly worked out very well for us too.
When we did go to town for dinner we made it to La Choza, French Quarter, Prima and Casa Denis, a few of the others in our group also went to Guidos and Pepes. All were very good and we had exceptional service at Casa Denis and Prima.
Diving with Blue XT~Sea was as advertised and then some. We dove with DM Pedro Pablo all week, he was absolutely fantastic, with the briefings, handling the gear, pointing out lots underwater and helping the less experienced divers get comfortable. He also clearly made adjustments as the week went on, as he watched and learned how we all dove. The captains were equally as good all week helping out with gear and getting in and out of the water. Christi truly runs a top notch, professional operation. I highly recommend Blue XT~Sea.
Sites we visited:
Palancar Bricks, Horseshoe, and Gardens.
Paradise twice, once at night and once on our last day.
Santa Rosa
Columbia (deep)
Tormentos
San Francisco
Yucab
Cedral
Its difficult to pick a favorite; Id say its a toss up between Horseshoe, Columbia and Santa Rosa.
A few of us took Wednesday off from diving and went to the main land to tour Tulum and visit Xel-Ha. We had a great day here as well, the Tulum tour was very interesting and Xel-Ha was great, we could have spent a whole day there. It was definitely a great diversion while off gassing a bit mid week.
My wife and I had a really great week and cant wait to go back. Unfortunately we have the next years trips already planned out, so its going to be a while before we can go back to Cozumel, probably in the fall of 06.
Lee
