Trying to decide where to go.....help plz!!

[ScubaGir1]

Hey guys, I'm trying to plan a trip for this coming June to either, Jamaica, Cozmuel, or Costa Rica. Out of those which place would be the best for diving and overall safety? I wanna have a great vacation and experience some nice waters.....any advise? Thanks everyone!! :07:

[SterlingDiver]

Hey guys, I'm trying to plan a trip for this coming June to either, Jamaica, Cozmuel, or Costa Rica. Out of those which place would be the best for diving and overall safety? I wanna have a great vacation and experience some nice waters.....any advise? Thanks everyone!! :07:

...experiance??

Probally Cozumel would be your best bet. Give us a little more of what you are looking for and we can give you some better advice.

Dave

[ScubaGir1]

Thanks for the reply. I've been reading a lot of posts that Jamaica diving is pretty bad and not worth going there for scuba diving. I haven't heard all that much on Costa Rica, but I can't find any good places to stay at either...like hotel wise. I hear a lot of great things about Cozumel diving though. I've only gone diving off the coast of southern california and once in maui, hi. I dont want to go back to hawaii only b/c I'd like to go somewhere new, so I'm trying to figure out where. If out of those three, Cozumel is the best place to dive, what kind of sea life and water conditions should I expect during June there? Thanks again for the posts guys!!
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[SterlingDiver]

Thanks for the reply. I've been reading a lot of posts that Jamaica diving is pretty bad and not worth going there for scuba diving. I haven't heard all that much on Costa Rica, but I can't find any good places to stay at either...like hotel wise. I hear a lot of great things about Cozumel diving though. I've only gone diving off the coast of southern california and once in maui, hi. I dont want to go back to hawaii only b/c I'd like to go somewhere new, so I'm trying to figure out where. If out of those three, Cozumel is the best place to dive, what kind of sea life and water conditions should I expect during June there? Thanks again for the posts guys!!
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........fairly advanced diving. Jamaica is a gun & knife shop with lots of bad guys. Diving is average at best.

Go for Cozumel, you will have a great time. Lots of wildlife and coral structures. Warm water and even some good beaches on the south end of the island.

Dave

[Fin59]

Hey guys, I'm trying to plan a trip for this coming June to either, Jamaica, Cozmuel, or Costa Rica. Out of those which place would be the best for diving and overall safety? I wanna have a great vacation and experience some nice waters.....any advise? Thanks everyone!! :07:


Never been to Jamaica, or Costa Rica, but I do know you can't go wrong with Cozumel :)

[ScubaDoobaDo]

Never been to Jamaica, or Costa Rica, but I do know you can't go wrong with Cozumel :)

DITTO...We finished our open water certification there.. That was what truely sold my hubby on diving.. Couldn't have asked for better dives than we had almost 2 years ago in Coz... :dazzler1:

[pigletfish]

I would also recommend Cozumel. I haven't been to Jamaica, but that's in part because it's not known as a diving destination. Costa Rica has poor visability (10-20 feet) and when we were there last May it poured endlessly with rain. It's not completely without recommendation, but just know what you are getting into. Cozumel has fabulous viz and good marine life and would be my clear choice among these three options.

[schmed]

cozamel, more specificly , panacar reef, this reef is hughe i dove it at a section they call columbia, truely awsome better than aruba or bon aire

[Sharksighter]

Take a look at Cayman, Little Cayman or Cayman Brac. If you are interested in shopping and nightlife definitely Cozumel!

[jlyle]

IMHO, you can't beat Cozumel: easy to get to, great diving, economical, nice people, safe...did I mention the great diving? Click on a link below...

[Cudabait]

Hey guys, I'm trying to plan a trip for this coming June to either, Jamaica, Cozmuel, or Costa Rica. Out of those which place would be the best for diving and overall safety? I wanna have a great vacation and experience some nice waters.....any advise? Thanks everyone!! :07:

Done em all.....Go to Cozumel!!

Regards,

[DB83]

........fairly advanced diving. Jamaica is a gun & knife shop with lots of bad guys. Diving is average at best.

Go for Cozumel, you will have a great time. Lots of wildlife and coral structures. Warm water and even some good beaches on the south end of the island.

Dave


Hey, I was just wondering how you got that counter.

[DB83]

Going to Cozumel! WOO WOO!!

[DB83]

I have a couple of questions. Since we're gonna go in late June, I hear that that's the peak of the rainy season? Has anyone here been to cozumel during that time? Can you please share your experience with the weather?

Thanks,
DB

[SterlingDiver]

Hey, I was just wondering how you got that counter.

Go to your private message area and look at the very bottom link on the left hand side and follow the directions. It is easy to set up.

Dave

[DB83]

Go to your private message area and look at the very bottom link on the left hand side and follow the directions. It is easy to set up.

Dave

I did set it up, and I don't think it is working. is there anything I have to do to put the counter actually into my signature?

[Goose75]

July 2003 I went to Cozumel and proposed to my wife there. The weather was great, snorkelling the reef was great (wasn't certified then) and the side trips we took were great. If you don't want to go too far and want out of the hotel, take a taxi to the town for shopping, to the Mayan ruins on the island or to the lighthouse on the southern end of the island (there is a newer one north of that). Around the southern one is a conservation that sea turtles visit annually. You can go out at night with the workers to witness. Not sure when this occurs, it was the wrong time when we were there. There's not a lot to see there toher than that but it's cheap, close and get's you out. The lighthouse isn't anything different than you can see at home but I proposed on top, so it's more than an old lighthouse to me. Side trips can take you to Mayan ruins (Tulum, Chichen Itza) but they will take most or all day. Everything I listed above you can do as a partial day.

[ScubaDoobaDo]

I did set it up, and I don't think it is working. is there anything I have to do to put the counter actually into my signature?
Make sure you fill in all the spaces... any blanks mean no counter... :eyebrow:

[aka_diver]

Bonaire is also great diving but being your on the west side have you thought about the South Pacific? I've been to Cozumel, Roatan and Bonaire and Fiji. After diving Fiji I have no desire to ever return to the Carribean

[Goose75]

The problem with Fiji is your pockets have to be a little deeper. Cozumel is cheap and good diving. Bonnaire is a little more expensive but still a cheap vacation (I'm headed there in July). I would have loved to go to Fiji this year, but the cost was a little higher than this year's vacation budget.

[rockbeauty]

I agree with all the post...go to Cozumel. I was there last august, we had nice weather, the reefs are nice and not too damage, there is a lot of the usual fishes and the dives are not very expensive. Costa Rica is a nice country to visit (lots of animals, parks, waterfalls) but when I dove there, the visibility was not very good (like pigletfish mentionned). Never been to Jamaica so I don't know about there.
Go to Cozumel and have fun!