floydpackard
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My wife and I are new divers. Certified on our 25th aniversary less than a year ago at Cozumel. We enjoyed it alot. My only complaint with cozumel were all the divers and boats on the reef. At times it looked like a parking lot out there and there was a continual line of divers that could be seen on the reef at any time. There were alot of things we enjoyed about the island. The dive masters were great and helped us get comfortable in the water. The reefs were wounderful and boat and drift diving were great! We have also dove the southern barrier reef off Belize. Things we liked there were the reef was even better, there were no other divers seen all week, nice animals and fish. The bad was it was a long boat ride out to the reef and it was rough and there were the bugs.
We are looking for a place to dive and get our advanced open water. I have thought of doing Cozumel again, Bonaire or Coco view. With the reserch I think I have eliminated Bonaire because it is too hard to get to and we are not ready to go off on our own on shore dives at this point in time. We have done around 20 dives. Some things I am looking for:
1. calm water. My wife gets sea sick so diving in the lee would be nice.
2. Reefs that don't start too deep. I don't know what it is but I find I do much better when I can see the bottom get down to it and then go deeper. It also makes it nicer for finishing off a dive on top of the reef when your computer is telling you to get shallower.
3. Not too many connections to get to the dive place. Belize required too many.
4. Shorter boat rides would be nice
5. Good instructors to help us get more comfortable to be able to go on a dive without a dive master
6. A nice reef system with good fish and animal life.
So I have it down to either Cozumel or Roatan. Which would you suggest and why.
Thanks for your help
Floyd
We are looking for a place to dive and get our advanced open water. I have thought of doing Cozumel again, Bonaire or Coco view. With the reserch I think I have eliminated Bonaire because it is too hard to get to and we are not ready to go off on our own on shore dives at this point in time. We have done around 20 dives. Some things I am looking for:
1. calm water. My wife gets sea sick so diving in the lee would be nice.
2. Reefs that don't start too deep. I don't know what it is but I find I do much better when I can see the bottom get down to it and then go deeper. It also makes it nicer for finishing off a dive on top of the reef when your computer is telling you to get shallower.
3. Not too many connections to get to the dive place. Belize required too many.
4. Shorter boat rides would be nice
5. Good instructors to help us get more comfortable to be able to go on a dive without a dive master
6. A nice reef system with good fish and animal life.
So I have it down to either Cozumel or Roatan. Which would you suggest and why.
Thanks for your help
Floyd