My GF and I are going to Cozumel to do the AOW course over a 4-day weekend with Christi in late September. Christi has us scheduled to start the AOW class Saturday morning and finish Sunday around 1pm or so. Our plane lands on the island at 11:45am on Friday. I am assuming it will take about an hour from when we land to get to the hotel (Casa Mexicana). Is that a fair guess based on customs, baggage claims, etc?
So assuming we hit the hotel around 1pm and drop our luggage off, we would like to do some diving. I'm guessing this would make us ready to about 2pm or so. This will be my GF's first "real" dive location after her OW class and a couple shallow river dives in Texas.
Our first thought was to do a nice, easy shore dive. I've been to Playa Villablanca and Sunset beach to dive about 6 times. All of those times we had DM's, but the diving seemed so simple that we didn't neccessarily need one. On the otherhand, experienced people here generally say not to shore dive at all in Coz due to potential current issues.
I see that the board is about 50/50 split on whether to shore dive in Cozumel at all. Given the 2pm starting time and my GF's first time to Cozumel/salt water diving, what diving option would you recommend for that day? Thanks in advance.
So assuming we hit the hotel around 1pm and drop our luggage off, we would like to do some diving. I'm guessing this would make us ready to about 2pm or so. This will be my GF's first "real" dive location after her OW class and a couple shallow river dives in Texas.
Our first thought was to do a nice, easy shore dive. I've been to Playa Villablanca and Sunset beach to dive about 6 times. All of those times we had DM's, but the diving seemed so simple that we didn't neccessarily need one. On the otherhand, experienced people here generally say not to shore dive at all in Coz due to potential current issues.
I see that the board is about 50/50 split on whether to shore dive in Cozumel at all. Given the 2pm starting time and my GF's first time to Cozumel/salt water diving, what diving option would you recommend for that day? Thanks in advance.