We just experienced, first hand, what everyone on Scuba Board has been raving about with Blue XT Sea in Cozumel.
Our stay was a week. We did 20 dives, which included two night dives. Mago was our Boat Captain for four of the twenty dives. Blanca was our Divemaster for two of the twenty dives. Our main exposure to Blue XT Sea Staff was with Adan (Boat Captain) and Arturo (Divemaster) for the remaining dives. Their performance was simply outstanding. Adan had the opportunity to display his navigation skills after our last night dive. One of the divers inadvertently came aboard without his light which was discovered missing after we were already 10 minutes away from our exit point. Adan maneuvered a gentle 360 degree turn and headed back into the dark abyss of the night-time Caribbean. He went directly back to our exit point, there was no searching; Adan went exactly to our exit point! Arturo geared-up and in less than 5 minutes was back on the boat with the wayward light.
Arturo has a knack for finding the small to downright tiny critters, so much so that he dives with a small magnifying glass to display his finds. We discovered tiny critters ( pipefish & nudibranchs etc) never before noticed diving. His briefings were always easy to understand and his dive plan logical and easy to follow. Unlike other complaints on Cozumel dive operations, you get to dive your Computer with Blue XT Sea; you stay down as long as you have air and are within non-deco limits.
Initially we turned up our noses at Blue XT Seas suggestion of diving Nitrox on the second dives. However their wisdom prevailed, with our compressed diving schedule the Nitrox kept us well within non-deco limits on repetitive diving. Something we should have known but were very thankful for their gentle persuasion to recall.
Others have addressed Blue XT Seas policy of handling dive gear. They always had the gear assembled upon arriving at the dock to pick us up for the days, afternoons or evenings dives. While not always a policy we are comfortable with (we very much like to assemble our own gear) their professionalism soon out-weighed any anxiety we had in allowing others to set up our dive gear for us.
All of our surface intervals were conducted ashore. They have fruit, juice and plenty of water available. Jackets are available for warming between extended bottom times, and fresh towels after the dives. They did have a fresh-water bucket for our underwater cameras. And if you desire, they even have a fresh-water rinse for your head after each dive.
Blue XT Sea is a 6-pack operation. Consequently we would pass virtually every other dive boat leaving San Miguel on our way to the dive site. Some of the Cozumel operations have tons of divers aboard, so it was always a welcome relief to be well on our way through the dive site before they off-loaded their cargo of divers.
It would be hard to imagine a circumstance where Dive XT Sea would fall short of meeting ALL of your expectations of a Dive Operator.
Our stay was a week. We did 20 dives, which included two night dives. Mago was our Boat Captain for four of the twenty dives. Blanca was our Divemaster for two of the twenty dives. Our main exposure to Blue XT Sea Staff was with Adan (Boat Captain) and Arturo (Divemaster) for the remaining dives. Their performance was simply outstanding. Adan had the opportunity to display his navigation skills after our last night dive. One of the divers inadvertently came aboard without his light which was discovered missing after we were already 10 minutes away from our exit point. Adan maneuvered a gentle 360 degree turn and headed back into the dark abyss of the night-time Caribbean. He went directly back to our exit point, there was no searching; Adan went exactly to our exit point! Arturo geared-up and in less than 5 minutes was back on the boat with the wayward light.
Arturo has a knack for finding the small to downright tiny critters, so much so that he dives with a small magnifying glass to display his finds. We discovered tiny critters ( pipefish & nudibranchs etc) never before noticed diving. His briefings were always easy to understand and his dive plan logical and easy to follow. Unlike other complaints on Cozumel dive operations, you get to dive your Computer with Blue XT Sea; you stay down as long as you have air and are within non-deco limits.
Initially we turned up our noses at Blue XT Seas suggestion of diving Nitrox on the second dives. However their wisdom prevailed, with our compressed diving schedule the Nitrox kept us well within non-deco limits on repetitive diving. Something we should have known but were very thankful for their gentle persuasion to recall.
Others have addressed Blue XT Seas policy of handling dive gear. They always had the gear assembled upon arriving at the dock to pick us up for the days, afternoons or evenings dives. While not always a policy we are comfortable with (we very much like to assemble our own gear) their professionalism soon out-weighed any anxiety we had in allowing others to set up our dive gear for us.
All of our surface intervals were conducted ashore. They have fruit, juice and plenty of water available. Jackets are available for warming between extended bottom times, and fresh towels after the dives. They did have a fresh-water bucket for our underwater cameras. And if you desire, they even have a fresh-water rinse for your head after each dive.
Blue XT Sea is a 6-pack operation. Consequently we would pass virtually every other dive boat leaving San Miguel on our way to the dive site. Some of the Cozumel operations have tons of divers aboard, so it was always a welcome relief to be well on our way through the dive site before they off-loaded their cargo of divers.
It would be hard to imagine a circumstance where Dive XT Sea would fall short of meeting ALL of your expectations of a Dive Operator.
