Coz recos wanted, please!

[markrovner]

My wife and I are advanced beginners (~30 dives each) lookling for a weekend getaway in January. Looking for a solid reliable operator in Cozumel to build the trip around.

We're much more focused on flora and fauna than wrecks or macho crap. My last trip was with a couple who just wanted to dive deep...

Any recos gratefully accepted!

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[scubaeric]

Scuba Club Cozumel

 

[markrovner]

Wow -- looks great!

What are dives like?

 

[markrovner]

Also: Aquatic Sports Cozumel
Anyone know them? they got a very positive write-up from Undercurrents a couple of years ago...

 

[nwflyboy]

Living Underwater. DM Jeremy.
Great service, small boats, long bottom times. Best op I've dived with.

 

[Hochhauser]

Betsy White is great... http://www.geocities.com/scubabetsy/
We've dove with her several times -- She's great at pointing out tons of things that you won't see on your own or at least was with me.

She tailored a dive week for myself and friends and helped us with arrangements for much of our trip. I can't recommend her highly enough.
PM me if you want more info.

 

[Jarrett]

Dive Op Poll:

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=155194

My recommendation:

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=161206

 

[Jinjer]

Also: Aquatic Sports Cozumel
Anyone know them? they got a very positive write-up from Undercurrents a couple of years ago...

We dove with Sergio at Aquatic Sports Cozumel a few years ago. Infact, my husband and I did our first Blue Water dives with him. He has a great operation, and takes great care of everyone in the group.

I would definitely dive with them again. Infact, we have been talking to him about doing a trip with them soon.

We are headed down this weekend with a local dive shop who already had the operator arranged. We are diving with Alison at www.scubawithalison.com. I can let you know more after we dive with her. I have heard great things about her, and actually have had several emails with her in preparation for this trip. She appears to be very accomodating.

 

[echo5506]

Hi,

Congrats on heading down there. You will have a blast! Check out rainmaker's recent dive report on Cozumel (Cozumel Trip Report (Oct. 4 - 11, 2006)) I dove with david and he wrote an absolutely great dive report. Jarrett replied to you earlier with a couple of links, I would definitely place alot of weight on his opinions.

I dove with Blue XT for the first time and got my AOW and Nitrox certification with Christi. You can see that she has quite a cult following on ScubaBoard and deservedly so. She runs a great ops, small and very personable. Pedro was the only divemaster I dove with, and he was awesome. I felt very comfortable and safe diving with Pedro. Whichever dive shop you end up choosing, definitely DO A NIGHT DIVE! That was the best of the 13 dives I did in Cozumel, saw 8 octopi, about 15 crabs, a splendid toadfish, a dozem different lobsters, and a couple of moray eels. It was just awesome that Pedro was as excited as we were whenever we saw a critter. I'm sure you'll end up choosing an excellent dive shop, based on the replies that have been posted. Have a great time!

Jim

 

[Rule62]

The only dive op worth diving with is Liquid Blue. A little more expensive but well worth it. Plus they have Steel 120s for max bottom time. http://www.liquidbluedivers.com/