I have a friend in Coz right now diving sidemount through Blue Angel. Only one tank at a time. In my experience, while limited, everyone I have dived with diving sidemount on scuba trips, dive one tank at a time at the request of the operation
Rob
Trip Report Cozumel- December 20-31, 2020
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I have a friend in Coz right now diving sidemount through Blue Angel. Only one tank at a time. In my experience, while limited, everyone I have dived with diving sidemount on scuba trips, dive one tank at a time at the request of the operation
Rob
mcohen1021
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Maybe I've forgotten, but weren't the southern reefs supposed to be closed? Or what months was it?
Andrew Dawson
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Bummer, I prefer the redundancy and the way the kit trims out.
cozcharlie
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Bombay Delights delivers btw. I have had their food delivered several times , but have never been to the actual restaurant Definitely good food. Easy to communicate with via WhatsApp. I am guessing they are in the old Satureia Indian restaurant location from what people have described (behind Casa Mexicana in the alley parallel to Melgar—is that correct ?)
Regarding bag drag , airlines used to really gouge CZM flights around major holidays. I think I had to pay 800 or 900 for my ticket from Houston to CZM once. I definitely try to avoid CUN if at all possible , but if you are traveling with a family you might still glance at cost of CUN versus CZM after pandemic subsides. If there is $1,000 difference for a family of 4 it might be worth considering during post-Covid times. Figure people on this board are sophisticated travelers , but if fares blow out sometimes hotel packages intro CZM are the way to go (one time when fares were high I booked air plus hotel for like 50 dollars more than just cost of air—worked out to 10 bucks a night at Coral Princess I think ).
With crowded ferries these days there is hardly a price where I would do bag drag right now. . Risk there is likely going to be way higher than airports and airplanes. Can’t get the spacing you can usually achieve in airports (with a little foot work ) and air circulation rate and filter quality on ferry can’t be nearly as high as an airplane where air turns over every 3-5 minutes while flying. Also waiting in line with a hundred strangers for the ferry not high on my list either during a pandemic. You can clearly catch COVID from other tourists as a whole bunch of people at Tulum festival last month proved. Take all of the above and the likely more contagious UK virus variant circulating just no way I would do bag drag now if I could avoid it.
Regarding bag drag , airlines used to really gouge CZM flights around major holidays. I think I had to pay 800 or 900 for my ticket from Houston to CZM once. I definitely try to avoid CUN if at all possible , but if you are traveling with a family you might still glance at cost of CUN versus CZM after pandemic subsides. If there is $1,000 difference for a family of 4 it might be worth considering during post-Covid times. Figure people on this board are sophisticated travelers , but if fares blow out sometimes hotel packages intro CZM are the way to go (one time when fares were high I booked air plus hotel for like 50 dollars more than just cost of air—worked out to 10 bucks a night at Coral Princess I think ).
With crowded ferries these days there is hardly a price where I would do bag drag right now. . Risk there is likely going to be way higher than airports and airplanes. Can’t get the spacing you can usually achieve in airports (with a little foot work ) and air circulation rate and filter quality on ferry can’t be nearly as high as an airplane where air turns over every 3-5 minutes while flying. Also waiting in line with a hundred strangers for the ferry not high on my list either during a pandemic. You can clearly catch COVID from other tourists as a whole bunch of people at Tulum festival last month proved. Take all of the above and the likely more contagious UK virus variant circulating just no way I would do bag drag now if I could avoid it.
I would still ask to take 2. My friend diving at Blue Angel just does one and all other experiences with sidemounts have been on live-a-boards and the tender only takes one tank per diver. For Blue Angel, they take two tanks for a two tank dive, so...Never know until you ask.
Andrew Dawson
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If I wanted to dive with Blue Angel...which hotels work with them or are close by? If I just need to look this up, I will...I have never been to Cozumel and am planning a trip this Aug. Have dreamt of going there for 15yrs!
You can just stay at their resort. Blue Angel Resort. It's nice and has a nice restaurant attached. Breakfast is included with the room. Long walk downtown, but we did it many nights. There are many choices for dive operations. This board will give you all you need to know if you want to research other places.
I second that; Blue Angel is an excellent place to stay. It's small, quiet, and far enough from town to avoid crowds but close enough for cheap cab rides to restaurants. It has the dive shop, a nice pool, an excellent restaurant, a convenient dock, a great staff, and easy water access to one of the better shore dives in the hotel zone. It checks all the boxes for me. I have spent a couple of weeks there every year since 1987 or so, except for 2020, and I hope to get back there in a few months.
judydivescoz
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Not possible for me. I’m a United 2M passenger. I’m married to them!
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