Equipment - selection and prices

[ameneon]

Are there many dive shops which sell equipment in Cozumel?
How good is the selection and what are the prices like?
For instance for a 3 or 5 mm wet suit.

 

[njones259]

Selection isn't good and prices are high.Much better buying at your LDS or LeisurePro,depending on what you are buying.

 

[DandyDon]

You can rent suits from the local operators. I'd want to run it thru the rinse tank again and wear my own dive skin under it.

 

[Brules]

Good idea Don - I farted in my rental wetsuit:

 

[mstevens]

There are a few equipment shops on the island. Lots of masks, fins, and snorkels. Tons of assorted diving tchochkes. A few regulators, BCD's, and computers. Shops here in New Hampshire (which is not, overall, a diving mecca) carry a significantly wider range of gear. Prices are high on the island. I'd certainly replace a lost fin or damaged mask there, but I wouldn't arrive without gear I needed planning to buy on the island.

 

[scubamarketing]

It's been a few years since I was there and only wandered into a few dive shops, but they all seemed pricey to me. That was when I was between working at dive shops (the "real world"), so I wasn't comparing against employee pricing. Antibiotics for my sinus infection were sure cheaper there though

 

[sharky60]

Remember, EVERYTHING is imported onto the island, so someone has to pay for all that shipping... that's right, Mr. Consumer does.

I'm a huge advocate for folks shopping at local Cozumel establishments, but when it comes to most SCUBA equipment purchases, it's better to buy at home.

 

[sharky60]

good idea don - i farted in my rental wetsuit:

nice!

 

[Mahidoodi]

Good idea Don - I farted in my rental wetsuit:

One too many bean burriots ????

 

[cicopo]

We don't all live in the US and from the look of things the person asking lives in Northern Europe, so who knows how prices compare to his area.