We are staying on the mainland but want to do 1 day of two tank dives. We have stayed on Cozumel twice before specifically for diving so we've been spoiled by amazing Cozumel dives. We are not into wreck diving so my question is...Is it worth it to even do a Cancun area dive? We will also have family members who will be a little grumpy if we're gone all day. Some Cancun outfitters look like they'll take you over to Cozumel. Should we go with one of them (recommendations?) or do it on our own an do the bag drag ourselves? Thanks for the help.
Resort in Cancun but want to dive. Pay for Cancun or shlep our stuff to Cozumel?
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Hethen57
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Last year we did a split dive/non-dive vacation trip to Cancun and had a great experience with Coconut Divers right on hotel row. They can take you right out to the reefs at Isla Mujeres in one of their smaller boats and, while it is not Cozumel, it is pretty good diving. We also did their 2-tank Cenote dive, which was amazing, they picked us up at the hotel at 7 am and took us to a great place guided by ex-German co-owner Leif, did 2 dives and got a great burrito and beer lunch and back to the hotel by about 2 pm. Lorena does their booking and she is really good with communication. They also took us for a day of drift diving in Coz which leaves direct from Playa (so no Ferry), so you can pretty much do anything from Cancun with them if you want to.
Addicted2H2O
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My advice is this: If you've never done a cenote dive.....do it. You can certainly make your way across the bay to dive the reefs in Cozumel and it's definitely worth it. But if you've never dove the cenotes, I highly recommend it since you're already on the mainland anyway. Check out CenoteXperience - Cavern, Cave and Ocean Diving in Playa del Carmen Yucatan Mexico - Home
mcohen1021
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Was in Cancun for a week a few years ago and worked in 3 days of Cancun diving. It was pleasant. Water was warm, Viz was good. Saw a bunch of fish. Was not a wall but was convenient and fun. I dove with Manta two days. Small boat. Guide. Just 2-3 divers. Would dive with them again. Last day Manta was booked and I did Aquaworld. Was not a fan of that operation. I am not an anti cattle boat guy. Dive a lot of boats like that and they can be well run. But would not dive Aquaworld again if I had the choice.
Ontwreckdiver
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Definitely dive in the cenotes, they are amazing and you can't dive them anywhere else. Another vote for CenoteXperience. I have been diving with Nicolas & Martin for over 9 years. They are great guys and excellent dive guides. They can look after all your dive needs including Cozumel. CenoteXperience - Cavern, Cave and Ocean Diving in Playa del Carmen Yucatan Mexico - Home
Hethen57
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+1 on the uniqueness of Cenote diving and Burritos Amor in Tulum. Coconut Divers made arrangements for us to use their regular shuttle driver on a non-diving day to go see the Coba ruins, which was very interesting, and on the way back we had the driver take us to Burritos Amor (at the recommendation of one of our foodie friends). The food was incredible and reasonably priced. We treated our driver to lunch and asked him what he thought and his exact words were "this is not Mexican food, this is American food, Mexicans would not go to all this effort and add all this stuff to a burrito"... but he loved the food and so did we.
JBFG
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Has someone mentioned the cenotes yet?
I’m not sure but cenotes.
just in case you missed it,
Cenotes
I’m not sure but cenotes.
just in case you missed it,
Cenotes
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