Summertime in Cozumel

[Prop Joe]

If you come in August you can also do a day trip to Isla Mujeres to swim with the whale sharks.

Great Idea. Spectacular if you've never gone. You can be out on the water for hours and the seas can get a bit rough (Dramamine). I'd go again in a heartbeat:


Link to our first time with the Dominoes 2009:
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/mexico/295925-whale-shark-trip-july-18th.html

 

[Blue73]

Guys,

thank you so much for all the responses! You have set my mind at ease. We have spent 7 summers in Houston, and we don't stay indoors. We have a boat and spend at least 1 day a week on the lake. So as long as it doesn't get any worse than Houston, I know we will be fine.

I will definitley look into the whale shark experience. We have never done that (weren't there in season). We did the bull shark dive at Playa.

Again, many thanks. Looking forward to August.

Blue73

 

[DandyDon]

The kids & I did Galveston one June, and it was a nice trip - until we stopped by the Houston zoo on the way to the airport. I thought I was going to die. Coz has much nicer weather, with wind...!!

 

[tom_n_tacoma]

I've been there a lot in the summer. Its slower and easy. Invest in some wicking fabrics, sunscreen, sunglasses, hats and walk slow. If you stay in a place with a pool, great. If not, there's a big ocean to get into. You can hang out all day at a couple beach clubs as long as you buy drinks/food. Playa Azul north of town has a nice place to hang under the giant palapa, there's a pool there too. Go see some movies at the theater by Chedraui. Cool inside

 

[Ron Lee]

Who can name the lodging shown in Prop Joe's photos on page 1?

 

[Dave Dillehay]

Living in League City AND Cozumel for 22 years back and forth…I can tell you Cozumel is much less onerous in Summer. Being an island surrounded by 86 degree water it is quite difficult to get hotter than the water as long as there is any breeze.


Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers

 

[TV Mark]

That's the awesome Villa Aldora!
Summer is warmer than the spring.

 

[mstevens]

Living in League City

You poor man!

I only lasted half that long on Galveston.

 

[macado]

I personally love Cozumel in the August. It's certainly hot but less crowded and cheaper. Won't be as much of a shock to those living in Texas. The Spaniards had the right idea when they brought the tradition of siesta to Mexico.

The water is 85-86f and there is cold beer readily available everywhere on the island.

My solution to avoid the heat is to simply dive more and drink more ice cold cerveza.

 

[DandyDon]

I personally love Cozumel in the August. It's certainly hot but less crowded and cheaper. Won't be as much of a shock to those living in Texas. The Spaniards had the right idea when they brought the tradition of siesta to Mexico.

Was the siesta imported to Mexico?

The Colonial period (1519–1821) did occur during the Little Ice Age or they might have tried harder to hold their northern territories...