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Chad P

30 contributions

Christmas day dive

Dec 2016 • Family

This is my second dive in the carribeans so I am not a pro by any means. I thought the dive was amazing especially to see the drop off going forever deep deep behind you. We saw 2 manta rays which was pretty cool.

Written December 28, 2016

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mike k

Strongsville, OH19 contributions

Beautiful reefs

Jan 2016 • Solo

The dive was about 70ft. deep and the water temp. was 80f' The visibility was very good, about 70 feet. The reefs were like small mountains that you could swim around or through. Also much sealife'

Written May 3, 2016

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dvergin

Benson, MN13 contributions

Beautiful to scuba dive!

Feb 2020

Our dive group had fun diving to this location! So much to see. Beautiful coral!! Got some neat pictures here.

Written March 9, 2020

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Kim B

55 contributions

Discover Scuba with plenty to see but bad current

Apr 2021

We did a discover scuba dive here while the others on our boat did the actual wall. But, there's plenty of coral and fish to see here before you go over the wall.

We seen a large crab, plenty of trigger and filefish, angelfish, schools of fish, parrotfish, stingrays, cowfish, starfish, trunk fish, schools of horse eyed jacks are among some of the things we spotted. But most of all...there was a LARGE spotted eagle ray! There's tons of beautiful coral to see as well. We were having some issues with the color in our camera and I believe the settings were off, so the pictures didn't turn out as good as mine normally do and I would not find this out until after I got back home to look at them.

I do have to say that this area had a bad current when we were there and being a discover scuba diver, we did struggle somewhat. It wanted to carry us sideways as we drifted along and we were constantly trying to correct ourselves, which made it hard to enjoy the dive that day. We have done many DSD over the years (at least 3x a year we do one) so not our first time diving and this was one of the hardest dives for us so far.

Written June 23, 2021

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Rose

Saint Louis, MO459 contributions

THE SAME

Mar 2021

I have to say that this reef is always a disappointment. There is little in the way of pretty. There is virtually no sea life. There are few sponges. I guess to sum it up there are too many divers.

Written March 21, 2021

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Eric M

Vancouver, Canada14 contributions

Impressive!

Nov 2019

Clear water with great visibility and abundance of sea life! A great adventure made possible with Aqua Safari located at the Cozumel Palace where we were staying.

Written November 12, 2019

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charliered123

32 contributions

Brilliant

Apr 2019 • Couples

All the reefs are fabulous in Cozumel.It's a Marine Protection Site by the Government. All the scuba centers take the issue really seriously,no sun-cream allowed etc. This is probably the best diving area I have ever been to.

Written May 5, 2019

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Paul W

Lakewood, United States11 contributions

One of the most incredible place I have ever been.

Feb 2019

Mexico magic. I have been traveling there for over 30 years and Cozumel is still one of my favorite places.

Written February 12, 2019

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Mark_Kennesaw

Kennesaw, GA41 contributions

about 500 yards from our condo.

Sept 2018 • Family

This reef is just off of the coast from our condo. This is one of my favorite dive sites. Very relaxing dive. Just let the current take you. You'll feel like you're flying.

Written September 23, 2018

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Rene V

Austin, TX18 contributions

Lobsters and Turtles Gone Wild

Aug 2018 • Family

This is an awesome reef- lots of eye candy-Lobsters-huge!, Turtles, barracudas, groupers, plus the surreal colorful fish!
This location is worth the dive-

Written August 19, 2018

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