Dive Review of Akumal Dive Center/Lol Ka'naab Condos in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Akumal

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Akumal Dive Center/Lol Ka'naab Condos, Nov, 2003, by M. Harter, VT, USA . Report 867.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Akumal is a great, laid back area of the Riviera Maya, arguably the best dive on the Northern Yucatan. It is out of the hustle and bustle of Playa del Carmen but near enough to drive there for day trips. Hard and soft coral and sponges were abundant. We saw numerous green and hawksbill turtles on every dive - they were unafraid of divers and offered great photo-ops. Eels, nurse sharks and many species of tropical fish were present everywhere. Diving was very easy with Akumal Dive Center. They are very knowledgable and professional. You set up your equipment in the dive shop and employees bring it to the panga for you. Dive sites are 5-15 minutes from the dive center, a back roll into the water and you're on your way. The panga captain follows your bubbles and each person can surface as air consumption and bottom time require. The panga will be right there. Take off your equipment in the water, hand it up to the captain, up the ladder and back on the boat. The boat returns to the shop after each dive. If you're going out again, tanks are changed on the boat for you. If not, your equipment is returned to the shop for you to disassemble. Akumal Dive Center has lockers available for no charge. You can leave your wetsuit drying in the shade and they will pack it up later in the afternoon so it is ready for the next day. Tanks are filled to 3000+ PSI, dives are guided but you can dive your own profile. Rental equipment is well-maintained and plentiful. The shop does 3 dives per day at 0900, 1100 and 1300 and will do night dives any day as long as there are 4 people interested. They also do cenote dives in the afternoon on a flexible schedule - these are not to be missed and anyone can exploer the caverns with a guide, but excellent buoyancy control is a must. Multiple dives are rewarded with a discounted rate as is payment in cash. Akumal Dive Center will run a tab for you to settle at the end of your stay. Lol Ka'naab Condos were beautiful, great ocean front spot on Half Moon Bay with a freshwater pool. Very well managed. Very tasty local restaurants and more non-diving activities than you could experience on 10 trips to the area.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Turks & Caicos, Cozumel, Sea of Cortez, Caymans
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Surface with minimum 500 PSI otherwise divers could use their computers to monitor bottom time & depth.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Pangas were used for dive, no camera facilties on board but once back in dive shop there were rinse tanks, tables and eletrical outlets UWP's could freely use. We dove with digital video camera the entire time and everything worked out nicely.

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Dive Review of Akumal Dive Center/Lol Ka'naab Condos in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Akumal

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Dive Review of Akumal Dive Center/Lol Ka'naab Condos in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Akumal