Dive Review of Aldora Divers/Casa Mexicana in
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Aldora Divers/Casa Mexicana: "Cozumel at its best", Sep, 2021, by Pierre Hurter, CA, US ( Contributor 14 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 11629 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation	N/A	Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We have been going to Cozumel for over 30 years. On our first visit, cruise ships were never going to happen. We were not yet scuba divers, but avid free divers. Since then we have been coming on and off every year for the past ten years. We normally travel with a group of 4 to 6 friends, ranging in age from 14 to 70. This year was a bit different, we were on our own. Cozumel was our first overseas trip since the pandemic began. We stayed at the Casa Mexicana, next door to the Vista del Mar our usual haunt. It's a bit fancier and has a great breakfast. It is no longer a buffet, now you order what you want. If you have an early morning dive you can order the day before. The rooms are good sized and have a refrigerator to keep your beer cold and close at hand. Staff are both friendly and helpfull. The Aldora boats load at the pier closest to the hotel, less of a walk than before. We managed to get in a breakfast and get to the boat on time. After the first dive we would take a break at Playa Palancar. Besides great food there are pygmy raccoons and coatis providing entertwinment. Nitrox mixes are calibrated to your dives, 32% in the morning, 36% in the afternoon. They definitely cater to your dive profiles. We love Cozumel, great diving, friendly people and once you get away from the cruise ships, great food. As far as COVID, locals wear masks, before you enter a shop, they spritz your hands with sanitizer an take your temperature. The only people ignoring mask mandates are, you guessed it, Americans.
Websites	Aldora Divers Casa Mexicana
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Alaska, Australia, Belize, Chuuk (Truk), Channel Islands, Cozumel, Fiji, Galapagos, Indonesia (Forgotten Islands, Komodo, Raja Ampat), La Paz, Maui, Monterey, New Zealand, Palau, Philippines, Roatan, San Diego, Socorro, Solomon Islands, Tulum.
Closest Airport	Cozumel	Getting There	Red Eye, SFO to Houston with a four hour layover made more appealing if you have access to the United Lounge, then on to Cozumel. On he way back we flew via Denver.
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	The Divemasters kept track of air consumption, but there where no hard restrictions.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]The crew take care to make sure that cameras are handled with care.

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Dive Review of Aldora Divers/Casa Mexicana in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel

Aldora Divers/Casa Mexicana: "Cozumel at its best", Sep, 2021,

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Dive Review of Aldora Divers/Casa Mexicana in
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