Dive Review of Aldora Divers/Melia Cozumel in
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Aldora Divers/Melia Cozumel, Apr, 2008, by John Keith, UT, USA ( Top Contributor 32 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 4007 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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
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Comments	Aside from the lack of a camera rinse tank/bucket, Aldora has to be one of the best, most professional dive shops we've been with. Memo did everything he could to make our experience good. Never had more than 7 divers on the boat. The dive masters (dove with three) were excellent - detailed briefings, willingness to find and point out critters, care of the environment - just great. We'll dive with them again for sure. We dove a few years ago with another dive shop and Aldora is clearly the better. But all of you Undercurrents folk seem to know that (that's why we went with them). The reefs and animals seem to be recovering nicely from the hurricane, but evidence of damage is still plenty obvious. We didn't see many morays, though - not sure why. Did see several turtles (4 on one dive). Quite a lot of current on many of the dives, and, of course, lots of other divers, sometimes enough to reduce visibility considerably. The hotel was an RCI exchange. It's an all-inclusive optionsl, but if you choose to opt out (which we did) you get zero - no buying drinks or eats piecemeal. The hotel was pleasant and the staff friendly and accomodating. Still, we won't go back. We visited Villa Aldora - we will stay there in the near future (as soon as the bank account recovers). We didn't miss good meals, though - Los Tortugas, El Moro, Cafe Denis, and Cafe Navigante, and La Perlita are really great. Loved the grouper in many styles and was overserved with shrimp and mixed ceviche. Thanks to Undercurrents, we were very careful with the car rental - pictures and all. Had no problem at Thrifty/Dollar. We'll be back to Cozumel in the near future - good diving, great dive shop, great eating and drinking - What else is there?
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Red Sea, Saba, Grand Cayman, Cabo San Lucas, Turks and Caicos, HI, CA
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	23-27°C / 73-81°F	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	100-0 Ft/ 30-0 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Descend, ascend with dive master - otherwise you could pretty much do as you pleased
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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	There was no facility on the board for cameras - not even a fresh water bucket.

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

Aldora Divers/Melia Cozumel, Apr, 2008,

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