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

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Aldora Divers/Presidente Intercontinental, Jan, 2013, by Arthur J. Lafave, DC, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 6861.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	My second time with Aldora Divers and their outstanding reviews are well-justified. With steel tanks, all dives were between 65-85 minutes. Our last dive was a full 84 minutes! This operation takes care of you in all phases, generally in a smaller boat configuration with 4-6 divers. Our divemaster, Dario, was terrific at choosing dive sites, leading the dive and picking out critters along the way. The crew were all incredibly friendly, helpful and efficient at getting us in and out of the water and changing the equipment between dives. Memmo (the owner) and the other office staff are also very friendly, helpful and involved. The routine is leaving the dock around 7:30-8:00 (they pick up at the dock at the Intercontinental at 7:45 or a bit later, which is very convenient), a trip down south to a site, either at Palencar reef or nearby, for a deep dive, a surface interval at Mr. Sancho's beach club of about an hour -- enough time to get some food or a snack and drink, a shallower second dive, and return to the hotel between 2:00 and 3:00, depending on when we got started and how far south the first dive was. With dive times of 70-80 minutes, it is a bit like going on 3 or 4 dives, not just two. During this trip, there was some rain and it was overcast and bit cold on some days. The heavy coats carried on board, enough for all of the divers, were very welcome. On sunny days, it was warmer and very comfortable. We obtained Nitrox certifications on this trip and were very glad that we did. We found that it opened up a number of deeper dives to us that were unavailable with air. In my opinion, Cozumel is the top dive destination in the Caribbean. There is not the abundance of large pelatics or big schools of larger fish that exist at the top dive sites in the Far East, but the coral formations are large and impressive, and we did see several eagle rays, nurse sharks, turtles, a free swimming moray eel, other morays, lots of lobsters and crabs, garden eels, a scorpion fish, lion fish (invasive), southern sting rays, a wahoo, several groupers and large parrotfish, and many, many smaller reef fish. Overall, highly recommended and will return.
Websites	Aldora Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Sipadan, Phuket, Koh Samui, Burma Banks, Palau, Bonaire, Roatan, Little Cayman, Grand Turk, St Croix, Belize
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas
Water Temp	-°F / -°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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

Aldora Divers/Presidente Intercontinental, Jan, 2013,

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