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

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Aldora Divers: "Aldora Divers took good care of me.", May, 2015, by David Holzman, VI, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 8728.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Advanced
Comments	Aldora divers was a very well run operation that caters to more advanced divers and they did a great job. Even though I arrived late to their dive shop due to flight delays, they checked me in and Memo drove me to the beachside restaurant where the surface intervals are taken so that I could start diving immediately. That's service. I proceeded to dive day and night for four days and loved the larger tanks with Nitrox for extended bottom time. I was a bit disappointed with the lack of fish species and numbers and discussed this with the divemasters. Turns out that besides all the pressures of hurricane damage, global warming, acidification, overdevelopment and run-off you can now add illegal spearfishing in the Marine Park. If it continues unabated, it's possible that there won't be many fish to dive with in a few years! The biggest problem seems to be lack of enforcement and the pressure to eat and serve fresh fish to the tourists and residents alike. Water visibility was excellent, but both the coral and plants were hurting. I don't think I will return until conditions improve.
Websites	Aldora Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Costa Rica, Virgin Islands, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Belize, Nevis, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenadines, Florida Keys
Closest Airport	Cozumel	Getting There	Dallas to Cancun then shuttle and ferry from Playa Del Carmen. Due to delays, missed the last ferry.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	80-130 Ft/ 24-40 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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	[None]

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

Aldora Divers: "Aldora Divers took good care of me.", May, 2015,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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