Aldora Divers/Private Home: "A Great Operation to come back to", Jan, 2017,by Chris Moleski, QC, CA (![]() |
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best): |
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Accommodations | N/A | Food | N/A |
Service and Attitude | N/A | Environmental Sensitivity | ![]() |
Dive Operation | ![]() |
Shore Diving | N/A |
Snorkeling | N/A | ||
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Comments |
The best thing about Aldora is that you regularly have a dive approaching 70 minutes. The tropical fish are among the largest that I have seen for their species and their variety is great. Aldora is located in the tourist centre of San Miguel and easily accessible by 20 minute walk from our villa in the residential section. We were diving two to three times per week on average and could call the dive shop the previous day and were accommodated with a place on board. For photographers, this is drift diving, so shooting small critters is a special challenge as you have to get behind a coral head in the lee of the current - you do not have much time as you have to stay with the group. Care must be taken with groups of 6 on night dives with the current. Disorientation and staying with your group can be a challenge. |
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Websites | Aldora Divers | ||
Reporter and Travel |
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Dive Experience | 501-1000 dives | ||
Where else diving | Quebec, Ontario, Gulf of St. Lawrence, NE United States, Caribbean Sea, Red Sea, Liberia, West Africa, Cozumel | ||
Closest Airport | Cozumel | Getting There | regular flights from most major North American airports |
Dive Conditions |
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Weather | sunny, cloudy, dry | Seas | calm, currents |
Water Temp | 82-86°F / 28-30°C | Wetsuit Thickness | 3 |
Water Visibility | 100-150 Ft/ 30-46 M | ||
Dive Policy |
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Dive own profile | yes | ||
Enforced diving restrictions | It is required to stay within sight of the U/W dive guide because surfacing is done at the end of the drift dive in among other boat traffic. The guide has the necessary training and experience to do this safely and call the dive boat to come and retrieve the divers | ||
Liveaboard? | no | Nitrox Available? | yes |
What I Saw |
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Sharks | None | Mantas | 1 or 2 |
Dolphins | None | Whale Sharks | None |
Turtles | > 2 | Whales | None |
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best): |
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Corals | ![]() |
Tropical Fish | ![]() |
Small Critters | ![]() |
Large Fish | ![]() |
Large Pelagics | N/A | ||
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best): |
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UW Photo Comments | Rinse water is available on board boats for both masks and cameras in separate buckets or barrels. Although there is no special place to store cameras on board, they can be safely stored under your seat, on the central console, up with the life preservers, or even in the rinse barrel. |
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