Dive Review of Aldora Divers in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

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Aldora Divers: "Ten years and 1200+ dives later, this combo still delivers!!!", Oct, 2021, by Jeff Hauser, CO, US ( Sr. Reviewer 8 reports with 13 Helpful votes). Report 11773 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
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Comments	This is my first review of Aldora Divers and Villa Aldora since 2010. I have visited them every year (other than last year due to Covid) since, staying a total of 50-70 days a year and doing 120+ dives every year. Read my old review for the basics…nothing has changed except I left out a few things. The Villa is still my choice of a great place to stay. I forgot to mention they have free bicycles for use; great rinse and hanging facilities for gear; and currently have a wonderful (new) manager who is continuing the old tradition of friendliness and service. This year specifically, I did 106 dives with Aldora in June and July, and another 50 in September-October. All types of conditions; all types of reefs (which is why I love Cozumel); did some lionfish hunts and my first blackwater dive (unreal!). And I cannot praise the dive op enough. Let’s get one thing straight: nobody is perfect and shit happens. But they are a major reason why I keep coming back to Cozumel as my base for diving…variety of reefs and professionalism of the dive op (to say nothing of steel 120’s with 32/36% nitrox; adventure trips to unknown reefs up north; lionfish hunts; etc!). One major caveat…although really just common sense: when you hear talk of 110 minute bottom times, realize that air consumption is an individual skill trait. When you hear talk of adventure dives to unknown reefs, realize that it requires experienced divers with whom Aldora has personal experience, and these dives are sometimes purely adventure (that means…we don’t see much, we fight nasty currents, seas run large, etc) with the highlight being the survival of the adventure!!! Not all diving is for everyone…but Aldora is prepared to offer the proper experience for EVERY level of diving. I can’t count how many divers I have encouraged to get certified by Aldora…and get a real training/certification experience. Bottom line…I love these folks and I’ll be back in the spring. (I only dive mid April to mid November….I’m a full time ski bum otherwise!!!)
Websites	Aldora Divers [same]
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Hawaii, Florida Keys, Caymans, Aruba, CA, BVI, Cuba, Cancun, Cozumel, Bonaire, Roatan, Fiji, Indonesia
Closest Airport	Cozumel	Getting There	American, United, Southwest and (sometimes) Delta and Frontier offer flights directly to Cozumel. I prefer to skip the bag drag from Cancun.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, currents, no currents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Tough to dive your own profile when you are doing deep drift dives with groups of divers using steel 120's (some nitrox). Divemasters superb at planning great multi-level that fit experience levels of group. If mixed group with some using nitrox, profile created for that.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
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Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
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Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Aldora’s small boats don’t have camera setups. DM’s and captains all very aware of equipment and helpful in stowing and passing equipment as needed.

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Dive Review of Aldora Divers in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

Aldora Divers: "Ten years and 1200+ dives later, this combo still delivers!!!", Oct, 2021,

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Dive Review of Aldora Divers in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan