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

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Aldora Divers/Vista Del Mar: "Great Diving in Cozumel", Mar, 2014, by Pierre Hurter, CA, US ( Contributor 14 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 8042 has 2 Helpful votes.
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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	A group of us, generally from 4 to 6) have been making an annual pilgrimage to Cozumel, generally in late February or early March. Some of us flew into Cozumel via Houston; others took the nonstop from SFO into Cancun and then taxied to the Ferry in Playa del Carmen. Either way it is a relatively painless flight from the Bay area. We stay at the Vista del Mar, a small self-described “boutique” hotel on the waterfront. Rooms are neat, clean and relatively large. Includes a Mexican style continental breakfast, rolls, coffee and juice. I usually grab a few yogurts, bananas, etc, at the local supermarket. There are small refrigerators in the rooms. W have a short walk to the pier where Aldora Divers take off from. We load up and go over our dive plan for the day. We do two dives a day with a long surface interval in between at one of the local beach resorts. Fresh coconuts fish stew, a little sun and we ready or our second dive. I note that some people have complained that the interval is too long, we tend to do fairly deep dives and they are reasonably long, 60 to 80 minutes, so I prefer a good interval, besides we are on holiday. Once you get away from the cruise ship hordes, the people are friendly, the food terrific and the diving surprisingly good. Toss in a night dive or two and you have everything you might want from a dive vacation.
Websites	Aldora Divers Vista Del Mar
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Alaska, Monterey, Socorro, Solomon's, Chuuck, Palau, Galapagos, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, La Paz, Tulum, Belize, Maui, Honduras
Closest Airport	Cozumel	Getting There	SFO to Houston to Cozumel, fairly painless ... or to Cancun and then bus and ferry
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	70-100 Ft/ 21-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	We dove our own profile
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	N/A
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
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/Vista Del Mar in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

Aldora Divers/Vista Del Mar: "Great Diving in Cozumel", Mar, 2014,

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