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Dive Review of Aqua Adventures Eco Divers/Hotel Playa La Media Luna in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Isla Mujeres

Aqua Adventures Eco Divers/Hotel Playa La Media Luna, Mar, 2013,

by Nancy L Balch, CO, US (Sr. Reviewer Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 6947.

No photos available at this time

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

Accommodations 4 stars Food N/A
Service and Attitude 3 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 2 stars Shore Diving 1 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 2 stars
Beginners 3 stars
Advanced 3 stars
Comments I was part of an escorted group trip. All dives were relatively shallow - no deeper than 40 feet. Coral in some places were pretty beat up, while in other areas quite healthy. Same with the fish. The owners and staff of the dive shop are great people, but they seemed to have difficulty with the size of our group (15 divers). There was a shortage of tanks, a shortage of boats, and then one of the two boats had mechanical difficulty when out with half of our group. It took them quite awhile to limp back to port. Getting more than two dives a day in seemed impossible, due to how much time it took to schlep gear and tanks between the shop and the boat.

The best restaurants in town were Qubanos and Barlitos. The coffee drinkers in our group thought they had died and gone to heaven upon drinking the coffee at Qubanos.

Our hotel, Playa La Media Luna, was small, quiet, felt isolated and private, while only a few blocks from downtown. It has a tiny, but achingly beautiful beach. You can easily walk the beach just around the corner and encounter multiple high-rise hotels and wide beaches.

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 101-250 dives
Where else diving [Unspecified]
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather windy, cloudy Seas choppy, surge
Water Temp 75-79°F / 24-26°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 20-50 Ft/ 6-15 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions [Unspecified]
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? no

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles 1 or 2 Whales None
Corals 2 stars Tropical Fish 3 stars
Small Critters 2 stars Large Fish 2 stars
Large Pelagics N/A

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter N/A Boat Facilities 1 stars
Overall rating for UWP's N/A Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments [None]
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