Dive Review of Aqua Safari/Palace Resort in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

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Aqua Safari/Palace Resort: "Nice diving in Cozumel but watch out with cameras", May, 2017, by Christopher McQuitty, TX, US ( Reviewer 6 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 9587.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	Two days of diving with Aqua Safari at the Palace resort in Cozumel. The dive guides were very safety conscious and gave good safety briefings. Not so much what to expect with the dives but good safety. Drift dives are not my favorite but the reef looks healthy and vibrant. Good numbers of corals and fish. The Palancar Horseshoe dive was excellent! Not a drift dive on our day and the reef was amazing! Really excellent macro stuff as well as great formations and fish life. Overall, a good experience. I didn't bring my camera for boat dives because I was anticipating the usual drift dive and I'm glad I didn't because boat facilities are nonexistent for them. We did several shore dives in addition and there was great photo action close to shore in under 20 feet of water next to the resort. Very good macro stuff, lots of juveniles, octopus, eels, etc.... Palace resort had nice accommodations, rooms were spacious and nice. The food was fine but not excellent and very much targeted to the US cruiseship tourist - not much seasoning. Would really benefit from allowing some Mexican cuisine to shine through.
Websites	Aqua Safari
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Belize, Bonaire, Costa Rica, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Aruba, Cozumel, Cancun
Closest Airport	Cozumel	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	81-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	70- Ft/ 21- M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Follow the leader with the dive master
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	No accommodation for cameras on boats. 4 -5 buckets or coolers on the boat but divers rinsed wetsuits, masks, etc... in all of them. None segregated for camera use and saw one diver rinse a soapy mask in a bucket with a camera in it.

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Dive Review of Aqua Safari/Palace Resort in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

Aqua Safari/Palace Resort: "Nice diving in Cozumel but watch out with cameras", May, 2017,

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

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Dive Review of Aqua Safari/Palace Resort in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan