Dive Review of Babieca Dive Center/La Ceiba Beach in
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Babieca Dive Center/La Ceiba Beach: "Very good except for the elevator in the tower", Aug, 2022, by Ronald Bailey, VA, US ( Sr. Contributor 20 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 12010.
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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	The dive shop, dive master, boat crew did a very good job. Compared to other dive operations that picked up divers, some of those boats were packed jammed. Babieca's boat had only 8 max divers, had twin engines and zipped to the dive sites very quickly. Maybe the fastest boat there. Many dives were drift dives, but that is Cozumel. Highly recommend Babieca dive Center. Shore dives were okay and the remains of the airplane are just off shore in about 27 feet of water. La Ceiba for the most part did a very good job. Rooms were good and clean. Food was buffet during lunch and dinner. Used menu for lunch. Only problem was to use mask when at the buffet. Other than that, no mask required. Pool area was good. Small beach area not much for entering the water. When booked, asked for two rooms together and no higher than the 3rd floor. That did not happen. One room was on the 7th floor and one was on the 12th floor in the tower building. Into the week, the elevator broke. Imagine walking to the higher floors! A real pain. Elevator out for about 2.5 days. The elevator was very small in floor area. El Cid resorts should build a new, larger elevator on the outside of the tower building. I do not recommend staying in the tower without guarantees of staying in the 1st, 2nd or 3rd floor. The other 3 story building would be good also. When coming to the airport, no masks required upon landing and going thru immigration or customs. But flying out, had to have a mask when entering airport for tickets and waiting for flights. Go figure.
Websites	Babieca Dive Center La Ceiba Beach
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Bahamas, Roatan, Florida Keys and springs, Saba, Fiji, Palau, Hawaii, Turk and Caicos, Caymans, St. Kitts, St. Croix, Curacaqo, Dominican Republic
Closest Airport	czm	Getting There	Roanoke to Charlotte to Cozumel Flight was a little late getting there. Coming back flight from Charlotte to Roanoke was about 2 hours late.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	110-130 Ft/ 34-40 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive depths recommended and Watched carefully by the dive guide. But done with safety in mind.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
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	At the end of the first day of shore diving, my strobe conked out. So I did some first time video and still with no flash. The dive boat had no special camera tubs, but only eight divers permitted so there was plenty of room in general for those with a camera

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Dive Review of Babieca Dive Center/La Ceiba Beach in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel

Babieca Dive Center/La Ceiba Beach: "Very good except for the elevator in the tower", Aug, 2022,

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Dive Review of Babieca Dive Center/La Ceiba Beach in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel