Dive Review of Bottom Time Divers/El Cid La Ceiba Beach Resort in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

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Bottom Time Divers/El Cid La Ceiba Beach Resort: "Great dives despite our personal constraints", Jul, 2015, by Dennis Boesen, NM, US ( 2 reports). Report 8550.
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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
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Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	Raul Platas of Bottom Time Divers (www.bottomtimedivers.net) has been the divemaster of choice for our annual Cozumel trip for over ten years, and he never fails to delight us with great dives and superb service. His small, fast boat (6 divers) and willingness to adapt to divers' preferences make the dives enjoyable and the travel time short. This year, though, we presented him with a special problem. My wife recently had a medical device surgically implanted, and the manufacturer of the device would only certify it to a depth of 1 ATM of pressure -- 33 feet! Raul took it in stride, and for every dive during our 2-week visit he found sites at which my wife and I could enjoy the shallower part of the reef while the rest of the divers explored the deeper areas. We had the brilliant colors and long underwater times of shallow dives while the other divers reported great deeper dives. On some days our newly-certified teenage grandchildren joined us, and Raul ensured that they thoroughly enjoyed the experience. This sort of accommodation of personal needs or requests is at least part of the reason Raul's boat is nearly always filled with repeat customers.
Websites	Bottom Time Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Hawaii, various Caribbean locations
Closest Airport	CZM	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy, currents, no currents
Water Temp	83-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-90 Ft/ 15-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Our only restrictions were due to our own medical issues. The other divers had none.
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
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Bottom Time Divers/El Cid La Ceiba Beach Resort in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

Bottom Time Divers/El Cid La Ceiba Beach Resort: "Great dives despite our personal constraints", Jul, 2015,

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Dive Review of Bottom Time Divers/El Cid La Ceiba Beach Resort in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan