Dive Review of Costa de Cocos in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Xcalak

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Costa de Cocos, Mar, 2008, by Armando Menocal, WY, United States . Report 3972.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
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Comments	I had complex travel plans from Cozumel to Xcalak -- dive, ferry, rental car, and 5-hour drive -- and went as planned, until I reached the dirt road along coast for the final 50-km section. Started out slow in sandy sections, became a two-track path, and ended overlooking a span where there used to be a bridge. Turns out that I missed the excellent paved road right to Xcalak. As they told me after I backtracked and showed up at Costa de Cocos after 10p, yeah, the road will be on the maps in another 10 years. Check website, where correct route is detailed. I really liked the place. Diving was good, including reef caves like Punta Sur, small but fast boat, site only 5 to 20 minutes ride, big seas, just me one day and 3 of us the other. However, main attraction is the small resort, Costa de Cocos, on beach, scattered palapas. They are a far cry from the the palapas around Tulum; each has private bath and tile floors. Surfaced intervals back at resort. Dived mornings, and spent afternoons reading in hammock on beach. It started as a place for divers, but now majority of visitors are avid fly fishermen. Would like to return and go out to Banco Chinchorro, about 90-boat ride. Consider Xcalak a respite to the crowds of Cozumel and the cancun coast, perhaps as Cozumel was 25 years ago.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	all over caribbean, but in Yucatan, have dived Cancun, Cozumel, Akumal, Tulum, and caves and caverns.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	surge
Water Temp	28-0°C / 82-32°F	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	20-0 M / 66-0 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified] Drift, so generally asked to stay within sight of DM
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
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Dive Review of Costa de Cocos in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Xcalak

Costa de Cocos, Mar, 2008,

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Dive Review of Costa de Cocos in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Xcalak