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Dive Palancar/Allegro Cozumel: "Is it over for Cozumel? PROBABLY", May, 2019, by Shawn McDermott, FL, US ( Contributor 16 reports with 12 Helpful votes). Report 10951 has 4 Helpful votes.
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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	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Been saying it for two years now, but now Cozumel, with its dying reef infrastructure and meager fish population, is in perilous condition. All Brain Coral now sport white patches, dying star coral and vanished yellow soft coral at Horseshoe evidence of dire conditions. Water was a milky blue maybe 75" of vis but not up to what I remember as recently as a couple years ago. I did 20 dives, not a single one with the clear blue cloudless days I remember, I only put a camera in the water on three of those dives. No big grouper, small barracuda, few angels even--forget about sharks, saw one or two. Maybe six or eight turtles in all 20 dives. Casablanca reef to the north going into Cedar Pass dead, Cedar Pass the same. Maybe 10% of former fish population? Maybe less. Lots of algae and sand on everything. Now, when you're putting 2,000+ people in the water every day (probably more) most of which are slathered down in sunblock...and you increase the island population by 30% every day from cruise ship passengers who all eat tacos for lunch and pee (or more) into the drainage system you get...decreased fish population and dying reefs. It breaks my heart to say it but...my favorite place to dive is no more.
Websites	Dive Palancar
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Jamaica 300+, San Salvador, Grand Bahama, Abaco, South Florida 2, 000+, Florida Keys, Florida Gulfside, Costa Rica, Turks and Caicos, (Provo), St. Vincent, Belize, Cayman, Dominican Republic, Bonaire, Curacao, 850+ in Cozumel
Closest Airport	CZM Cozumel International	Getting There	Never easy from Florida. I fly Melbourne>Atlanta>Cozumel.
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	calm, choppy, no currents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-70 Ft/ 15-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	45 mins at 80ft 3 min hang time
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	N/A
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	Fuggetaboudit

Report currently has 4 Helpful votes

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By hendelar in , at Jul 16, 2019 14:14 EST

Sad.

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Dive Review of Dive Palancar/Allegro Cozumel in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel Southern Reefs

Dive Palancar/Allegro Cozumel: "Is it over for Cozumel? PROBABLY", May, 2019,

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Dive Palancar/Allegro Cozumel in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel Southern Reefs