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Dive Palancar/Allegro Cozumel, Sep, 2012, by Shawn McDermott, FL, US ( Contributor 16 reports with 12 Helpful votes). Report 6812.
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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	By now, all of you probably think I work for Dive Palancar, but I do not. DP is now headquartered at the Grand Occidental but I prefer to stay at the Allegro with its more laid-back attitude. Doesn't hurt to have an Allegro Vacation Club membership, by the end of the year I will have spent 15 weeks in beautiful Cozumel, where I am known by my Mayan nickname Chichibe. I'll do over 100 dives here this year, and I am writing you from the island right now (November 2012). DP does its best to be the best. They've been here going on 20 years, and their DMs have lots of experience. Turtles on most dives, spotted eagle rays, big groupers, small critters--it's all here. The reefs have amazingly recovered from the travesty that was Wilma and before that, Gilbert. I shoot video underwater, my vids soon to be available on iTunes as virtual aquarium screensavers. If you're coming to the Allegro be sure to book with DP as opposed to the on-site dive operator if you prefer the Mexican/Mayan experience--the Allegro's on-site operator is a training site for new instructors who are rotated in every 6 months from Spain, Germany, the UK etc. NOT the ultimate Cozumel experience--too many rules, lots of regulation (zey are German-owned und ve do tings in a regulated manner)--stick with DP. I'll be down here for a month in Feb, all of June, all of September and a month in November/December 2013--c'mon down and let's go diving! Tell 'em Chichibe sent you!
Websites	Dive Palancar
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Florida (WPB/Delray/Boynton Beach/Keys), Jamaica, Cayman, Bahamas (Freeport, SanSal, Marsh Harbour), Curacao, Bonaire, Costa Rica, St Vincent, Turks&Caicos
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy, currents, no currents
Water Temp	82-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	100-200 Ft/ 30-61 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	90 ft max, 1 hour surface interval
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	Schools	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Dedicated submersion onboard all boats

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

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