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Dive Palancar/Allegro Cozumel First Club: "It didn't get better since April/May", Aug, 2017, by Shawn McDermott, FL, US ( Contributor 16 reports with 12 Helpful votes). Report 9832 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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
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Comments	This was my second trip of 2017, and usually by this time it would have been my third, except I passed on my usual February/March trip this year because the Allegro is packed with Quebec-ies who are not pleasant to be with on vacation. Little did I know they would be replaced by obnoxious domestic guests with their hordes of whining children and their demanding superior attitudes toward the excellent Allegro staff both in April/June and in August/September. This is new policy by the new owners, Barcelo, who seem to have designated the once-fine Allegro as their bargain-basement property for low-class domestics who put their kids in diapers in the pools not designated for children (Yuck) and think nothing of allowing their young sons to let fly into the pool standing on the edge. Thank goodness I am a Vacation Club member with a First Club room near the First Club lounge and don't have much exposure to this very rude behavior. As usual, Dive Palancar did a great job of picking me up for my two-tank morning dives and getting me back by around 12:30. The reefs aren't getting any better--not many fish, few turtles, few sharks, drab coral, lots of algae, murky visibility and very warm water--up to 89 F. Overcast most days, a couple of days with heavy downpours all day long. I book a long time there (5 weeks) so I can pick and choose my dive days and only did 32 dives this trip with camera in the water only about 20 times. I shoot ambient light HD video and am starting to think I've just about shot everything worth lensing in the past 6 years of shooting here. Mucho cloudiness these days! There are no all-day Sun days anymore. But it is relatively inexpensive to stay here all-inclusive (thanks for the Macallan 12 year, Karina!). Maybe I'm slowing down? Perhaps a been there, done that situation now? I'm supposed to be back mid-November, but am thinking about passing on that trip to repair my water damage to my home from Irma. Overall a disappointing trip.
Websites	Dive Palancar
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Jamaica, San Salvador, Grand Bahama, Abaco, 2000+ in South Florida, Florida Keys, Florida Gulfside, Costa Rica, Turks and Caicos (Provo), St. Vincent, Belize, Cayman, Dominican Republic, Bonaire, Curacao, 750 in Cozumel
Closest Airport	CZM	Getting There	Melbourne to Atlanta to CZM
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	84-89°F / 29-32°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	25-60 Ft/ 8-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Freshwater soak on board

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

Dive Palancar/Allegro Cozumel First Club: "It didn't get better since April/May", Aug, 2017,

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