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Dive With Cristina, Jun, 2005, by Rick Flaksman, MO, usa . Report 2129.
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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
Advanced
Comments	Dive With Cristina as a private dive operation by Cristina Roman, who has been a dive instructor for years. Her boat is the Nena, a converted freight boat, a 42-footer equipped with weather curtains, stereo, DAN Oxygen, DAN first aid, and a sun deck. There is plenty of shade. There is a head. Her prices are fair and generally include a home-made lunch. Her guacamole is the best around. There are plenty of soft-drinks and water. No alcohol on the boat. The Nena crew is well trained and very helpful, getting our gear put together and onto us, and right on the spot to help us out of the water. They had us take our gear off in the water and hauled it up for us, the last thing off before our ladder climb was the fins. There is a fresh water hose on the Nena and the water is heated by the engine compartment. Cristina herself is an excellent guide, probably the best we've had. She pays close attention to novices, almost like taking them "under her wing". She helped one party in our group with a mask-clearing drill on a sandy part of the reef. Her pre-dive briefings were extensive, and during the 1 1/2 hour surface interview she was able to give plenty of pointers to divers who wanted them. There were two younger divers in our group, 11 and 13 year old sisters. They were really good! They and their parents went as a family. Since there were ten of us total, we had two divemasters. It was a very laid-back dive experience, but very professional. The Nena is definitely not a fast boat, but for those who don't have to be the first divers at Santa Rosa or Columbia, this is the dive op to go with. There's a website: www.divewithcristina.com
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Bonaire, Bahamas, Aruba, USVI, Belize, Honduras
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	83-86°F / 28-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	80-110 Ft/ 24-34 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	We dived as a group, Cristina or Luis enforced the depth limit, but we all had computers, so were a little independent above the depth limit. Divers who used their air first were up first, the rest of us continued on. The boat was right over us.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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 Dive With Cristina in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

Dive With Cristina, Jun, 2005,

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Dive Review of Dive With Cristina in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan