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Dressel Divers/Iberostar Waves Cozumel: "Cozumel 30 years later for me, first time for my daughter", Sep, 2025, by Lawrence O'Keefe, OR, US ( 1 report with 1 Helpful vote). Report 13561 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
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Reader reports helped me select Iberostar/Dressel, so wanted to pay it back with an update from our recent trip. Resort: We found the resort itself to be very nice; beautiful grounds, nice, well maintained room, good A/C, several restaurant choices, and for us, plenty of fine to good food options. Alcohol selection pretty good as well if you are into that. Uniformly excellent service from all staff that we encountered. Diving: Dressel ran 4 dives a day from the dock onsite. The shop was right at the base of the dock. Had big gear rinse tanks, separated for cameras/masks and other equipment. Had long milk crate style gear lockers with chains to go across the front if you bring a small lock (which we forgot), but it seemed pretty safe and secure. They also had plenty of ventilated hanging space for wetsuits, bcds, etc. A huge plus was that Nitrox was free if you were certified AND they had AL100 tanks at no extra charge for us air hogs. I tried the AL100s a couple of days in, and it was a game changer! The shop was well organized. They had a board that showed the planned si ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Dressel Divers Iberostar Waves Cozumel
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Bonaire, Grand Cayman, Florida Keys, Cozumel
Closest Airport	Cozumel	Getting There	Flew from Portland via Dallas on American Airlines. Terrible experience with the trafic control system problems, flight cancelled etc. Via Houston on United returning, much better experience.
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, cloudy	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	83-88°F / 28-31°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	60-120 Ft/ 18-37 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	50 minute dives, but several lasted longer. Stay with dive master. Buddy teams ascend together.
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	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	I am not a UWP, so won't rate the facilities. My daughter dove with a sealife housing iPhone setup. They did have camera only freshwater bins on the boat. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Dressel Divers/Iberostar Waves Cozumel in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

Dressel Divers/Iberostar Waves Cozumel: "Cozumel 30 years later for me, first time for my daughter", Sep, 2025,

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Dive Review of Dressel Divers/Iberostar Waves Cozumel in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan