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

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Dressel Divers/Iberostar Riviera Maya, Aug, 2006, by Frank Nelson, P, USA . Report 2699.
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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	Searching the internet I found their mother co in Spain who offered a 15% discount if booked thru them prior to your departure. They sent an email receipt that you had to download and copy. Quality of receipt was not good. Arriving at the shop I was told I would have to do a checkout dive. No one in Spain told me this. It was a waste of time and money considering my experience. Watching other divers who already had the checkout were a disgrace (buoyancy problems, gauges dangling, no concern for other divers, cattleboat). These few divers should not have been on/in any type of water. Even thou I had purchased a package from the mother co I was looked at strangely. I purchased a few cenote dives and the treatment was better, however the quality of divers left a little to be desired especially in an overhead enviroment. The divemasters were fluent in English and were very well equipped and knowledgeable in this field. Even with the poor divers the DM still kept his cool and professionalism. I did learn from the DM that he was obligated by Dressel to take the paying divers to the cenote because it was more money for the shop.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Micronesia, Bahamas, Jamaica, Caymans, Jersey wrecks, New York, Rhode Island, Turks&Caicos, Belize, Honduras, Aruba, Bonair, Curacao, Guaynaha ]
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	40-150 Ft/ 12-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	had to stay near divemaster and depth limit in effect, as was a max time no matter what air was left
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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	no accomodations(rinse bucket, etc) divemaster did hand down and pick up camera when dive was finished

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

Dressel Divers/Iberostar Riviera Maya, Aug, 2006,

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