Dive Review of Juan Pablo Silva C. in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel

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Juan Pablo Silva C., Mar, 2009, by Robin Chisholm, IN, USA ( 2 reports). Report 4668.
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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	Juan Pablo is one of the best dive masters I have had the pleasure of diving with in several years. He is conscientious, helpful, not overbearing, easy going, and fun to be around. We had a day that was too windy to go out and he was very nice about calling our hotel early in the morning and later in the day to keep us posted. The first day of diving was on the small boat with only six divers. Because it was drift diving, we did not all have to surface when the first person ran out of air. The boat followed on the surface and picked up divers as needed. Juan Pablo made sure the boat arrived and the divers were safely out of the water while we continued exploring the reef. He showed us many swim throughs and found turtles on every dive. We saw several large southern stingrays, turtles, nurse shark, lobster and large grouper in addition to the usual assortment of tropical fish. The reef seems to be in pretty good shape and appears to be recovering nicely after the hurricane. Our second day of diving was on the larger boat with a group of 12 divers. Juan Pablo did a great job of managing a large group and making it seem as if my daughter and I were the only divers on the trip. I will definitely be calling Juan Pablo again on my next trip to Cozumel!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Southern California, Catalina Island, Cayman Islands, Hawaii, Virgin Islands, Majorca, Galapagos, Belize, Roatan...
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	72-75°F / 22-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-120 Ft/ 18-37 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	We dove our own profile as long as we stayed within visual range of the group so we could be picked up by the boat upon surfacing.
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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Drift diving does not make for easy photography. The big boat was equipped with a fresh water rinse barrel. The small boat had no rinse facilities. Divemaster and boat captain were helpful in getting the camera into and out of the water.

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Dive Review of Juan Pablo Silva C. in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel

Juan Pablo Silva C., Mar, 2009,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Juan Pablo Silva C. in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel