Dive Review of Living Underwater/Paradise Condos in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel

Other dive reports on Living Underwater

Other Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan reports
Subscriber Content Preview
Active subscribers go here

Living Underwater/Paradise Condos, Mar, 2013, by Steven L Mason, MI, US ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 6931.
No photos available at this time
Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Jeremy runs a class operation at LU. It's valet diving, they handle everything. Water, snacks, towels and coats on the boat. The boat is fast, safe, clean and well maintained. It has a DAN safety kit and fish ID books on board. They cater to small groups, 8 divers max. Backroll entry and ladder to get back on board. Coz is known for drift since there is almost always current. I suggest bringing a high viz safety sausage just in case you have to make an ascent without the group. Boat traffic is dangerous there. Jeremy uses all steel tanks to extend bottom time and has Nitrox, ask before you arrive. The routine is backroll in together, make sure everyone is ready and descend right away. First dive is 80-90'. Surface interval at a nice shore beach restaurant for over an hour. Bring some cash for soda and a snack. Head back out and dive a 30-60' shallower second dive. All of Jeremys dives are an hour plus. He is slow and methodical underwater and finds tiny pipefish and seahorses and tiny blennies in coral heads that I would never see. He does not watch the time so he can get you on the boat at 1 minute after the hour like many other hour dive operations. We dove two times over 1 1/2 hours since everyone had good air consumption and was an experienced diver. None of our dives was less than 1 hour and 10 minutes. On a couple of dives we had 4 inexperienced younger divers. Rather than mix the group, Jeremy brought another divemaster and split the group. That's a class operation that cares about the divers experience. Jeremy is also an American who moved to Cozumel so he speaks perfect English and Spanish so there are no communications problems or macho divemaster issues. He is not looking to impress anyone with his skills or dives, which is even more impressive. I was most impressed when we dove with him in 2011 and on the first morning dive a dive was bent. Jeremy took full control and handled the situation professionally with no panic. The diver and his entourage argued that they were medical professionals and that he was not bent, it was just bad food. They were older than Jeremy and I thought they might win the argument. Jeremy called ahead for an ambulance and notified the chamber. Then he told them in no uncertain terms that the man was bent and was going to the chamber, end of discussion. The diver was delivered to an ambulance quickly and recovered. I don't know if they ever thanked Jeremy but without his control the result could have been very bad. Nothing says more than seeing someone in a bad situation who handles everything as professionally. I fell safer diving with Jeremy knowing he can handle problems and pressure far better than I could. I have dove with three other Coz operations and none are close to the quality experience that Jeremy offers. If you like to move slowly rather than race to the end of the dive, enjoy being in the underwater environment and appreciating the corals, small stuff and big stuff as it appears to you on a long slow dive LU should be your dive op if you go to Cozumel. It's not the cheapest operation but worth far more than you pay in quality and professional attitude. Diving with LU is relaxing and enjoyable with a first class divemaster. I will be back diving with Jeremy as soon as I can.
Websites	Living Underwater
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Grand Turk, Grand Cayman, Florida Keys, Great lakes, Belize Atolls, French Polynesia, St Lucia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	67-76°F / 19-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No deco, group stays in proximity, keep profile and air supply to allow for hour plus dives, Marine park so no touch or take.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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	Fresh rinse tank, crew knows how to handle cameras. They hand you your equipment and take it first when you return to the boat.

Leave a comment (Subscribers only -- 200 words max)
Subscribers can comment here

Subscribers can post comments, ask the reviewer questions, as well as getting immediate and complete access to ALL 1100 dive reviews of Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan and all other dive destinations. Complete access to all issues and Chapbooks is also included.

Other dive reports on Living Underwater

All Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan Dive Reviews and Reports
Diving Guide to Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan
Diving Reviews for All Dive Destinations

Want to assemble your own collection of Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan reports in one place?
Use the Mini Chapbook Facility to create your personalized collection.

Note: The information here was reported by the author above, but has NOT been reviewed nor edited by Undercurrent prior to posting on our website. Please report any major problems by writing to us and referencing the report number above.

Undercurrent Home

Page computed and displayed in 0.18 seconds

Get more dive info like these and other important scuba updates sent monthly to your email. And a FREE Recent Issue of Undercurrent
Get a free monthly email and a sample issue!

Dive Review of Living Underwater/Paradise Condos in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel

Living Underwater/Paradise Condos, Mar, 2013,

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

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Dive Review of Living Underwater/Paradise Condos in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel