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Living Underwater/Hotel Cozumel: "Healthy Reefs", Oct, 2015, by Bradley William Bowen, UT, US ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 8513 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Accommodations	N/A	Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
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Comments	We first dove in Cozumel 20 years ago this coming Thanksgiving. The reefs today look better than they did 20 years ago and have recovered extremely well after the damage suffered by Hurricane Wilma. We couldn't believe how healthy the hard and soft corals are, and sea whips 10 feet or longer have had time to get big again. The Mexican locals have done a STUPENDOUS job of protecting these reefs. Two years ago we were on a dive when Jeremy pulled out a net and captured a 30 foot long "string" of oil from the Deep Horizon disaster, and we've watched dive masters haul divers off the reef who were kicking the coral with their fins. This trip we saw well over a hundred lobsters from a foot long up to German Sheppard size; nurse sharks on many dives, both free swimming and sleeping under ledges; and lots of turtles, from 18" youngsters to HUGE turtles bigger than a person, and some HUGE Black Grouper. Night dive was FABULOUS as always, four octopus (one free swimming), free swimming eels, slipper lobster, splendid toadfish halfway out of their holes, seahorse, fighting crabs, and a sleeping turtle a big as a volkswagon. As always, Jeremy had pastries and freshly sliced seasonal fruit after the first two dives; fleece lined coats for everyone who got a bit chilled; and took us to nice beaches for surface intervals and lunch at Palancar Beach. We've been diving with Jeremy Anschel, owner of Living Underwater, for around 15 years now. I don't normally write trip reports regarding his operation as we've been there so many times, but I was so impressed with the reef health and all of the lobster, turtles, and nurse sharks we saw this trip that I had to let the rest of you know. I speak fluent Spanish and learned that both the dive community and the government have been keeping the fishermen off of the reefs where diving occurs, which has allowed this wildlife to grow without being molested.
Websites	Living Underwater
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Maldives, Indonesia, Cozumel, Mexico Cenotes, Playa del Carmen, Galapagos, Hawaii, California, Florida, Socorro Islands, Palau, Turks & Caicos, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Philippines, etc.
Closest Airport	Cozumel	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, surge
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	100-250 Ft/ 30-76 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	We had some beginners in our group that were diving air. Jeremy told the four experienced divers that were all diving EAN 32 with computers that he was fine with us each diving our own profile.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
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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	Jeremy has a rinse tank at the back of the boat with separate compartments for each camera set up, which has a fitted lid. In a pinch, you could work on your camera on the lid or during a surface interval. We changed a battery or two while on the boat or shore during a surface interval, but did the "heavy lifting" on our camera gear in our hotel room.

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

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