Dive Review of Pepe's Scuba/Yucatek Divers/Coral Princess Hotel in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Mexico

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Pepe's Scuba/Yucatek Divers/Coral Princess Hotel, May, 2006, by TOM Lopatin, NJ, USA . Report 2839.
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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	First visit since Wilma hit Cozumel in Fall 2005. Have been going to Cozumel every yeaqr since 1999. Wall dives didn't show much impact, although the Cathedral in Devil's Throat said to be swept away. Biggest disappointments were the second tank drift dives along the top of the walls. They all looked like an underwater snow storm had dropped a couple of inches of "snow" (sand) on them. 90% of the corals and sponges, etc., were gone or totally covered with sand on these second dives. Looks like it will take a lifetime to recover to its previous healthy state. If you're willing to accept a very desolate second dive for a still very nice initial wall dive go for it. I took a day to go over to Playa del Carmen to dive the cenotes with Yucatek Divers. Second time I dove the cenotes with them (first time in 2004). Very safe and accomodating operation. Cenotes are like "diving in air' with virtually unlimited vis and dramatic cave geography. Highly recommended as a change of pace to the drift diving on Cozumel and easy to do as a day trip with the ferry system in place. Coral Princess Hotel a first class operation from "soup to nuts". If you dive with Pepe's try to get Abdiaz as your guide, he's the "best of the best".
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	All major Caribbean diving sites, Eastern & Western Indian Ocean and North & South Pacific
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	currents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	80-150 Ft/ 24-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	130 Ft.
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
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Dive Review of Pepe's Scuba/Yucatek Divers/Coral Princess Hotel in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Mexico

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Dive Review of Pepe's Scuba/Yucatek Divers/Coral Princess Hotel in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Mexico