Dive Review of Scuba Mau/Villablanca Gardens in
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Scuba Mau/Villablanca Gardens, Apr, 2011, by Mark Edwards, KY, US ( 1 report). Report 6023.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	We stayed at the Villablanca Gardens. overall it was nice with about all you need for a nice stay. 2 restaurants, 3 dive shops, 3 more restaurants within a block. Boat pier across the street. Rooms were clean and daily maid service was excellent. We chose Scuba Mau dive shop for our dive charters and i would never use anyone else! These guys do everything possible to assure your dives are as good as possible weather you are a beginner or experienced diver. The boats were fast and we never had more than 6 divers. Usually 3 or 4. If inexperienced divers were aboard the dive master would set a shallower max depth and he would hold pretty much to that, but more experienced divers could still dive their own profile. An example: 70' for 50 min, my buddy and I dove to 110', as did 2 other divers. On one trip there were two divers getting checked out and they sent 2 dive masters. The staff and dive masters were fabulous. Seriously a 5 star operation. Something I am not used to but came to really appreciate was, I never moved my gear or set my weights, tanks etc. When you showed up at the boat the gear was set up and when you were done they took it to the shop, rinsed it and that was it. Of course they had water and fruit on board. As for the diving, excluding 2 wall dives with uncomfortable currents, I would give it 5 stars. Particularly the Palancar reef and Santa Rosa areas. The swim throughs were awesome. I have a cavern certification and these caverns were more beautiful than any I have ever seen before. We saw Nurse sharks, turtles, huge crabs and lobsters on every dive. We also saw a pod of 4 dolphins and huge Groupers. All i can say is We're going back next year with a couple more dive buddies. Can't wait!!
Websites	Scuba Mau
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Bonaire, Bahamas
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, surge
Water Temp	82-°F / 28-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	80-150 Ft/ 24-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	On 2 wall dives the current was too strong to take any pics. One was around 5 knots. All of the other dives were moderate to low current and easy on the photographer.

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Dive Review of Scuba Mau/Villablanca Gardens in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel

Scuba Mau/Villablanca Gardens, Apr, 2011,

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Dive Review of Scuba Mau/Villablanca Gardens in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel