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Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

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XTC Dive Center/local hotels: "Xcalak, end of the road, Mexican Carribean", Jul, 2021, by Harvey Monroe, NM, US ( Reviewer 6 reports). Report 11789.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Xcalak is at the end of the road. a fishing village 5 miles north of the border with Belize. My first visit there took 3 hrs from the main road along a sand beach road with multiple military check points. Things are different now. The Reef was at one time pristine with numerous Tarpon and other fish. It was also the primary departure for Chinchurro. The Reef life is still plentiful with many more Tarpon and often siting's of Manatees. The coral is average to poor depending on the dive site. We dove with XTC who have a high level diving and training operation, if not a little expensive compared to Mahahual. There were multiple DM's in training on most dives. One Instructor was exceptional, a Malaysian women who said she was raised on a boat as part of the Migrant Boat people, extreme knowledgable and able to find pinsized nudibranchs. Another, a British Technical Instructor that lived in Tulum was very amusing and informative. He had a student on our dive boat. I missed a second trip to Chinchorro with XTC due to other obligations. Here again the sargasso is piled deep on the beaches. Once you get past it the diving can be good and worth the experience.
Websites	XTC Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Most of Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, California, north to south, Baja, Sea of Cortez, Panama, Brazil, Argentina, Easter Island, French Polynesia, Hawaii...
Closest Airport	Cancun	Getting There	Rent a car
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	82-°F / 28-°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay with group
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of XTC Dive Center/local hotels in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

XTC Dive Center/local hotels: "Xcalak, end of the road, Mexican Carribean", Jul, 2021,

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Dive Review of XTC Dive Center/local hotels in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan