Dive Review of
Blue XT Sea in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

Cozumel, Caymans Is, Belize, Fla Keys, Hawaii, Cabo san Lucas

Dive Conditions

Max depth limits established on each dive briefing.  This was a positive as
the deep dives were off a vertical wall with currents.  Profile was open
above the max depth established by the DM.  

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Overall Rating

Our first trip to Cozumel in 8 years, but our 7th trip overall.   Diving
conditions were excellent - gentle current and light waves.  Only subtle
down current in a few breaks in the Palancar chain that were manageable by
all divers.

First time diving with BlueXTSea divers on Cozumel and it will not be the
last.  They were great in all respects.   Small operator with two boats
that run fast with small groups.   Briefings and surface interval dialogue
with Divemaster Arturo were extremely informative.  Other divers on the
boat - who were diving after a two year break - commented on how
comfortable they felt following his predive briefings.   Pedro also did a
great job as DM and has a knack for finding the small interesting animals. 
 Seahorses are his specialty.   

Dives are well paced - meaning you let the Cozumel current do the work and
maximize your bottom time.  The boats get to the reefs early enough that
you are among the first on the dive sites.   Only once in two weeks did we
encounter another dive group while down on a dive.   When you see how many
boats line up on the Cozumel dive sites, this is great separation.

My buddy has a camera rig, and once the divemasters saw we were comfortable
on the dives, we had plenty of independence to drag back a bit and focus on
photos of interest.   

During one surface interval, Hector - our boat captain - did a 20 minute
magic show with sleight of hand coin and rope tricks. He was very very
good. 

We had scheduled dives over a two week period with BlueXTSea.  Christi, the
owner of BlueXTSea was great to deal with.  She contacted us at our unit
mid trip to check in and see how we were doing and how the dives were
going.  She even extended her home phone number to help us work to
reschedule one morning dive that we missed due to a late night mopping up
water from a big storm that blew into our condo unit.

Christi's philosophy is evident in the way the operations runs.   Safe,
fun, informative diving for divers of all levels who are passionate and
focused on the enjoyment of bottom time.  Partiers and 'maverick' divers
who don't follow general established dive briefing limits will probably
best look elsewhere.  I respect Christi and her team for the way they run
the operation and will look forward to diving with BlueXTSea again.  

TW

   

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