Dive Review of
Dive House/Fiesta Americana in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel, Q Roo

all Caymans; Honduras; Coco Is, Costa Rica; Belize; BVI; Yap; Palau; off
Hilton Head, SC; Antigua; Saba; both liveaboards and land-based.

Dive Conditions

Dive House does escorted dives w/ 2 DMs; the 2 morning dives are a wall
dive ~100 ft, and a shallow dive @ ~50'. Depending on DM you can stay down
as long as air holds out; almost everybody is using computers now so deco
not really a problem.  

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Overall Rating

We have been to Fiesta Americana (FA) and Dive House (DH) many times
because they are always very dependable.  FA is about 5 km south of town
(about $5 for taxi each way), on the beach, and DH has their facility right
there, although their main office is on the square in town.  We usually do
the 2 morning dives (on Nitrox) and hit the beach in the afternoon.  Reefs
and fish have made very good progress recovering from the hurricanes that
have pounded the area in the last three years, but damage is still clear.
Diving is pretty simple drift diving, and really experienced young divers
might not enjoy the casual ease of these dives.  It has been said that Coz
is overdived, and that may be true, but it's still fun.  We've been going
for 10+ years, as much for the town as for the diving. 
FA has an all-inclusive plan, but we always eat dinner in Cozumel proper;
the costs are slightly greater to eat in town, but not much.  There are
many excellent restaurants (Wyndham, Onsu, Primavera's, La Mission, La
Choza) as well as Carlos & Charlie's and Senor Frog's.  Not sure where
Margaritaville fits in that scene, but food and drink  there were good. 
There are many local restaurants a few blocks off the water where the
prices are a LOT cheaper.    
If you've never been, be aware that the US divers have essentially imposed
a US economy on Cozumel, so don't expect cheap.  But the people there are
all very friendly and helpful, and that makes up for the prices.
We were on our anniversary trip, so we splurged and ate at the top end
restaurants.  Estimated dinners (food and at least one bottle of wine each
night) for two was about $800 total for 8 nights, but some friends were
included in that amount to an unknown extent.  Hotel (including breakfast,
lunch, beach bar, and gratuities) was $1600, and the diving was $1000,
including Nitrox on all dives.  We arrived on a Thursday about noon and did
a shore dive to check wts, etc, and left on Friday a week later.
 

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