Dive Review of
Dive House/Caribbean Princess in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel

Maui, Big Island, Cayman Islands, Roatan, Belize, Florida Keys

Dive Conditions

stay behind and above divemaster  

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Overall Rating

Booked a shore dive with Caribbean Princess and had good luck with Dive
House. Our divemaster, David, was excellent, giving a thorough briefing on
the drift diving necessary in Cozumel. Some people on board appeared to
have become somewhat anxious because of the thoroughness and the discussion
of various possible contingencies. They asked what we wanted to dive and
based on consensus went to Santa Rosa Wall for the swimthroughs. It was a
long (50 minute) trip out but testament to their willingness to provide a
quality experience for people who would dive with them once and then sail
away. We went in two groups, each group waiting on the surface and then
descending en masse in order to remain together in the significant current.
I was impressed with the constant counting of divers by the lead and sweep
divemasters. Safety certainly seems paramount in this operation. Entering a
swimthrough another (inexperienced) diver cut in front and entered.
Suddenly he lost his weight belt which landed directly in front of my mask.
He ended up on the ceiling. I started to grab the weight belt but the sweep
divemaster had seen what happened and came up and rapidly reattached the
weight belt to the diver. This is not the place for divers with 8 dives!
Talking with the diver later he said he had panicked after the incident and
had been highly anxious in the relentless current. At the end of the dive
we moved onto sand flats, surfaced as a group and were picked up by the
boat which had been trailing our bubbles. I had been apprehensive about
diving in Mexico (brought my own equipment) but was reassured by Dive House
which had good equipment, a roomy boat and excellent safety procedures.
They provided bottle water and soft drinks and attentive service was not
limited to the water. As soon as they saw someone had finished a soft
drink, a crew member was there to take the empty and stow it. 

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