Dive Review of Living Underwater/Aura Grand in
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Living Underwater/Aura Grand, Dec, 2011, by Elise O Lovell, IL, US ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 6383.
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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	We booked with Living Underwater due to the positive online reviews. Jeremy runs a terrific and very professional operation. He was extremely responsive to emails, handled all of the paperwork with faxes prior to the trip, we spoke by phone the afternoon of arrival to Cozumel, and he offered to pick up our gear from the hotel so it would be ready on the boat the next morning. He was not able to dive with us that week, but he sent an A-list crew. Mario, the dive master, was outstanding. 21 years of experience diving in Cozumel, so as he says, the reefs are "his office", yet he has the enthusiasm and energy of a kid. He expressed the same delight underwater at finding a teeny delicate crab submerged in the sand as he did coming across unusual reef buddies-a big thick green moray hanging out and resting his head on a fat nurseshark in the sand under a coral ledge. We saw several spotted eagle rays, a number of nurse sharks, lots of hawksbill turtles, a couple of baby black tipped reef sharks, and a fair number of large grouper and parrotfish-all a nice change from the typical Caribbean sites. The walls and diversity of corals/sponges in Cozumel always impress, and the swim throughs and formations rising from the depths are just spectacular. Mario was attentive to safety, but trusted that we would pay attention to our computers and only wanted a signal at 1000 psi and to come up at 500. Mario loves these reefs; we saw him replacing broken off coral and dusting accumulated sand off the wall. We hit the highlights of the southern sites, including an awesome loop the loop of Punta Sur, with a descent into a hole that popped out at 121 feet on the wall-more time and interesting ground covered beyond the usual Devil's Throat/Cathedral. They kept our gear for the entire 3 days and it was always ready to go, although we could have set up ourselves, and we did always double check the Nitrox (which was on target everytime). Fresh fruit, mixed cookies, and water/soda during the surface intervals, with a stop at a beach club for a walk in the white sand or a short siesta in a lounge chair. Shout outs to Francisco the captain and Ricardo the first mate-they have all worked with Jeremy for years, and are top notch friendly guys who know how to handle a boat and enjoy the day. Steel tanks were a nice change-add Nitrox and you have a looong dive. Finally, when my boyfriend and I showed up, we learned that there were no other divers scheduled for our three days. I've had dive operators cancel trips when there isn't a minimum number of divers, but Jeremy instead emphasized what a great dive experience we would have. Mario echoed this, and searched out sites so we could be the only 3 divers in the water. A real treat, an awesome trip, and we'll be diving with Living Underwater the next time we visit Cozumel!
Websites	Living Underwater
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Hawaii, Red Sea, Coral Sea, Galapagos, Mexico/Caribbean, Nicaragua, Belize
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-°F / 27-°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth limits, end dive at 500 psi, very reasonable/common sense for area and specific dive sights
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Had fresh water container on board, staff very attentive to camera/helpful and careful with equipment

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Dive Review of Living Underwater/Aura Grand in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel

Living Underwater/Aura Grand, Dec, 2011,

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Dive Review of Living Underwater/Aura Grand in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel