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Sand Dollar Sports/Wyndam, Nov, 2010, by Randall S Preissig, TX, US ( Top Contributor 37 reports with 15 Helpful votes). Report 5784.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	The Wyndam is a very nice hotel with 3 levels of "quality". I was in the mid. If I went again, I'd go basic. I prefer hotels further south, nearer the best reefs, such as the Occidental Grand. First, I'd like to say that I've had 20 trips to Cozumel over the last 30+ years, and I find it a far safer and more comfortable place now than before. Also, the marine life has greatly improved. You used to rarely see a turtle(they served them in the restaurants). I saw over 10 on one dive this trip! Big groupers are common whereas you rarely saw them before(ditto). Having dived a few months after Hurricane Wilma, I can tell you that most of the damage has now cleared. We saw nurse sharks, octopi, australian lobsters, giant crabs and carribbean lobsters, many turtles including the biggest I've ever seen in the caribbean, small cuttlefish, banded coral shrimp, toadfish, juvenile drum fish, etc. Lionfish were everywhere--how fast they've spread!! The divemasters "hunt" and kill them every dive. In fact, this became a nuisance as they were more interested in killing lionfish than finding and showing us critters. I applaud the efforts, but a better solution is needed--and quick. The massive coral formations appear to be back to normal--and this is what Cozumel is most famous for. There did seem to be more orange sponge than before--maybe seeded from the hurricane?? Sand Dollar was a well run, safe and timely operation. Again, they don't cater to the hard core divers, but I personally found the trips relaxing(a sure sign of age?). Buying a "punch card" of 28 dives, which you can share, fiqured out to $29 a dive. Cozumel is the quickest, most reasonable and best quality combination for most of us. I was in Houston at 9am and diving at 1pm--with great weather, great coral and viz. and plenty to see. This is why I've been 20 times.
Websites	Sand Dollar Sports
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Truk, Palau, PNG, Sipadan, Kono, Fiji, Tahiti, Cocos, Gallapagos, Bonair, Red Sea, Cayman and others
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	81-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	4
Water Visibility	60-200 Ft/ 18-61 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Group, quided diving, limits strictly enforced. Experienced divers could go to Punta Sur, etc. I was at first in a group with experienced divers which allowed some freedom. Later, on "regular" dive trips, it was more rigid.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Very few cameras. This is a bigger operation and "hard core" divers generally go elsewhere is the feeling I got.

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Dive Review of Sand Dollar Sports/Wyndam in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel

Sand Dollar Sports/Wyndam, Nov, 2010,

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Dive Review of Sand Dollar Sports/Wyndam in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel