Dive Review of
Scuba Staff Divers/Bahia Suites in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Coz

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Dive Conditions

Most dives 70' or less, 45 min. or less  

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Overall Rating

I could not recommend Scuba Staff Divers.  There were two major problems
with the operation.  First, they were very disorganized on the office end
of things.  On more than one occasion the 9:00 AM dive turned into an 11:00
AM dive; expected night or afternoon dives didn't happen; promised calls
about whether a particular dive was going to occur never came.  A typical
experience: the group left the shop a half hour later than scheduled, made
the 15 minute drive to the marina in taxis (a first for me), then all sat
for another half hour on the boat while we waited for one more diver to be
delivered.  The cause of a lot of this was apparently that they wanted to
get every last diver they could, and waited until the last minute to decide
whether to go ahead with a dive or not.  As a result, the
"schedule" changed every day, often at the last minute.
Part of this was a natural result of the clientele to which they cater,
largely single day divers from the Yucatan mainland or the cruise boats. 
Many of these are very inexperienced, which leads to the second problem:
mostly short and shallow dives.  On almost every dive we have people with a
dozen dives or less, and the sites, times and depths were chosen
accordingly.  This got a bit boring, especially since many of the 
shallower sites had extensive sand cover and other damage from Hurricane
Wilma.  In fairness, I should mentioned that the divemasters did do a very
good job of holding hands with the neophytes.  They also were good at
pointing things out for everybody.  
Boats were small and fast but wet.  Surface intervals were mostly on the
boat, with nothing provided but a small bottle of water.  It was not a
surprise when one diver dropped her weight belt and there were no extra
weights on the boat (the rest of us chipped in a couple pounds each and
took shallower breaths on our second dives).
Looking for a bright side, I would say the staff were all very pleasant. 
But I'd never use them again.
Stayed at the Bahia Suites in "downtown" San Miguel.  This place
I would recommend.  Got a big, clean, no frills room with a little kitchen
and balcony (side street) for about $50 per night.  Good basic
accommodation is you like the buzz of the city. 

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