Dive Review of
Tank Ha/Barcelo in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Riviera Maya

Hawaii, Bonaire, California, Florida, Bahamas

Dive Conditions

Follow leader in cenotes, limit 4 people per group. Excellent dive briefing
for ocean and cenotes dives.    

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Overall Rating

We stayed at the Barcelo Resort in Riviera Maya and dived in Playa del
Carmen.  The Resort was exceptional in design, accomodations, food and
especially service.  We will go back many times, and we do NOT like
resorts.  Above all, the people, the service and the commitment to personal
attention was outstanding.  

However, Dressel Divers facility at the resort was severely lacking.  After
numerous attempts to dive with them, we got too frustrated and finally gave
up trying to dive with this company.  Before leaving for the trip, I
contacted the corporate office of Dressel in Spain.  They assured me as an
SSI instructor, I would have no problem certifying my 20 year old daughter
on this trip with Dressel.  When I arrived at the site, it was another
story altogether.  The staff at Dressel continued to put restrictions on
our ability to get in the water with them.  The main one was that we would
have to pay for their certification course.  This made no sense as I am an
instruction with a million dollar liability policy.

I found Tank Ha dive facility in Playa del Carmen, and they were incredibly
accomodating, and were able to meet all our needs for me to certify my
daughter, including the use of their pool for a quick refresher of skills. 
They took us on a short ride to incredibly fish-rich reefs.  I never saw so
many scorpion fish in a week of diving, and we only dived with Tank Ha for
2 days.  We also saw huge turtles and barracuda.  Didn't see the pelagics I
expected to see, but that was fine with my new-diver daughter.  The cenote
trip with Kenny was incredible.  I would love to go back just to get my
cave certification with Tank Ha.  Groups were limited to 4 people, perfect.
 The halocline and the cave formations have got to be seen to be believed. 
After our dives, my daughter thought her purse was stolen from the cubbies
at Tank Ha.  The staff helped us look everywhere and were very helpful. 
Luckily, she had left it in a dinind room at the Barcelo resort, and it was
returned to the front desk with only the money missing.   

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