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Scuba Du/ Presidente Full report       Scuba Du ran pleasant, efficient dive service. Don't do special dives (Punta Sur, Maracaibo Wall, wreck) regularly, even if you as... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
7/2003   Jeff and Colin Daniels
<100 Dives
 
Scuba Du/ Presidente Inter-Continental Full report       This was our first family dive vacation. We were initiated to diving on a Royal Caribbean Cruise last year and were "certified" (... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2003   Curt Marshall
<100 Dives
 
Scuba Du/ El Presidente Hotel Full report       Hotel was outstanding in every way. Dive operator (Scuba Du) had top notch service, from staff, divemasters, and instructors. Em... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
8/2002   Barry Megdal
<100 Dives
 
Scuba Gamma/ Amaranto B&B Full report       Scuba Gamma was recommended by Jorge, the owner of Amaranto, so we booked through them. They are a short three blocks from the B&... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
3/2009   David Keys
<100 Dives
 
scuba juan/ casa mexicana       "cozumel diving"
the good: casa mexicana had lots of divers; breakfast is 5 stars; scubajuan is close by ( 4 min. walk) the bad: none; slightly ... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
4/2023   Eldon Okazaki
1000+ Dives
 
Scuba Life Cozumel   [Cozumel   "Great operations, little iffy on the weather this trip"
Great dive operation and generally good diving. Cozumel is known for current and some days it was really pumping and others it wa... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
12/2023   Eric Ohde
500+ Dives
 
Scuba Life Cozumel / stayed in condos Full report   Cozumel   "Great operation every time we go!"
We dove the first 2 weeks of November with somewhat windy weather so the visibility was not stellar but still decent 70 ft. or so ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
11/2021   Eric Ohde
500+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Scuba Life Cozumel Full report   Palancar reef, Cozumel   "Scub LIfe Cozumel, best operation on the Palancar Reef"
With over 160+ dive operators in Cozumel, picking one to dive with is a daunting task! I have dove with several and seen many mor... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
11/2017   Eric Ohde
500+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
SCUBA Life Cozumel/ El Presidente Intercontinental Full report   Cozumel   "Concierge Diving-perfect balance of professionalism and friendliness"
JP and Carlos met in college in Monterrey Mexico, and opened scuba life cozumel 2 years ago. They are young, energetic, and super... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
6/2017   Elise O Lovell
500+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Scuba Life Cozumel/ Presidente InterContinental Cozumel Full report       "Our New Friends in Cozumel"
Our long time favorite operation would not respond to numerous emails. I am still not sure if they are out of business. Now we hav... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
10/2016   Hal Shanis
250+ Dives
 
Scuba Life Cozumel Full report       "Scuba Life Cozumel, dove with them again this year!"
Scuba Life Cozumel, is our go- to Cozumel operation. They have expanded this year as they now go over to Playa in their boat to di... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
9/2016   Eric Ohde
250+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Scuba Life Cozumel Full report   Palancar Reef System   "Fantastic Dive Operation in Cozumel"
We have dove Cozumel 6 times in the past 4 years and have found our "go to" dive operators down there this year. JP and Carlos al... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
11/2015   Eric Ohde
250+ Dives
 
Scuba Maroma/ El Dorado Royale Full report       "Lovely Diving at Maroma"
We were in Mexico for a destination wedding, and decided to do a two- tank dive through the hotel. I mean, we're in Mexico so why n... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
10/2014   Gary D Simms
100+ Dives
 
Scuba Mau/ Hotel Cozumel Full report       "Scuba Mau Is Scuba Awesome!"
We have been diving with Scuba Mau for years and always is a great experience. Small 6 pack boat and excellent service. Mau will t... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
10/2016   Deborah Gregory
500+ Dives
 
Scuba Mau/ Villablanca Gardens Full report   Cozumel   We stayed at the Villablanca Gardens. overall it was nice with about all you need for a nice stay. 2 restaurants, 3 dive shops, ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
4/2011   Mark Edwards
1000+ Dives
 
Scuba Mau Full report   Cozumel   Scuba Mau is not listed on the drop down menu and I do not understand why. They are an extremely well run shop with an excellent ... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
1/2011   James Shuff
1000+ Dives
 
Scuba Mau Cozumel/ Casa Delfin   Cozumel   "Spring Break 3 generation Family Dive Trip"
Family spring break dive trips are always great. We stayed at an Airbnb north of San Miguel. We had breakfast prepared daily befor... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
4/2024   Van Freidin
1000+ Dives
Photos available 
Scuba Pablo/ Villa Yak a'lil Full report       "Good."
There were several of us staying in Villa Yak a'lil. It is a nice big 3 story house that is on the ocean and the southern end of ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
11/2015   Bob Robertson
1000+ Dives
 
Scuba Pablo/ El Cozemeleno Full report   Cozumel   Pablo is a fantastic divemaster. This was my second trip with him. One of the days there were only two divers on the boat. He w... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
3/2011   Robin Chisholm
500+ Dives
 
Scuba Playa Full report       Every Winter in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico (across the Channel, 30 minute Ferry ride from Cozumel) a group of pregnant... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
12/2011   Mario Mizrahi
500+ Dives
 
Scuba Playa/ Royal Haciendas Full report   Playa Del Carmen   Dove 6 dives with Scuba Playa, my boyfriend dove 7 dives as he was pursuing his advanced open water certification. Scuba Playa is... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
9/2009   Nancy Collins
100+ Dives
 
Scuba S.Cool/ Pueblito Escondido Mistik Residence Full report   Playa del Carmen   After looking around Playa del Carmen diving operators we decided to dive with Scuba S. Cool. Rodolfo and Hector from Scuba S. Cool ... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
5/2010   Rhodri Pritchard Thomas
<100 Dives
 
Scuba Shaack/Blue Bubble Full report   Cozumel   We had been diving with this dive operator for the past 7 or 8 years. The dive master on this trip was a young man with the ... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
12/2007   Mark Powell
500+ Dives
 
Scuba Shack/ El Presidente Full report       Hurricane Emily appeared to have very little impact on the reefs where we dove. Palancar Horseshoe was very good with 100+ visibi... Full report  
3 stars
5 stars  
8/2004   Michael Emerson
100+ Dives
 
Scuba Staff Divers/ Bahia Suites Full report   Coz   I could not recommend Scuba Staff Divers. There were two major problems with the operation. First, they were very disorganized o... Full report  
1 stars
3 stars  
1/2007   Michael Judd
100+ Dives
 
Scuba Tony/ Residencias Reef Full report       "Just OK"
Dove with Scuba Tony for about a week in early March. Picked them because of glowing reviews on TripAdvisor. Very responsive and e... Full report  
1 stars
4 stars  
3/2016   Ryan Black
<100 Dives
 
Scuba Tony Full report       "Scuba Tony Cozumel "
Having been to Cozumel more than half a dozen times since 2003, I was in the position to try out a new dive operation since I was... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
12/2014   Matt Overholt
250+ Dives
 
Scuba Tulum/ Vista Del Mar Hotel, Akumal Full report   Maya Riviera   Standing out in the hot sun in the Yucatan jungle, off to the side of a narrow sand track, slightly hung over from the two ill- adv... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
6/2009   Amy
100+ Dives
 
Scuba With Alison/ Residencias Reef       "Always Great Diving!"
Great diving & comfortable boat. 8 divers max, so not "cattle- boat" diving. Very accomodating; ask what reef you want to dive. ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
8/2024   PAUL MILA
500+ Dives
Photos available 
Scuba With Alison/ My condo       "Another Great Dive Experience With Alison"
Another Cozumel Adventure: [. . . ] ... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
7/2023   PAUL MILA
500+ Dives
 
Scuba With Alison Full report       "Another Great Dive Experience"
Great variety of sea life, from large to small, healthy reefs. Eagle rays, southern stingrays, nurse sharks, moray eels, hawksbil... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
8/2022   PAUL MILA
500+ Dives
 
Scuba With Alison/ Residencias Reef Full report   Cozumel, Mexico   "The reefs Are Back!"
Great diving with Alison and boat driver Carlos, as usual. Alison knows how to find the critters, and which reefs are good/ safe t... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
10/2021   PAUL MILA
500+ Dives
 
Scuba with Alison/ Iberostar Full report   Cozumel   The Iberostar is a nice property with good food and service. The rooms are four to a building in single story units and eight to ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
8/2003   Richard Powers
100+ Dives
 
Scuba-Cozumel Dive Center/ Scuba Club Cozumel Full report       My wife and I spent a week at SCC in June of 2009. We had moderate expectations all the way around, and we were very favorably imp... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
11/2009   Craig caldwell
100+ Dives
 
ScubaDu/ Wyndham Cozumel Resort Full report   Cozumel   Every June, after school adjourns for the summer, a group of us takes a dive trip with our sons as a reward for an academic year o... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2009   Allan
100+ Dives
 
ScubaDu/ presidente intercontinental Full report       Grade A vacation spot especially if your spouse doesn't dive. Our room was terrific, the service at the hotel and at the dive oper... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
3/2004   ken katz
1000+ Dives
 
ScubaDu and Dive House/ Fiesta Americana Full report       Stayed at the Fiesta Americana which bills itself as a "Dive Resort". Room was fine and kept very clean. Concierge worthless. Bel... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2004   Jim Reilly and Fran Klass
100+ Dives
 
SCUBAJUAN       "Great small group diving!"
Juan has been leading small groups of divers on Cozumel for many years (he's also great teaching new divers) & has a very capable ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2023   Deborah Greenfield
500+ Dives
 
SCUBAJUAN       "Great small group diving!"
Juan has been leading small groups of divers on Cozumel for many years (he's also great teaching new divers) & has a very capable ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2023   Deborah Greenfield
500+ Dives
 
Scubajuan/ Casa Mexicana Full report       "Good time at Cozumel"
The good: casa mexicana had fabulous breakfast(free) and heated small pool, excellent WiFi, very good house- keeping, etc. the di... Full report  
2 stars
2 stars  
6/2022   Eldon Okazaki
1000+ Dives
 
Scubalife/ Fiesta Americana Full report       "Great viz- great dive operation!"
Although we had started back diving in May of 2020 during covid- we didn't come to Mexico til we were completely vaccinated as th... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2021   Dawn
500+ Dives
Photos available 
Scubalife Cozumel   Cozumel   "Solid Value from a Good Operation"
Did five two- tank dives with ScubaLife Cozumel. This is a well- run outfit from a business and safety standpoint, and the boats and... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
4/2024   Douglas Garrou
250+ Dives
Photos available 
ScubaQuatic/ Bahia Principe Grand Tulum   Akumal   "Basic diving in Akumal"
The diving is done from a large, covered panga with dual outboards. The shade seamed sufficient. The entries are backwards roll ... Full report  
2 stars
4 stars  
5/2024   Don Folsom
250+ Dives
 
Scubatony Full report       "Best in Cozumel"
Tony has been around for a long time now and has attracted a great staff. The captains and crew are born and raised in the busines... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
11/2019   James Mayfield
1000+ Dives
 
Scubawithalison/ Residencias Reef Full report       "It Never Disappoints!"
Cozumel never disappoints as a dive location. Big & small critters, great coral formations and colorful sponges, and varied underw... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
8/2017   PAUL MILA
500+ Dives
 
ScubaWithAlison/ [Residencias Reef Full report   Cozumel   "Cozumel -- truly a diver's paradise!"
No surprises for regular Cozumel divers: Moderate currents for good drift diving; the varying underwater topography, from cathedra... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
11/2015   PAUL MILA
500+ Dives
 
Sea Hawk Divers/ Sea Hawk Suites   Isla Mujeres   "Whale Sharks crossed off my bucket list"
Isla Mujeres is a great base from which to get in the water with whale sharks. The government strictly enforces rules related to w... Full report  
3 stars
5 stars  
10/2023   Elissa A Mayo
1000+ Dives
 
Sea Robin Cozumel/ Fiesta Americana Cozumel Full report       Sea Robin Cozumel promotes themselves as a premier scuba diving company in the heavily saturated dive op destination of Cozumel, M... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
8/2007   Karen Driskill
100+ Dives
 
Sea Robin Diving/ Villablanca Hotel Full report       "COZUMEL with Sea Robin Diving"
I have been diving with Sea Robin for many years. I am loyal because Eduardo and Victor make the fun, excellent diving of Cozumel ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
11/2022   NEAL LANGERMAN
1000+ Dives
Photos available
1Helpful vote(s) received
Sea Urchin Dive/ At Home in Cozumel Full report       Rented an oceanfront private house (Villa El Dorado) from At Home in Cozumel ( [. . . ] ) which was fantastic. 4 BR/ 3BA w... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
8/2002   Fred Teed
1000+ Dives
 
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