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Dive Review of Aldora Divers in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

Aldora Divers: "A Great Operation for Great Diving", Jan, 2018,

by Chris Moleski, QC, CA (Reviewer Reviewer 5 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 10703.

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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations N/A Food N/A
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity 5 stars
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 5 stars
Beginners 5 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments The best thing about Aldora is that you regularly have a dive approaching 70 minutes.

The tropical fish are among the largest that I have seen for their species and their variety is great.

Aldora is located in the tourist centre of San Miguel and easily accessible by 20 minute walk from our villa in the residential section.

We were diving two to three times per week on average and could call the dive shop the previous day and were accommodated with a place on board.

For photographers, this is drift diving, so shooting small critters is a special challenge as you have to get behind a coral head in the lee of the current - you do not have much time as you have to stay with the group.

Care must be taken with groups of 6 on night dives with the current. Disorientation and staying with your group can be a challenge.

At additional cost, we hired our own U/W divemaster for our dives: so we were not restricted to keeping up with a group. We could drop behind a coral head out of the current for 10 or 15 minutes and shoot nothing but small critters in calm water. Out on the sand, we could stay with a squadron of eagle rays for as long as we could keep up.
Websites Aldora Divers   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 501-1000 dives
Where else diving Quebec, Ontario, Gulf of St. Lawrence, NE United States, Caribbean Sea, Red Sea, Liberia, West Africa, Cozumel
Closest Airport Cozumel Getting There Regular flights from most major North American airports

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy Seas calm, choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp 82-86°F / 28-30°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 100-150 Ft/ 30-46 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions It is required to stay within sight of the U/W divemaster because surfacing is done at the end of the drift dive in among other boat traffic. The guide has the necessary training and experience to do this safely and call the dive boat to come and retrieve the divers. You can also hire your own DM.
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas Squadrons
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles > 2 Whales None
Corals 5 stars Tropical Fish 5 stars
Small Critters 5 stars Large Fish 5 stars
Large Pelagics N/A

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 5 stars Boat Facilities 5 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 5 stars Shore Facilities 5 stars
UW Photo Comments Rinse water is available on board boats for both masks and cameras in separate buckets or barrels. Although there is no special place to store cameras on board, they can be safely stored under your seat, on the central console, up with the life preservers, or even in the rinse barrel.
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