Dive Review of Dive Palancar/Occidental Grand in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

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Dive Palancar/Occidental Grand, Jun, 2008, by Mike Judd, OR, USA ( Sr. Reviewer 11 reports). Report 4409.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The hotel was a very nice all-inclusive. 5-10 minute walk from room to the dive shop. Divers do all the hauling and cleaning of equipment each day. Big room and comfortable bed, but it was not such a great idea to have smooth tile floors in a place where there are a lot of divers. Good buffet meals, and the room maids did an excellent job. This hotel is miles from town, so there is not much entertainment other that the evening sing and dance troup who put on a different show each night, same people in diffrent costumes. The diving was good, not great. Interesting walls, plenty of fish, lots of turtles, interesting reefs and walls. Also nice barracudas and lots of rays in the sand. Dive Palancar had dive times that were too short and depths that were too shallow. Everythinjg was set for the beginner diver, even if there were no beginers on the boat. Don't believe the advertising about going to Punta Sur and Maricaibo on the south end. The stock answer was "if we get enought people interested". Somehow that never happened, although I met many people who wanted to do it. Cozumel is a great dive value, anyhow.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Lots of places, including Cozumel before this trip
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	84-84°F / 29-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Short depths and times
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Dive Palancar/Occidental Grand in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

Dive Palancar/Occidental Grand, Jun, 2008,

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

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Dive Review of Dive Palancar/Occidental Grand in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan