Dive Review of Dive Paradise/Wyndham Cozumel Hotel and Resort in
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Dive Paradise/Wyndham Cozumel Hotel and Resort: "Cheap and you get what you pay for", May, 2023, by Paul Neis, AR, US ( Sr. Reviewer 9 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 12787 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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
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Comments	We were diving as part of a fairly large group and had 2 boats. One boat had a fair amount of room to move around and the other was packed in like sardines. We were on the packed boat and it was hard to get any shade. Both boats were very slow and extended rides with little bench to sit on seemed longer. The head was a toilet without a seat and was to be flushed with a bucket. Bags and shoes were jumbled up on a small shelf in that room. The dive staff took BCs and regs off and rinsed at end of day. All dives were drift dives and usually 2 staff with group of 8. Little attention during the dive and few things pointed out. It had been years since I had been to Cozumel but my memory had served me well. What we did see was often a large specimen, e.g. moray or turtle but we did not see a large variety of fish nor large numbers. Coral not dense nor in good condition. The hotel staff was, for the most part not very friendly or accommodating. The main restaurant had plenty of food on the buffet but quality nothing special. Breakfast on several days was still being set out at time we were to start. When we had a sit down, to order, meal one night as a group, the service was very slow and many of us never received our soup or salad. When that was pointed out, the wait staff shrugged. Our group chose this place to keep the cost a little lower but for a few hundred dollars, the experience was well below most of the other places we have gone in the Caribbean .
Websites	Dive Paradise Wyndham Cozumel Hotel and Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	All over Caribbean, Hawaii, Australia, lakes in midwest, Costa Rica, Philippines, Solomons, Fiji, Maldives
Closest Airport	Cozumel	Getting There	American via DFW
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Come up with the group, depth restriction only to Nitrox limit.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	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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By Garth Peterson in OH, US at Jan 26, 2026 15:19 EST

Interesting about the dive boats and shade/space. I appreciate all the poignant insight.

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Dive Review of Dive Paradise/Wyndham Cozumel Hotel and Resort in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

Dive Paradise/Wyndham Cozumel Hotel and Resort: "Cheap and you get what you pay for", May, 2023,

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Dive Review of Dive Paradise/Wyndham Cozumel Hotel and Resort in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan