Barracuda Reef Depth: 45' - 110' Skill level: Expert	Located on the north end of the island, this wall and reef area can be especially treacherous since the strong drift is typically north and there is no island beyond the end of this reef area ~ just open sea. Not uncommon to drift several miles on this dive so it is safest to dive only with small groups of experienced, drift/current divers and properly equipped dive operators. Because of the severity of conditions, the Port Captain monitors and restricts tourist diving in this area heavily.  Rough conditions both topside and below at reef levels are not conducive to recreational divers on a regular basis. Even in good weather, the current runs 2 to 3 knots and down-currents along the wall are not uncommon. These ocean conditions attract large pelagics like reef sharks and eagle rays looking for converging currents.
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		Saturday, March 4   Pedro Pablo - Blue XT~Sea Diving Today the dives were typical expert level dives in the north. We had a current of around 2 knots running from south to north. Visibility was beautiful at 100 feet or more. The temperature was 78º and the reef was really beautiful and full of sponges, fans, and teaming with fish. We dove a multi-level profile on EAN 32 with a max depth of 100feet for 60 minutes. We saw three Eagle rays, several very large grouper, a free swimming green moray, several turtles and big schools of horse-eye jacks, grunts, and mahogany snappers. It was really a beautiful dive, but not for the beginner or intermediate diver.
	San Juan Reef Depth: 40' - 80' Skill level: Expert	Located on the north end of the island, this reef area can be dangerous to dive if current is running fast. Because of the severity of conditions, the Port Captain monitors and restricts tourist diving in this area heavily. Rough conditions both topside and below at reef levels are not conducive to recreational divers on a regular basis. The coral here is beautiful and the big barrel sponges oddly shaped reflecting the continual swift current. Lots of reef fish to be seen on a drift dive if the current will allow gazing!
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		Saturday, March 4   Pedro Pablo - Divemaster - Blue XT~Sea Diving A very fast dive but beautiful and alot of fun. We saw five Eagle Rays and too many turtles to remember along with schools of grunts and snappers. There was one section that was heavily damaged by Wilma...a field of finger corals at about 40 feet....the rest of the reef looked great! Visibility was excellent and the current was very, very fast. We ended the dive at the beginning of Barracuda reef! Our max depth was 60 feet and we dove EAN 36 for 65 minutes.
	Villa Blanca Shallows Depth: 15' - 40' Skill level: Novice	This is a great beach dive (day or night) accessible in front of Villa Blanca Hotel. Tanks and even equipment are available for rent at any of the many dive shops located in this area. The best area to dive is to the south of the piers. The gentle sloping entry makes this a great dive for beginners and the sunlight of the shallows coupled with the abundant coral and reef fish also makes this an excellent photographer’s dive as well. Many of the elusive, spotted golden-tail eels call these coral heads home along with a green moray, squirrel fish and lots of sea fans.
	Villa Blanca Wall Depth: 50' - 60' Skill level: Intermediate	Wall dives like this provide the best of both worlds: the chance to skim along the top of the wall and view both shallow water marine life and to possibly glimpse a large pelagic gliding by in the deeper waters along the wall. Not uncommon to see spotted eagle rays in this area.
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		Thursday, December 6   Dive Paradis - Dive Master 60-80 foot visibility - medium current Saw Flander, Morenas, Rays Monday, December 24   Antonio - Dive Master, Dive Paradise About 60 foot visibility and low current. Saw eagle rays, scorpion, nurse shark and octopus
	Paradise Shallows (Caleta) Depth: 20' - 30' Skill level: Novice	An excellent beach dive both day and night and great for snorkeling as well. This area is just north of the Caleta and accessible from the same road that goes into Caleta. Just veer north and the road dead ends into the open beach area. Because of its proximity to Caleta many dive shops and freelancers use this as a staging area for certification dives so it is not uncommon for there to be a lot of people as well as equipment on the beach. Despite the traffic this area never disappoints and continues to develop prolific coral which supports and abundance of marine life including crabs, lobster and octopus. During the annual coral spawning nights, this area is where a lot of folks (scientists, divers, photographers) gather to observe it since it is easy to snorkel out and check progress before eventually donning dive equipment to observe the spawn.
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		Monday, December 24   Jose Pool - Dive Paradise, DiveMaster 75 foot visibility with slow current; water 80F. Corals, fish, octopus and crabs.
	Paradise Reef Depth: 40' - 50' Skill level: Novice	A series of three separate reefs running parallel to shore approximately 200 yards out. This is one of the few reef areas accessible to beach divers. All three sections have abundant marine life including octopi and the reclusive Splendid Toad Fish which lives only in Cozumel waters. Most popular spot for night dives.
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		Tuesday, May 30   Arturo - Blue XT~Sea Diving A nice shallow afternoon dive with some excited new divers which always makes my job more fun. Profile: 40ft:52 minutes Current: Slow Temp: 80 Vis: 80 to 100 feet Wednesday, November 7   Bob Roquil Did a night dive here twice during my stay in Cozumel and it was excellent both times. Water temp. was about 82 and there was no current to speak of. Plenty to see ~ crabs, octopus, eels. Great dive site with good night viz!
	Las Palmas Shallows (Dzul Ha Beach) Depth: 20' - 40' Skill level: Novice to Intermediate	Voted the#1 snorkel spot in the Caribbean by Skin Diver Magazine readers in 2002, this is one of Cozumel’s must see snorkel areas and it makes an excellent beach or boat dive both day and night. No dive shops are located in this area at present so plan to rent tanks elsewhere for beach dives. Typically boat dives in this area will commence along the Las Palmas wall and then move inward toward the shallows toward the end of the dive. There are patches of coral growth throughout the sandy bottom filled with entire families of lobster and crab, golden tail eels, spotted morays and puffer fish. Plenty of wrasse, flounder and sand rays lurk amongst the coral growth. Curious sargent majors are everywhere since so many snorkel groups pass through this area. Many large parrot fish traverse this area and spotted eagle rays can be seen feeding in the sand flats during the winter months. Be sure to check the direction of the current as it often varies from the norm closer into shore aand often runs a bit stronger than along the wall as well.
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		Thursday, November 29   Victor Gamboa - Dive Master - Dive Paradise Visibility 80 -90 feet. Low current. Saw 4 turtles, 1 octopus
	Las Palmas Wall Depth: 50' - 70' Skill level: Novice to Intermediate	Relatively calm currents prevail at this site popular for finding bat fish, seahorses, and Splendid Toads. Superb night dive for those comfortable with wall diving at night.
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		Wednesday, March 1   Pedro Pablo - DM - Blue XT~Sea Very relaxing twilight dive. We saw many crabs and lobster and two octopus and MANY toadfish. Slow current, 70 feet visibility, 79º, 60 feet/55 minutes Friday, March 3   Javier Coronado - Instructor - Blue XT~Sea Diving Today was a nice easy dive with very slow current and exceelent visibility. The water temperature was 78º. We saw many Splendid Toadfish, a spotted drum, two turtles, an Eagle Ray, and an octopus. 60 feet for 65 minutes, EAN 36 Monday, May 29   Arturo - Blue XT~Sea DIving Nice dive with many sightings today. Octopus, squid, baby nurse shark inside a barrel sponge, turtle, and juvenile drumfish Profile: 65ft/60min multi-level Current: medium Temp: 78 Vis: 100ft Monday, May 21   Carlos Llamas - Instructor, Dive Paradise It was our 2nd dive of the day. We dove again the shallow and the wall. Temp was 82Fh, Vis 75-100ft, current mild and again lots of marine life. On the shallow section lots of Lobsters just walking arround out of the holes and some of them about 3ft long. I counted 5 Splendid Toad fish and lots of Queens and Angels. On the wall we ran into a Turtle, Spotted Eels, Groupers and lots of diferent types of sponges in good healthy shape. Overall it was a great dive. Tuesday, October 23   Sherri Davis - PADI OWSI #81862 Second dive of a bright sunny day perfect for diving! Viz was really good here at 100+ and current was mild. Still lots of coral, sponges and marine life here for sure. Lots of pairs of french angel fish (both grey and black), scorpion fish, spotted moray eel, a juvenile puffer fish and a cave full of 15+ lobster! Friday, November 23   Mauricio Aviles - Open Water Diver, Morelia Michoacan Mexico This was our second dive of the day. Beautiful water clarity and lots of marine life on this wall dive. Saw group of spotted eagle rays, a southern sting ray, turtles, several lobster and a big crab. Toward the end of the dive we traveled in over the sandy bottom to do our safety stop and found a baby nurse shark (about 3 feet) under one of the coral heads. Current was mild and water temperature was 79F Saturday, November 24   Michael D. Diver - Dive Paradise Visibility 75 feet with low current Saw 2 octopus together in the daylight!! Sunday, November 25   Victor Gamboa- Dive Master, Dive Paradise 80 foot visibility and low current. Saw 5 turtles, 3 eagle rays, 1 green moray eel and 1 octopus!! Tuesday, November 27   Dive Master, Dive Paradise 80 foot visibility with low current. Saw eagle rays, octopus, morenas, lobster and various fish. Saturday, December 15   Antonio - Dive Master - Dive Paradise 80 foot visibility with no current Lots of sea turtles
	Chankanaab Reef Depth: 30' - 50' Skill level: Novice to Intermediate	A long continuous band of colorful coral reef filled with cracks and crevices and holes which attract all sorts of marine life looking for shelter. There are sand rays under the coral ledges, stonefish and scorpion fish as well as splendid toadfish and lots of trigger and tang fish. The incredible quantity of very large sized lobster and crab in this area as well as octopus which are all typically shy in daylight, makes this a superb choice for night dives.
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		Wednesday, November 7   Allen Cavenaugh A beautiful stretch of coral just in front of the park. Lots of sea whips, sea fans and big round coral growths. We had no current at all and the water temperature was 81F. Check all the holes and caverns of the coral with a light ~ there are lots of big crabs and lobster living inside! Saturday, December 15   Jose Pool - Dive Paradise, Dive Master 60 foot visibility with slow current ~ crabs, lobster and eels in many areas.
	Chankanaab Balones Depth: 60' - 70' Skill level: Novice	A large series of balloon-shaped coral heads teaming with all sorts of marine critters. The limestone shoreline of this are is very porous and often fresh water run off will diminish visibility especially after heavy rains. Still worth diving regularly due to abundance of crab and lobster. Excellent night dive.
	Chankanaab Caves Depth: 35' Skill level: Novice	An interesting dive found at the south end of Chankanaab Park. Excellent beach dive that can be reached either from Chankanaab Park itself or by entering south of the park towards Corona beach where there is no park entrance fee. Cold fresh water flows out of limestone caves called cenotes. Large Tarpan can be found swimming around in the entrance to the caves. Stay in the ambient light and do not venture far back. Interesting mixing of cold fresh water on the top layer with the warm salt water below.
	C-53 Wreck Xicotencatl Depth: 80' Skill level: Novice to Intermediate	Marked by a highly visible buoy, the vessel is 184 feet long & 33 feet wide, and consists of 4 decks. The sinking job by the Mexican Navy & wreck experts was quite remarkable in that it rests almost perfectly upright & flat with the bow facing SSE & stern NNW. According to my depth gauge, the superstructure starts at 26', the main deck at 54' & the bottom, which is secured to prevent movement in storms, is at 78'. The craft is intact as sunk with the exception of one rudder which is now about 25' to the stern.
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		Saturday, November 17   Mary Sturgent This is a good wreck dive for beginners like me. I like that you don't have to go insidie if you don't want to and you still see plenty of fish and marine life. Lots of critters there around the ship.
	Tormentos Reef Depth: 50' - 70' Skill level: Intermediate	Some of the fastest currents can be found here that often make for adventurous drift diving. A series of colorful coral heads separated by sand valleys and dunes pushed up by prevailing currents. Sand formations between the coral ribbons constantly change and provide a beautiful contrast to the lush coral. Home to very friendly and big green moray. Angelfish, groupers, grunts and snapper are common. Good second dive.
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		Wednesday, November 7   Aron Timbell A beautiufl dive site with lots of fish to see. The current was steady and moved us right along the edge of the wall. Plenty of snapper, barracuda and colorful coral. Enjoyed the place.
	Yucab Reef Depth: 45' - 60' Skill level: Novice	Beautiful dense, low profile ribbon of corals and sponges that is full of life and color. Widest variety of reef fish can be found here in large quantities daily. Grouper and barracuda usually hang out with divers as they drift with the current.
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		Friday, December 7   Diane Ragsdale Have been on this reef many times over the years and it is still one of my favorites for finding small fish for pictures. The coral is lush and healthy here and makes a fantastic backdrop for any photo. Current was mild this week and water about 80F. Lots of fish here to see and photograph.
	Yucab (Virgin) Wall Depth: 40' - 130' Skill level: Expert	Strong currents typically prevent local divemasters from bringing in large groups of inexperienced divers. As a result, the sheer vertical wall has been left pristine and lush. Several dives are needed to fully absorb the site. Excellent multilevel computer dive.
	Punta Tunich Depth: 50' - 130' Skill level: Intermediate to Advanced	Rock and roll in this swift current on a daily basis and just go along for the drift. From a sand bottom at 70 feet, a long ridge of coral rises from the sand dunes between 40 to 60 feet. Often turtles hide in the seagrass. Photo buffs will really work on this dive. Good option is to leave the camera on the boat and just enjoy the ride!
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		Thursday, March 2   Pedro Pablo Pech Chale - DM - Blue XT~Sea Diving The current was very slow, visibility was 70 feet and the water temperature was 79º We dove 60 feet for 60 minutes/multi-level and saw alot of small stuff today including an octopus, a pipehorse, scorpionfish, and three splendid toadfish. We also saw a SOuthern Stingray and some big grouper. It was a very nice tranquil dive. Monday, November 26   Alonso, Dive Master, Dive Paradise 60 foot visibility with low current. Saw green morey eel, turtles, midnight, parrots, grunts, angels Sunday, December 23   Gollo Pool - Dive Paradise, Dive Master 60 foot visiblity with low current Reef in great shape - saw Eagle Rays Sunday, December 23   Jesus, Pepe and Rafael- Dive Paradise, Dive Masters Good visibility with low current Lots of life on the reef!!
	Cordona Reef Depth: 20' - 50' Skill level: Novice	An excellent shallow reef area for snorkeling and diving. This reef area is teeming with schools of colorful tropical reef fish, lots of juvenile fish and anemones. Colorful sponges and sea fans add to the beauty of this shallow dive. With typically mild currents and great visability this reef is good for beginners and photographers doing macro work.
	San Francisco Reef/Wall Depth: 35' - 50' Skill level: Intermediate	Begins on the Southern end of Old San Francisco Beach. This half mile reef is broken into three sections, separated by about 60 yards of sand. This is one of the shallowest wall dives and is loaded with life. Skim along between 35 and 50 feet and enjoy the big grouper and playful green moray eels.
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		Wednesday, March 1   Pedro Pablo - DM - Blue XT~Sea Diving The current here today was very fast but the people had fun. Visibility 80 feet, temperature 79º, and a maximum depth of 60 feet, dive time 58 minutes. We saw some big grouper and a free swimming moray. There wasn't time to stop and look for small marine life because the current was very fast today..almost as fast as Barracuda was last week! Thursday, May 25   Pedro Pablo - Blue XT~Sea Diving Pedro took a differnet group back to San Francisco today in hopes of finding at least one of his batfish again as he had clearly marked the area. They weren't there but all hope wasn't lost. He found a yellow seahorse instead which was exciting as it's the first one we have seen since Wilma! Profile: 70ft/60min Current: Medium Temp: 80 Vis: 80 to 90 Tuesday, May 30   Pedro Pablo - Blue XT~Sea Diving NIce dive as usual with alot of life. Visibility wasn't so great today but it was still beautiful. Profile: 60ft/60min Current: Slow Temp: 80 Vis: 50 to 60 feet Monday, May 21   Carlos Llamas - Instructor, Dive Paradise We dove the shallow section and the wall. Current whas mild to none, water temp 84Fh, Vis 100+ and as we continued to 50ft to 75ft we saw lots of healthy coral, 2 Eagle rays, lots of groupers,Snappers, Angels, and at the end one huge green moray.
	Santa Rosa Shallows Depth: 20' - 50' Skill level: Intermediate	Exploring these healthy patches of coral teeming with fish and sponges is an excellent way to end a deep wall dive or to do as shallow second dive. Drift over the pure white sandy bottom from area to area in a relatively mild current since the large formations along the wall provide some protection to the coral patches in the shallows. Sponges are abundant as well as a variety of hard corals, angel fish, box fish, snapper and lots of trigger fish populate this area. Very photogenic area with the light reflecting off of the sandy bottom.
	Santa Rosa Wall Depth: 50' - 130' Skill level: Intermediate	One of Cozumel's most popular deep dives simply because it never disappoints. The wall starts at 50 feet and drops straight into the deep! . Immense sponges, huge overhangs of stoney coral and lots of caves and swim through tunnels. Eagle rays and turtles are often spotted here as well as large grouper and turtles. Excellent multilevel computer dive.
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		Wednesday, March 1   Pedro Pablo - DM - Blue XT Sea Diving This was a nice afternoon dive with a very slow current. 70 feet visibility, 79º, and max depth 80 feet for 50 minutes. The wall still has some sand deposits, but it looks much better than it did two months ago! Every day, little by little it gets better. Friday, March 3   Javier Coronado - Instructor - Blue XT~Sea Diving The dives today were beautiful and the best visibility I've seen in a few weeks. Visibility was easily 100feet or more. Water temp 78º, current = moderate. The wall still has some sand deposit but it is looking better. The wall from the middle of the dive to the end is still as beautiful as ever and the swim throughs are still great. Today we saw a turtle, two nurse sharks, and all fo the usual suspects. Profile: Multi-level, 80 ft max, 60 minutes, EAN 32 Wednesday, November 21   Emilio - Dive Master, Dive Paradise Visibility 75 feet with a low current- Saw- Nurse sharks, Spotted Eagle Rays, Turtles and Grouper Wednesday, November 28   Luis - Dive Master, Dive Paradise 60 + visibility and low current. Saw eagle rays, turtles and eels Wednesday, November 28   Gregorio - Dive Master, Dive Paradise 60 foot visibility and low current. Saw fish, turtles, and live coral. Thursday, December 6   Dive Master, Dive Paradise 80 foot visibility - medium current Saw 2 eagle rays, gata and turtles Saturday, December 15   Jose Pool - Dive Master - Dive Paradise 80 foot visibility with no current Saw rays, turtles and eels
	Paseo del Cedral Reef (Cedar Pass) Depth: 35' - 60' Skill level: Intermediate	A series of ribbon reefs with expansive low profile caverns interspersed and used as swim throughs. Prior to enforcement of Marine Park "no feed" regulations, this was THE place to find green morays and spotted morays. There are still plenty of eels in the area but are more difficult to spot now unless accompanied by an experienced guide. One swim through often filled with glassy silver sides. Lots of snapper and grunts for excellent photos. Perfect second dive.
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		Tuesday, December 5   Fox Hill Temp 82 - Visibility 100 ft - Very active reef with an incredible number and variety of fish. Tuesday, October 23   Sherri Davis - PADI OWSI 81862 A beautiful day for diving with winds kicking up from the north as a norte which blew in yesterday ran its course. Early in the day topside conditions were windy almost causing departure from caleta. However, waters calmed enough by departure time for a pick up at Hotel Cozmel's pier. Viz was good at about 100 ft & current was very light. Saw several lobster, 2 spendid toadfish, a scorpion fish, and several brillian yellow anenome pads. Great photo ops on a huge spotted eagle ray and a hawksbill. As for hurricane damage, virtually non-existent here. The one thing I noticed was the absence of some small, low lying stuff like hydroids which will quickly regenerate. Overall an excellent dive! Wednesday, November 28   Gregorio - Dive Master, Dive Paradise 50 foot visibility and low current. Saw fish, turtles and sharks.
	Paseo del Cedral Wall Depth: 50' - 90' Skill level: Intermediate	Usually a very swift current that allows you to "fly" along the wall so expect a good ride. Enjoy the view as you glide over the flat wall top gazing at both coral marine life and large critters passing by at depth over the wall. Lots of big barrel sponges formed sideways by prevailing currents.
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		Sunday, December 23   Jesus, Pepe and Rafael- Dive Paradise, Dive Masters Good visibility with little current
	Punta Dalila Depth: 25' - 80' Skill level: Intermediate	A healthy reef strip populated by angel fish, squirrel fish and schools of grunts.. There are a lot of out croppings and overhangs of coral on the outer wall of this reef closest to the wall which are home to crabs and green moray eels. Good variety of corals and sponges along with the typically mild current makes this a good choice for photographers and it also makes a good second dive of the day.
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		Monday, December 24   Jose Pool - Dive Paradise, Dive Master 100 foot visibility with slow current, water 80F Saw grouper, eel and stingray
	La Francesa Reef Depth: 40' - 60' Skill level: Intermediate	This area is partly a strip of colorful coral as well as patches of coral with a good variets of multicolored sponges and gorgonians. An excellent second dive of the day and great for photography with its splendid toadfish, butterfly fish and resident grouper. All of this, coupled with the barracuda that often shadow divers here, can be enough to put some divers on sensory overload.
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		Thursday, December 7   Fox Hill Plenty of interesting marine life - including a free swimming green moray. A long swim-through near the end of the reef was opened by Wilma, and gives a great cenote dive feeling. Monday, December 24   Jose Pool - Dive Paradise, Dive Master 60 foot visibility with low current Saw turtles and nurse shark
	Palancar Gardens (Shallows) Depth: 40' - 70' Skill level: Novice	An excellent first dive for those not yet confident in their dive skills or perhaps some one who's been a few years without diving. These coral formations are very colorful and have literally hundreds of species of coral jammed together with purple and orange sponges interspersed. Calm currents typically prevail allowing maximum photo opportunities. Lots of crevices with colorful reef fish and banded cleaner shrimp.
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		Tuesday, May 30   Pedro Pablo - Blue XT~Sea Diving Great dive today with several turtles, a large green moray and an abundance of juveniles all around. Profile: 80ft/50min - multi-level Vis: 80ft Current: Nada Temp: 80 Tuesday, November 27   Dive Master, Dive Paradise 60 foot visibility and low current. Saw meros, turtles, barracuda. Wednesday, November 28   Gato - Dive Master, Dive Paradise 80 foot visibility and low current. Saw lots of different fish and live coral.
	Palancar Horseshoe Depth: 25' - 125' Skill level: Intermediate	A series of tightly packed giant coral heads rise from 100 feet to within 20 feet of the surface. A spectacular view for camera lenses pointing up for profile type shots. One of Cozumel's busiest deep dives since currents are usually slow running and visibility stays around 200 feet minimum.
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		Monday, May 29   Arturo - Blue XT~Sea Diving Very nice dives with alot of life and swim throughs. Profile: 75ft/64min multi-level Current: None Temp: 80 Vis: 80 to 100 ft Monday, December 24   Dive Master, Dive Paradise Actually was Palancar Bricks but didn't see that as an option. 60 Feet visibility with low current. Saw turtles, mero and eagle rays
	Palancar Caves Depth: 60' - 90' Skill level: Intermediate	Another of Cozumel's most popular deep dives because of its deep buttresses, tunnels, caves and big caverns that sit along the edge of a sloping wall. Currents are usually mild and marine life is abundant. Turtle, shark and eagle ray sightings are very common.
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		Sunday, March 5   Javier Coronado - Blue XT~Sea Diving 90 feet max/60 minutes; multi-level The visibility was excellent today with at least 100 feet. The current was light, water temp is 79. We saw sharls, rays, eel, and all the normal stuff. Great dive! Thursday, August 10   Fox Hill The condition of the Palancar Caves reef is excellent. Coral, sponges, fish, and other wildlife are plentiful and thriving. Great diving to be had with outstanding photographic opportunities. Monday, November 26   Alonso - Dive Master, Dive Paradise 70 foot visbility with low current. Saw Nassau Grouper, butterfly fish, parrot fish, horse eye jack. Wednesday, November 28   Nacho Diaz, Dive Master, Dive Paradise 70-80 foot visibility with low current. The coral is alive and still beautiful. Saw turtles, big coral, new caves!! Saturday, December 15   Mauricio Aviles - Diver 100 foot visibility and low current. Saw turtles, running tuna, permit Sunday, December 23   Gollo Pool - Dive Paradise, Dive Master 80 foot visibility with low current Reef in good shape and saw turtles.
	Palancar Bricks Depth: 60' - 90' Skill level: Intermediate	Another section of Cozumel's most spectacular reef and an excellent deep dive. Large coral formations rise up from the brilliant white sandy bottom which easily slopes off into the blue abyss. Divers can wind in and around the large coral formations where marine life flourishes. But the stunning blue color of the abyss contrasted with the sandy bottom is what mesmerizes most divers visiting this area. Currents are usually mild and turtle, shark and eagle ray sightings are very common. Normally excellent visability makes this a photographer’s dream dive for those breathtaking "upward views".
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		Thursday, March 2   Pedro Pablo - DM - Blue XT~Sea Diving 80 feet/60 minutes/multi-level; Very slow current today, 79º water, and visibility about 70 feet. We had soeme great sightings today...two Eagle rays and 3 turtles! It was a beautiful dive as always and remains one of my favorite dives in Cozumel. Tuesday, December 4   Mauricio Aviles - Open Water Diver, Morelia Michoacan Mexico Beautiful first dive with calm seas and mild current. Excellent visibility of 150 ft or more and water temp of 80F. Saw eagle rays, a nurse shark and a large grouper. Thursday, December 6   Dive Paradise Dive Master 90 foot visibility - medium current Saw turtles, gata, morena, eagle rays (raya pinta) Sunday, May 18   Christi - Blue XT~Sea Diving It seems as if the currents are finally calming down, and leaving some famous Cozumel visibility in their path. Today was one of the finest days of Cozumel diving I can remember. Mild currents, gin clear visibility, and a great dive group! Not a bad way to spend a Sunday!
	Columbia Shallows Depth: 15' - 35' Skill level: Novice	To go any deeper one needs a shovel. This is the perfect dive for photographers wanting maximum bottom time. This seemingly never ending sea garden is a popular second dive full of schooling snapper and grunts. Barracuda lurk around divers as they concentrate on the colorful reef fish that populate the site.
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		Wednesday, May 31   Christi - Blue XT~Sea Diving This was a fantastic dive. Nice, peaceful and no current so it was a photographers dream as it always is. We found a pipefish, a juvenile spotted drum, the biggest pufferfish I've ever seen, splendid toads, and a banded jawfish...plus so much more. Profie: 30ft/90min Current: Nothing Temp: 80 Vis: 100+
	Columbia Deep Depth: 60' - 90' Skill level: Intermediate	Impressive drop off at 60 to 80 feet. Deep diving at its finest, at least as spectacular as any part of the Palancar. A series of gigantic coral pinnacles, most over 90 feet, marked with caves, tunnels and caverns. Large marine life such as eagle rays, turtles and large barracuda often seen.
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		Wednesday, March 1   Pedro Pablo - DM - Blue XT~Sea Diving We did Columbia "normal" today and dove to a max of 80 feet for 55 minutes. The current was slow, visibility was 70 feet and the temperature was 79º. We did all of the swim-throughs, saw one turtle and all of the usual life on Columbia. It was a really nice relaxing dive. Thursday, December 7   Fox Hill Temp 82 - Visibilty 100 ft - Reef in in very good condition - For photographers, Columbia's formations are one of the best examples of 3D relief to be found anywhere. Saturday, December 1   Dive Master - Dive Paradise 80 - 90 feet visibility and slow current Saw morenas, lobstrs, turtles, scorpion fish, rays Friday, December 14   Dive Master - Dive Paradise 80 foot visibility with little current Nurse sharks and sea turtles Friday, December 21   J Pool- Dive Paradise, Dive Master 80 foot visibility with some current ~ Lots of sea life Monday, December 24   Jose Pool - Dive Paradise, Dive Master 60 foot visibility with low current Saw turtles, lots of fish and eagle rays
	Punta Sur Depth: 90' - 130' Skill level: Advanced	An excellent multilevel dive for experienced divers only. Due to its southern location and exposure to prevailing tradewinds, topside conditions can be rough. This coupled with fast running midwater currents that can cause one to miss the dive site entirely, makes this NOT a dive for those who cannot descend relatively problem free. This site has two distinct sections and the air usage capability of the divers will determine if you can see both in one dive.  The most famous section, "Devil's Throat," starts inside a coral swim through. Divers descend into the opening of a dark narrow tunnel at 90 feet and takes you out into a sunlit opening at 130 feet on the wall overlooking the abyss. Eagle rays and sharks are occasionally spotted here. The other section of this site "The Cathedral," is a large cave opening with giant sponges that form a cross in the ceiling of the cave where light passes through. Very impressive photo if divers refrain from kicking up the sand.
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		Sunday, December 2   Dive Paradise - Dive Master 130 feet visibility with slow current Saw lobsters, turtles, eagle ray, scorpion fish, green moray and gold moray
	Chun Chancab Reef Depth: 50' - 100' Skill level: Advanced	Often overlooked in favor of the surrounding well known sites on the southern tip of the island, this area has an excellent variety of sponges and sea fans in the flats which gently slope down to an eventual wall. The top of the wall here runs around 100 ft. Drifting along the wall, it is not uncommon to spot larger pelagics which seem to love the unpredictable currents that converge in this area.
	Maracaibo Shallows Depth: 70' - 90' Skill level: Advanced	Even though this is a deep area it is referred to as “the shallows” since it is the flat sandy area inland from the wall. This is a superb area to drift over after doing the wall dive in order to clear your computer. As divers multi level through this area, turtle sightings are common. Often during nesting season, as many a 3 different species of turtle can be spotted: hawksbill which do not nest in Cozumel but migrate through and then green and loggerheads which do nest here from May through September. Big barracuda and jacks are typically all around for those with a keen eye.
	Maracaibo Wall Depth: 90' - 160' Skill level: Expert	This is one of the southernmost dive sites on the island for recreational divers and is very exposed to current and topside surf due to it's location. Because this southern end of the island drops off gradually, Maracaibo is really a wall dive but a very deep one.  As a multilevel computer dive focused at best from 100 - 120 feet, it can be awesome. It can also be a dud for those with excessive "expectations." It is simply: a deep, wall dive with the top of the wall beginning around 100 feet ... hence limited bottom time unless multileveled. However, due to its more remote location, it's not uncommon to see schools of hammerheads or shoals of eagle rays as divers drift in the midwaters high above the ocean floor. This is not a dive for those needing to be "up close and personal" with the wall. Usually the midwater drift is where the action lies.
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		Friday, November 23   Jaime - Dive Master, Dive Paradise Great visibility - 120 feet and low current Saw turtles, groupers, eagle rays and nurse shark Monday, November 26   L Pool - Dive Master, Dive Paradise 100 feet visibility with a low current. Saw eagle ray, turtles, sharks, eels and lots and lots of fish

Typical topside conditions on the east side include strong wind and large cresting swells so egress and ingress of the dive boat will be difficult and usually requires divers execute both fully geared up.


Divers should be prepared to swim to the dive boat through surf and have multiple surface signaling devices.


Divers will be diving in inaccessible places where emergency services are not readily available and significant delays might be experienced in medical emergencies.


if east side conditions are too severe, divers may have to wait for another day. Roughly 35 - 40% of of all days will not be safe for east side diving and most of those days, this will not be determined until the morning develops. This is simply a fact of east side diving and divers must be willing to accept the decisions of dive shops with regard to safety.

	El Islote Depth: 80' - 150' Skill level: Expert	Accessed by boats who venture toward the southern tip of the island and then turn eastward, this deep dive will show a different view of Cozumel. As is typical of the east side diving, in this area the ocean bottom is covered with long ribbons of coral growth that start in the shallows and continue on into the deep. Incredible quantities of staghorn coral in these bands. It is difficult to dive ”the reef” as it goes deep relatively quickly. Best bet is to check it out up close for a little bit then multi-level up into a nice mid-water dive of 60 – 80 ft. With the water clarity offered this becomes a dive with an exceptional “big picture” view. Turtle, shark and eagle rays always lurking about.
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		Saturday, May 20   Christi - Blue XT~Sea Diving The weather and conditions were perfect, so I decided to go over to check out Islote since we hadn't dove this reef before. It was really beautiful, pristime like Maracaibo Shallows. We dropped right in on a Lemon Shark who quickly swam away. The coral was untouched with seafans and sea rods swaying in the soft current. However, about 35 minutes into the dive we came upon a patch of dead coral...literally. It really did look like a bomb had gone off. I thought to myself, "This is what dead reef looks like." It was sobering. The good news is that it was only a patch of dead coral, which appeared to have been finger coral. It lasted for about 100 yards and then we were right back into healthy coral growth. Profile: 80ft/55min Current: Mild Temp: 80 Vis: 100+
	Playa Bosh El Mirador Punta Chiqueros Chen Rio Punta Morena Depth: 20' - 50' Skill level: Advanced	These shallow dives along sections of reef offer a lot of coral variety and marine life. Since this is the wild side, not many sponges or sea fans can survive in these areas but what can be seen is healthy coral and fish that really thrive in these more turbid ocean conditions. Look closely to find many juvenile fish in these shallow reef areas as well as green moray eels and nurse sharks. Visability is good and allows for good photography especially in the early morning hours. In some cases these areas can be snorkeled but again it cannot be emphasized enough that a dive boat should always be present due to the strong outward drift prevalent on this side of the island.
	Hanan Reef Los Atolones Punta Molas Depth: 30' - 100' Skill level: Advanced	These reefs are usually accessed by a journey northward around Isla de Pasion and eastward. Excellent variety of coral growth and sponges up here are home to butterfly fish, horse eye jack, schools of grunts and spotted moral eels.

Wreck Dive - C-53 Xicotencatl Depth: 80 feet max. Skill Level: Novice to Intermediate

Excerpted from a dive review written by "Doc Vikingo"

The financing of the parks programs is shared by the federal government and the civil environmental groups; represented by COPRENAT, and the dive operators through ANOAAT.

• Do your share to preserve the flora and fauna for future generations.
• Corals are fragile.
• Kicking, touching, dragging your gear causes damage, buoyancy control is your key to healthy coral.
• Photographers in particular, take pictures without causing damage.
• Marine organisms are protected by law.
• Fishing, feeding the fauna and taking souvenirs is against the law. Refrain from extracting or annoying the marine flora and fauna.
• Help us prevent pollution.
• Report fuel, oil, sewage and garbage spills to the National Park office.
• Pressure your dive operator to instruct novice divers and divers without adequate buoyancy control, and to refuse service to destructive divers.
• If you use gloves, do not grab the corals.
• If you carry a knife, keep it in the sheath.
• Use biodegradable sunblock products.