Dive Review of Aldora Divers/Suites Bahia in
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Aldora Divers/Suites Bahia, Feb, 2007, by Buzz Waterston, PA, USA ( 2 reports). Report 3241.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Suites Bahia a little spartan, but right in the center of town and very well priced (about $70/night). Small kitchenette with a decent size refrigerator. Rooms on the fourth floor the most quiet---I recommend 42, 44, or 46, all of which have balconies for drying your stuff and looking out obliquely over the water, without the noise of being right over Avenida Rafael Melgar. Free internet access in the lobby. Aldora Divers are the best. Fast small boats get you to the sights before they're mobbed. My son (12 dives before this) and I dove Punta Sur Sur, and I did Maracaiba last year. It was lobster mating season, so we saw some huge males out in the open looking for babes. My son saw his first shark, a 7' nurse shark free swimming in front of us for about 100 yards. Saw huge groupers in the 4-5' range, 5' cubera snapper, 3' porcupine fish, rays, and turtles. Favorite dives were Palancar Gardens for its wonderful swimthroughs, and Tunich/Yucab for the fish life (including a splendid toadfish). The dives site seemed less sanded-over than last year, and the island is completely rebuilt since Wilma pass over it a couple of years ago. Playa del Carmen is worth a ferry ride and a day on the beach (tops are optional there; lots of Europeans) but is no longer a charming little village. There's even a Wal-Mart there now. If you go to Cozumel, please don't judge it by walking along the main drag by the water, Avenida Rafael Melgar. Go to the municipal mercado where the Mexicans eat delicious fresh lunches for $4, and explore Avenidas 15, 20, and 25. It feels much more Mexican than it does closer to the water.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	All over the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	dry	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	80-120 Ft/ 24-37 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Only dive restriction was that we come up with at least 500 psi. We tended to come up in a group (never more than 6 divers on the boat); if someone was sucking air, the divemaster would feed her/him air through an octopus with 10' hose.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	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 Aldora Divers/Suites Bahia in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel

Aldora Divers/Suites Bahia, Feb, 2007,

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Dive Review of Aldora Divers/Suites Bahia in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel