Dive Review of Dive Palancar/Allegro Cozumel in
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Dive Palancar/Allegro Cozumel, Aug, 2011, by Shawn McDermott, FL, US ( Contributor 16 reports with 12 Helpful votes). Report 6215.
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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	After not having had a camera in the water for...well about forever (I DO vaguely remember running an underwater photo school in Jamaica at the first PADI training facility there, SunDiversJamaica, in 1983), I decided to take a housed Canon ELPH 300HS (an awesome point and shoot camera with a 24mm (!) lens) with wide-angle adaptor lens and a red bluewater filter...to shoot VIDEO! After working out inherent problems with internal housing condensation, I did about 8 dives out of 22 total this trip with camera in hand. You can see the results here: www DOT youtube DOT com/watch?v=yKt-28O9XNg OK, well, you've all read my reviews of Dive Palancar in the past, and they still do a superb job. At 8:30AM a boat was waiting at the Allegro dock that took me 1000 yards down the beach to the Occidental Grand, where Dive Palancar is now located. All fills were 3000 psi (I generally bring back 1000-1500psi of Nitrox), and I pretty much got to do my own dives, within the limits of the divemasters, who dive air and are in the water 3-5 times a day. I had to put up with the taunts of my divemaster pals who would prefer I dive sin (without) camera--I just called one of them and told him about the video, which pretty much speaks for itself. I did not have a camera on my last two dives, where we saw probably 7 turtles and six sharks. The Allegro has its own dive operation but I prefer to dive with my friends at DP. Accomodations there are certainly adequate, the AC worked and the beds are comfortable. Drinks at the First Club are killer good, and I also ate breakfast there every morning instead of at the breakfast buffet. Food at the Allegro is so-so, but I do not go there for the food, I go for the diving! Going back mid October for 2 weeks, back again Nov. just before Thanksgiving for 3 weeks. Contact Dive Palancar in advance by internet, luis_frias at divepalancar dot com If you ask the Allegro they will steer you to the resident dive operator, and you might not experience the fun of diving with DP. Tell 'em Chichibe sent you.
Websites	Dive Palancar
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Florida E and W coasts and Florida Keys, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Bonaire, St. Vincent, Curacao, Bahamas San Salvador, Grand Bahama, Marsh Harbour, Nassau, Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos, Pacific Costa Rica
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	100-300 Ft/ 30-91 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Max depth in Cozumel is by the dive; surface at 700 psi
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Saltwater hold tanks aboard all boats

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Dive Review of Dive Palancar/Allegro Cozumel in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel South Reefs

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Dive Review of Dive Palancar/Allegro Cozumel in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel South Reefs