Dive Review of King Scuba/Excellence Rivera Cancun in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Puerto Morelos

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King Scuba/Excellence Rivera Cancun: "Getting Wet Again", Oct, 2022, by Daniel C Gillespie, IL, US ( 1 report). Report 12160.
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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	bought 8 tanks of diving from King Scuba through a local charter company, Lighthouse Tours. King Scuba is a small diving operation in Puerto Morelos. Jairo Lara is an owner and the dive master. They charge $10/day for transport to and from the resort, about an 6 min ride. The dives were $110/ two tank boat dive. King Scuba does not have its own boat. The local rules only allow smaller local boats to service divers from the town dock which is in bad shape. You have to backroll off the boat and then climb back in. On the days I dove I was the only diver with King Scuba and when my wife dove we were the only ones in the boat. My wife and I were staying at the Excellence Rivera Cancun. The resort is outstanding and we have been there many times. The waters off of Puerto Morelos are a protected national park and there is a federal lab to study the park next to the town. The corals, both soft and hard, are in great shape. Having not dove for almost three years I felt a little rusty, but I have been diving for over forty years so it came back quickly. The first day we went out to two sites and saw lots of small fish, lobsters, angels, including beautiful soft coral and sponges. No larger fish except one barracuda that hovered in the distance. Second day was similar to the first but saw small eels, and a crab in some metal bell shaped fish houses that the government has dropped on the sand. Also saw stingrays, one small and one very large, about three feet across. Also saw three good sized turtle seated sea grass. On the next trip my wife accompanied and we did a single tank and saw similar fish and corals. At the end of the dive her Sherwood Luna BC broke at where the oral inflate tube attached to the bladder. Plastic part glued in completely separated. The last day I dove the wreck that the Mexican government sunk for divers on the outside of the reef .The ship is an old US coastguard boat sitting up with the bottom at 85ft, with deck at about 65ft. The boat had guts removed and part of deck removed. You can penetrate if you want. Saw two large barracudas, and many other smaller fish. I have received a Garmin Decent Mark 1 in 2019 and had not had a chance to dive with it. It is incredible, it has three displays underwater including a digital compass. It also logs everything about your dive including depth, time, temp, heart rate. Because it has GPS it maps exactly where you dove in the log. It is incredible.
Websites	King Scuba Excellence Rivera Cancun
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Grand Cayman, Hawaii, St. Thomas , Jamaica, St Lucia, The Keys, Costa Rico,
Closest Airport	Cancun	Getting There	Direct flight from Chicago
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, surge
Water Temp	83-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Safety stops even after shallow dives
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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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Dive Review of King Scuba/Excellence Rivera Cancun in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Puerto Morelos

King Scuba/Excellence Rivera Cancun: "Getting Wet Again", Oct, 2022,

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Dive Review of King Scuba/Excellence Rivera Cancun in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Puerto Morelos