Dive Review of Mahekal Beach Resort in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

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Mahekal Beach Resort: "Playa del Carmen", Sep, 2016, by Bernard Dubois, NH, US ( Reviewer 6 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 9129.
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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
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Comments	I dive for 52 years. This month, my young wife and I went to Playa del Carmen for her to discover snorkling and diving. I was not expecting much and I was not desapointed. We stayed at the Mahekal Beach Resort. It used to be a very nice place but it is falling apart. No hot water for 2 days, no fitness center open, the main restaurant is closed for leaking roof... The diving club of the hotel is obscessed about safety. My wife cannot taste scuba diving as she has no medical document. I made 4 dives with them. 3 were miserable, one was OK: Barracuda. I was told that it was a current dive. So, when we are to go under water, I duck and aim toward the bottom fast, 70 feet. The guide and the 2 others are still close to the surface, vertical doing "controlled descent". Even taking pictures at the bottom, I am bored. Where are "les plongee d'antan"? Go to Cozumel. The first time I was there was 40 years ago. It was great. It was very good 30 and 20 years ago. 10 years ago, I got bored: more diver than fish! It was after the storm. It was still a lot better than Playa del Carmen! Diving in FL next month (my wife is due to get certified) and Maui in January for real fun.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]
Closest Airport	Cancun	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	-°F / -°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	- Ft/ - M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
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 Mahekal Beach Resort in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan

Mahekal Beach Resort: "Playa del Carmen", Sep, 2016,

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Dive Review of Mahekal Beach Resort in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan