Cozumel Snorkel/Dive Pics

[danield]

I dove Los Palmas,..The Palms May 6th 2010 and the "Drift" diving was great, now I hear it can get strong some times, But my experience was it was about 1/2 mph,..just enough to very SLOWLY move you forward,...very effortless diving. Our dive profile was a wall they called it, I would call it a slope.

Two dive teams of 6 divers or (3 buddy teams if you prefer that terminology) with a dive master for each team. Paradise Diver was the boat.

We dropped down on the reef to 83 fsw and drifted in a north North West direction. I shot video the entire time.

We slowly worked our way up as we drifted. At 45 minutes two of our divers were at 700 psi (new divers) so the dive master sent them up (dive master has a signal buoy on reel) so they follow it up SLOWLY, 3 minute safety stop at 15 fsw and board the boat.

We were at about 45 fsw at this point. We continued on and when we were at 54 minutes the 5 were at 17 fsw and 900 to 600 psi we ascended (LOL) to 15 fsw for our safety stop, everyone was diving their own computers and as they cleared that diver would slowly ascend to the boat.

I dive a Mares M1 RGB and I assume it is the most conservative my computer cleared LAST so me and the dive master ascended and boarded the boat so my total time was 1hr 2 minutes, and 600 psi

Is there a way for me to post the video I shot here on RC?

Dan
PADI AOW - W/Nitrox
300 + dives

Some of my notable dive locations in order of what I think are best :fish2:
Hawaii Sand Tiger, Yo 257
Cozumel
Cayman Isle Devils Den
Florida - Atlantic Tenneco towers (103 FSW), The Breakers at West Palm Beach /Keys Molasses, the Aquarium (chance encounter with a 5' Black tip reef Shark as close as 3' away), Wreck of the Washington/Gulf Venice beach (Shark Teeth) Crystal River, crystal cave, manatees, Blue Grotto (Williston)
Washington Keystone landing, Puget Sound (Elliot Bay) 15' Giant Pacific Octopus
Wisconsin Lake Michigan USS Wisconsin (128 Ffw), Kelly Kate, Lumberman

Oh and My wife is so good to me she surprised me with a Red Coral ring, and Pennant necklace DIVE FLAGS They are so kewl, she got them from a shop in cozumel:dance:

Here is a Picture I pulled from the video of a pair of French angels I would say they were about 14" Long

 

[JonnyD91]

I dove Los Palmas,..The Palms May 6th 2010 and the "Drift" diving was great, now I hear it can get strong some times, But my experience was it was about 1/2 mph,..just enough to very SLOWLY move you forward,...very effortless diving. Our dive profile was a wall they called it, I would call it a slope.

Two dive teams of 6 divers or (3 buddy teams if you prefer that terminology) with a dive master for each team. Paradise Diver was the boat.

We dropped down on the reef to 83 fsw and drifted in a north North West direction. I shot video the entire time.

We slowly worked our way up as we drifted. At 45 minutes two of our divers were at 700 psi (new divers) so the dive master sent them up (dive master has a signal buoy on reel) so they follow it up SLOWLY, 3 minute safety stop at 15 fsw and board the boat.

We were at about 45 fsw at this point. We continued on and when we were at 54 minutes the 5 were at 17 fsw and 900 to 600 psi we ascended (LOL) to 15 fsw for our safety stop, everyone was diving their own computers and as they cleared that diver would slowly ascend to the boat.

I dive a Mares M1 RGB and I assume it is the most conservative my computer cleared LAST so me and the dive master ascended and boarded the boat so my total time was 1hr 2 minutes, and 600 psi

Is there a way for me to post the video I shot here on RC?

Dan
PADI AOW - W/Nitrox
300 + dives

Some of my notable dive locations in order of what I think are best :fish2:
Hawaii Sand Tiger, Yo 257
Cozumel
Cayman Isle Devils Den
Florida - Atlantic Tenneco towers (103 FSW), The Breakers at West Palm Beach /Keys Molasses, the Aquarium (chance encounter with a 5' Black tip reef Shark as close as 3' away), Wreck of the Washington/Gulf Venice beach (Shark Teeth) Crystal River, crystal cave, manatees, Blue Grotto (Williston)
Washington Keystone landing, Puget Sound (Elliot Bay) 15' Giant Pacific Octopus
Wisconsin Lake Michigan USS Wisconsin (128 Ffw), Kelly Kate, Lumberman

Oh and My wife is so good to me she surprised me with a Red Coral ring, and Pennant necklace DIVE FLAGS They are so kewl, she got them from a shop in cozumel:dance:

Here is a Picture I pulled from the video of a pair of French angels I would say they were about 14" Long

nice... I think you can link youtube videos here if you can upload it there.

 

[fickle1]

That looks awesome! I am going to Cozumel on my honeymoon cruise in March. I am even more excited now after seeing everything. I have never even snorkeled before.

 

[dcombs44]

Would you mind telling me where you stayed and what company you traveled through? I went to Cozumel on my honeymoon for 7 days, and we paid quite a bit more than that. Would love to go back and $2300 is much more in my price range.

 

[JonnyD91]

Would you mind telling me where you stayed and what company you traveled through? I went to Cozumel on my honeymoon for 7 days, and we paid quite a bit more than that. Would love to go back and $2300 is much more in my price range.

I actually went through Liberty Travel. We stayed at OCCIDENTAL GRAND COZUMEL

http://www.grandcozumel.com/

We did have connecting flights both ways and a 4 hour layover in huston. That was part of the reason it was soo cheap. I saves 800.00 by opting for the layover. I thought it was worth it.

The hotel was really nice and the service was very good.

WHere did you stay on your honneymoon?

 

[dcombs44]

We stayed at the Cozumel Palace. We really liked it, and liked Cozumel much better than Cancun. It felt quite a bit more authentic and laid back. We paid a bit more, but it was a couple years ago, and we also had pretty good layovers both ways in Atlanta.

I stayed at the Moon Palace in Riviera Maya (owned by same company) which was also very nice.

If I'm not mistaken, the Occidental and Cozumel Palace were both in the top 2 or 3 ratings wise on the island.

Thanks for the info.

 

[JonnyD91]

no problem. I liked it soo much i plan to go again and stay at the same place.
I def. recommend it