![]() The DM shot a marker when anyone was ready to ascend and the boat was always right there when you surfaced. The DM’s were good at pointing stuff out, tons of turtles and groupers, a bunch of green morays and nurse sharks, 3 reef sharks, one eagle ray, an octopus and the usual critters, and after the first day, did not hound you about air, just asked that you let them know when you were at 1000 psi. We did one reef twice, at our request, otherwise hit different spots all five days. Dive House picked us up every morning around 8:30 right at the resort dock, normally 2-4 other divers, you dove your computer, dive times were one hour, depth up to 100fsw, which is fine for my group. Nitrox is $12/tank, DH had my nitrox tanks on the boat all five days and I analyzed the tanks, which were marked correctly. You do not have to walk to the actual shop, which is a long walk on the beach (heehee). You check in at the little tiki hut dive booth on the beach the first day and pay your marine park fee, cash. We usually get our own boat but did not have enough firm commitments at booking time. Overall, nice quiet clean resort, probably perfect for couples, and I would definitely stay there again. They also should put more desk staff on Saturday afternoon, check-in took way too long after a long day of travelling. I heard this complaint many times during the week. My one and only true complaint about the resort is the lack of shade, I think there is one umbrella for every 12 chairs on the beach, one umbrella per four loungers would be reasonable. The beach had plenty of loungers, no towel cards, just grab a clean towel out of one of the brown towel boxes, which was perfect. Also, there was evening entertainment, dancers, karaoke, fire twirlers which looked pretty cool, the typical. There was a beach BBQ one eve which was fun and one afternoon a lunch seafood fest with live band. There were activities but we got our exercise diving, we played bingo in the pool one day. The Coco café is open 24/7 also, so you can get a coffee, a donut etc. There is also room service, 24 hours a day, we never used it but a lot of folks did. The SkyBar on the roof is a nice place to meet for a drink before dinner, a perfect view of the water and sunset, nice breeze, and you can get sushi from the attached restaurant. The resort is adults only, first time for me, was actually nice and peaceful. The back pool is the activities pool, w volley ball and a swim up bar. Hell hath no fury like a non-diving spouse!įor drinks, whether you were in the beachfront pool or on a beach chair, the servers were very attentive. One night, the host just said NO, needless to say, he was wrong lol. To be considerate, our group of 9 (five rooms) went to dinner at 6 or 6:30, before the 7:30 rush, but we still seemed to get some resistance to making one big table for us. The only issue with food we had was seating. Two of the restaurants are open air so you look out over the water while eating, very nice. Best food I’ve ever had in many trips to Cozumel. The food was excellent, most of the five restaurants you order off a menu, the one buffet is good for breakfast (opens 7am) if diving, no reservations required at any restaurant, which is awesome for divers as other resorts usually open reservation bookings at 9am while you are 80 feet deep. There is also a coffee maker, a steamer, and a safe. The mini fridge was always stocked w beer, soda and water. The balcony had a table and two chairs also. Also, a big bathroom, with both a walk-in shower and a jacuzzi tub. We had an ocean view room, which was huge, with a couch, coffee table and table and two chairs, always kept clean. The first thing that pops into my mind is the very comfortable beds, like as good as home, I always felt rested in the morning. A combination of seasickness prone divers (shorter boat ride) and non-divers (shorter dive day) makes the more southern hotels attractive to our group. ![]() Yvonne at Island Dreams Dive Travel told me about a package for Secrets Aura all-inclusive/ Dive House, and away we went. The last two years, we stayed at Iberostar. So, after many years of Cozumel, we have transitioned to “high end” lol.
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