Diving around Cancun

I am planning on a trip to Puerto Morelos in January. Any recommedations on
diving. Is it possible to do it on the Cheap or do you have to take the
charters?

chilly wrote:

> "Joe English" <jenglish@wisperhome.com> wrote in message
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>
>>btrueman wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I am planning on a trip to Puerto Morelos in January. Any
>
> recommedations on
>
>>>diving. Is it possible to do it on the Cheap or do you have to take the
>>>charters?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Cancun has some nice diving. But being so close to Cozumel makes it
>>worth the extra effort to get over there to dive.
>
>
> I met someone the other night, that actually prefers to dive Cancun and/or
> Playa, instead of Cozumel. Apparently, this diver though having had dozens
> of dives at Coz over the years has never seen a turtle there but always does
> on the Cancun side. I was quite surprised. Any comments?
>
>
I have only done one dive in Cancun. My first ocean dive '89. The
water was spectacular, but the currents were ripping. The guys we dove
with started the dive by having us swim into the strong current. So
strong that going down the line upon entering pulled my mask away from
my face. We burned a lot of air just starting the dive.

I prefer Coz

"Joe English" <jenglish@wisperhome.com> wrote in message
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> chilly wrote:
> > I met someone the other night, that actually prefers to dive Cancun
and/or
> > Playa, instead of Cozumel. Apparently, this diver though having had
dozens
> > of dives at Coz over the years has never seen a turtle there but always
does
> > on the Cancun side. I was quite surprised. Any comments?
> >
> >
> I have only done one dive in Cancun. My first ocean dive '89. The
> water was spectacular, but the currents were ripping. The guys we dove
> with started the dive by having us swim into the strong current. So
> strong that going down the line upon entering pulled my mask away from
> my face. We burned a lot of air just starting the dive.

After you got your mask back on, did you see any turtles?

>
> I prefer Coz

:^)

It was the first time I had ever heard a diver say that they preferred
Cancun to Coz, hence my surprise. Oh, it was also the first time I'd ever
heard a diver that had been to Coz (more than once) say that they'd never
seen any turtles there.

chilly wrote:

> "Joe English" <jenglish@wisperhome.com> wrote in message
> news:c1ea4$41afad4a$ce504903$11060@allthenewsgroup s.com...
>
>>chilly wrote:
>>
>>>I met someone the other night, that actually prefers to dive Cancun
>
> and/or
>
>>>Playa, instead of Cozumel. Apparently, this diver though having had
>
> dozens
>
>>>of dives at Coz over the years has never seen a turtle there but always
>
> does
>
>>>on the Cancun side. I was quite surprised. Any comments?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I have only done one dive in Cancun. My first ocean dive '89. The
>>water was spectacular, but the currents were ripping. The guys we dove
>>with started the dive by having us swim into the strong current. So
>>strong that going down the line upon entering pulled my mask away from
>>my face. We burned a lot of air just starting the dive.
>
>
> After you got your mask back on, did you see any turtles?
>
I was so visually overwhelmed (plus I had been up since 3AM) I don't
remember what the hell I saw) I guess I could check my log book

chilly wrote:
> "Joe English" <jenglish@wisperhome.com> wrote in message
> news:e6c29$41af0d14$ce504903$20739@allthenewsgroup s.com...
>
>>btrueman wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I am planning on a trip to Puerto Morelos in January. Any
>
> recommedations on
>
>>>diving. Is it possible to do it on the Cheap or do you have to take the
>>>charters?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Cancun has some nice diving. But being so close to Cozumel makes it
>>worth the extra effort to get over there to dive.
>
>
> I met someone the other night, that actually prefers to dive Cancun and/or
> Playa, instead of Cozumel. Apparently, this diver though having had dozens
> of dives at Coz over the years has never seen a turtle there but always does
> on the Cancun side. I was quite surprised. Any comments?
>
>


That does seem odd.... having filled more than one logbook from Coz, it
seems odd when I don't see one, rather than when I do. Maybe this other
diver's attention was focused on something else?


--
jer email reply - I am not a 'ten'

I've had many dives in Coz and Cancun and I have never seen any turtles, or
perhaps I should say "almost never" because maybe I just don't remember. I
*do* remember that the most turtles I have ever seen on any dive was when I
dove in Akumal, south of Playa del Carmen. So if the guys want so see lots
of turtles, I would suggest Akumal.

"Jer" <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote in message
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> chilly wrote:
> > "Joe English" <jenglish@wisperhome.com> wrote in message
> > news:e6c29$41af0d14$ce504903$20739@allthenewsgroup s.com...
> >
> >>btrueman wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I am planning on a trip to Puerto Morelos in January. Any
> >
> > recommedations on
> >
> >>>diving. Is it possible to do it on the Cheap or do you have to take
the
> >>>charters?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>Cancun has some nice diving. But being so close to Cozumel makes it
> >>worth the extra effort to get over there to dive.
> >
> >
> > I met someone the other night, that actually prefers to dive Cancun
and/or
> > Playa, instead of Cozumel. Apparently, this diver though having had
dozens
> > of dives at Coz over the years has never seen a turtle there but always
does
> > on the Cancun side. I was quite surprised. Any comments?
> >
> >
>
>
> That does seem odd.... having filled more than one logbook from Coz, it
> seems odd when I don't see one, rather than when I do. Maybe this other
> diver's attention was focused on something else?
>
>
> --
> jer email reply - I am not a 'ten'

"Jer" <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote in message
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> chilly wrote:
> That does seem odd....

Well, ya, I thought so too.

> having filled more than one logbook from Coz, it
> seems odd when I don't see one, rather than when I do. Maybe this other
> diver's attention was focused on something else?

Can't imagine what. The diver is quite experienced, so it's not a situation
like a newbie, who often misses lots of stuff.

chilly wrote:
>
> "Joe English" <jenglish@wisperhome.com> wrote in message
> news:e6c29$41af0d14$ce504903$20739@allthenewsgroup s.com...
> > btrueman wrote:
> >
> > > I am planning on a trip to Puerto Morelos in January. Any
> recommedations on
> > > diving. Is it possible to do it on the Cheap or do you have to take the
> > > charters?
> > >
> > >
> > Cancun has some nice diving. But being so close to Cozumel makes it
> > worth the extra effort to get over there to dive.
>
> I met someone the other night, that actually prefers to dive Cancun and/or
> Playa, instead of Cozumel. Apparently, this diver though having had dozens
> of dives at Coz over the years has never seen a turtle there but always does
> on the Cancun side. I was quite surprised. Any comments?

When I dove Cozumel last May, I lost count of how many turtles we saw.
There were plenty of them.

Gordon in Austin

Thus spake "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> :

>
>"Joe English" <jenglish@wisperhome.com> wrote in message
>news:e6c29$41af0d14$ce504903$20739@allthenewsgrou ps.com...
>> btrueman wrote:
>>
>> > I am planning on a trip to Puerto Morelos in January. Any
>recommedations on
>> > diving. Is it possible to do it on the Cheap or do you have to take the
>> > charters?
>> >
>> >
>> Cancun has some nice diving. But being so close to Cozumel makes it
>> worth the extra effort to get over there to dive.
>
>I met someone the other night, that actually prefers to dive Cancun and/or
>Playa, instead of Cozumel. Apparently, this diver though having had dozens
>of dives at Coz over the years has never seen a turtle there but always does
>on the Cancun side. I was quite surprised. Any comments?
>

Turtles every day last week. Also splendid toadfish. Looked at
Carol's pics today, gonna drop mine off tomorrow. I'll have CDs and
prints on Tuesday.

--
dillon

"When the French are against it, you know we can't
be far wrong." - Adm. Bobbie Ray Inman

>
>Thus spake "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> :
>
>>
>>"Joe English" <jenglish@wisperhome.com> wrote in message
>>news:e6c29$41af0d14$ce504903$20739@allthenewsgro ups.com...
>>> btrueman wrote:
>>>
>>> > I am planning on a trip to Puerto Morelos in January. Any
>>recommedations on
>>> > diving. Is it possible to do it on the Cheap or do you have to take the
>>> > charters?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> Cancun has some nice diving. But being so close to Cozumel makes it
>>> worth the extra effort to get over there to dive.
>>
>>I met someone the other night, that actually prefers to dive Cancun and/or
>>Playa, instead of Cozumel. Apparently, this diver though having had dozens
>>of dives at Coz over the years has never seen a turtle there but always does
>>on the Cancun side. I was quite surprised. Any comments?
>>
>
>Turtles every day last week. Also splendid toadfish. Looked at
>Carol's pics today, gonna drop mine off tomorrow. I'll have CDs and
>prints on Tuesday.
>
>--
>dillon
>
>"When the French are against it, you know we can't
>be far wrong." - Adm. Bobbie Ray Inman
>
>
>
>
>
>

I saw turtles on every dive when I was Cozumel two weeks ago.

It was my first time to Coz/ I thought it was classic Caribbean diving, much
like T&C and the Caymans, both of which I've been to a few times. I had a
great time.


Dan