We dove Mahahual - Costa Maya!

Thanks to all who helped direct us to a dive operator in Mahahual / Costa
Maya, Mexico. We were there last week off Grand Princess looking for new
dive site to try.

We did have an e-mail confirmation from "Arturo" in Mahahual - so we grabbed
a taxi to go look for him in town (very small on the ocean). We found his
dive flag but no Arturo. Seems his mom is sick and he had gone to Mexico
City. We ask around if there are any other dive operators around and a guy
tells me about Blue Ha - 2.5 kilometers south. Now this sounded ok as I had
been referred to him by a local tourist message board - just couldn't
contact him as telephones and electricity had not gone south of Mahahual.
Doug Campbell-Smith of Blue Ha is a great guy who just built his dive
center - ahead of the growth curve. He is a Zimbabwean who has been all over
the world - with his Master Scuba Diver Trainer PADI certification. His boat
was broke - but no problem - we used a local boat. This is not luxury diving
and the sea were 3-5 feet in the afternoon when we dove - but the reefs were
in great shape (pristine) with lots of small fish (they eat or scare away
any thing of size).

I would recommend him - we had fun - it was very private and primitive but
very peaceful and unrushed. We took a 1:40 surface interval between dives
and enjoyed the beautiful beech and palm trees.

If you have any question feel free to e-mail me at twomikea@yahoo.com.
Doug's site is http://www.bluehadiving.com/
and his card says his e-mail is: bluehadiving@hotmail.com. For now he gets
into Chetumal every week or two to check his mail - get air in his tanks,
etc. so plan ahead if you just don't want to "pop in" like we did!

Mike Altschul

Mike reported:

>I would recommend him - we had fun - it was very private and primitive but
>very peaceful and unrushed.

Mike,

That's great news! I'm glad you persevered and got to dive there... and more
glad that you shared it so we now know two options in Costa Maya for cruise
ship divers.

Amber