Key Tips for Choosing Best Dive Shops in Cozumel
Understanding how to choose the best dive shop in Cozumel can seem overwhelming. With so many truly great dive masters, boat captains, dive operations, and dive packages, how do you…
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Shore Diving in Cozumel – Top FAQs Answered
I don't love admitting this, but I'm kind of a boat-diving snob. But guess what? I'm realizing how awesome shore dives can be here in Cozumel. Most SCUBA diving in…
Cozumel Marine Life: Tube Worms and Bristle Worms
Marine worms may not be the most glamorous macro marine species in Cozumel, but like most underwater critters, the more you observe them, the more neat detail, color, and behavior…
Cozumel Marine Life: Spotted Eagle Rays
Among scuba divers in Cozumel, spotted eagle rays pretty much top the list of large, awe-inspiring marine life encounters on the Mesoamerican barrier reef. Cozumel has a large seasonal population…
Best Dive Hotels for Cozumel Scuba Divers
Cozumel island is a wonderful destination for many reasons, but scuba diving tops the list. And if you’re coming here for the first time and primarily for the island's famous…
Cozumel Marine Life – Camouflage Critters
I just learned a new term while researching this post: cryptic coloration. That’s another way to say "camouflage" which I – like many divers – find endlessly fascinating. Especially when…
Caribbean Conchs of Cozumel: Look But Don’t (Always) Eat
Conchs are large sea-snail mollusks that live in shallow waters and are frequent marine encounters for divers and snorkelers in Cozumel. Each adult conch is also a sizable lump of…
9 Tips to Ace Your Cozumel Underwater Photography on Every Dive
Cozumel, Mexico is a world leader in scuba diving destinations and an excellent place to hone your hobby of taking underwater photos – whether you’re a budding beginner or a…
Cozumel Marine Life – Diving with (Big) Moray Eels
Eels are an exciting and commonly seen marine life species on any dive here in Cozumel. Marine eels also make for great underwater macro subjects if found in an accessible…
Cozumel Marine Life – Sea Urchins, See But Don’t Step
The first time I saw the chunky stripes and central star of a slatepencil urchin (Eucidaris tribuloides) while diving in Cozumel, it looked like kind of like a tiny, old-fashioned…
Cozumel Divers’ Guide to Wetsuits and Thermal Protection
Diving in Cozumel throughout the year, my need for neoprene varies greatly but I always wear a wetsuit, and some key thermal accessories I’ve come to rely on over the…
Cozumel Marine Life: Unusual Juveniles
On my very first dive trip (which was to Roatan, Honduras), the divemasters were excited when they could point out several juvenile spotted drum fish to our group. My far…
