DesertArtist Posted October 24, 2006 #1 Share Posted October 24, 2006 We plan a family dive ( 4 of us ) at one port of call. We are doing the western Caribbean for Thanksgiving and thought we'd scuba dive in Cozumel as my husband has always wanted to do their drift diving. My sister-in-law said someone she knows dove both - preferred diving Belize to Cozumel. I tried to book the dive for Cozumel through Royal Caribbean on line and they have reached their "on line" capacity. I called directly and they say they allow 25% on line booking. Rather than risk no dive at all we were going to go with an independant operator in Cozumel....Dive with Martin After talking to my sister-in-law, I am now wondering if we should dive Belize instead? Both my husband & I got did our OW dives in Cayman, so we are looking between Belize & Cozumel. Any preferences out there?? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce-r Posted October 24, 2006 #2 Share Posted October 24, 2006 If you want drift diving, then the easy choice is Cozumel. In any case, I'd pick cozumel for several reasons besides the drift diving. 1) it is easier and cheaper to dive in Cozumel. 2) the boat ride will be shorter. 3) you can do a private charter with DWM as you have already planned. There are only 2 choices for diving in Belize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertArtist Posted October 24, 2006 Author #3 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Then Cozumel - DWM it is ! Thanks or the input - no one even responded on the Belize port of call. I liked your points for diving Cozumel - we won't regret it I'm sure :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdc99 Posted October 24, 2006 #4 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Just to give you a contrasting point of view. I might choose Belize for diving, not because the diving is any better than Cozumel, but rather that Cozumel offers so many other options than diving. I have done dives in both locations and each have unique qualities. I am not a big fan of Belize as a port. I have tried a few different things there and the most enjoyable IMHO is the diving. However it does involve a long (although scenic) boat ride. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHP Posted October 24, 2006 #5 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Some friends on our last cruise, choose to dive in Belize mainly because there was nothing else there they wanted to do. (they had already done the cave-tubing) And there were other things they wanted to do in Cozumel. I would recommend that whatever you do in Belize to go through the ship for safety reasons as well as a guarantee that the ship will wait for you. Our friends tour got back 15 minutes AFTER the ship was suppose to sail...but because it was a ship tour..the ship waited. Have a wonderful cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefDiver Posted October 24, 2006 #6 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I have been diving in both Cozumel and Belize. Some of the reefs in Belize are less exploited but the shelf dives in Cozumel are hard to beat. In Cozumel I have dove with Diving w. Martin as well as Aquaworld. Both companies have nice fleets and rental equipment. In my opinion, Diving w. Martin has more highly trained and professional dive masters so I think you will be in good hands. If I had to choose I guess I'd recommend Cozumel over Belize-and if you want to dive the best reefs/shelves in the area, go to Costa Maya. This little town is poised to explode like Playa del Carmen in the next few years so get there before the crowds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHP Posted October 24, 2006 #7 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I have been diving in both Cozumel and Belize. Some of the reefs in Belize are less exploited but the shelf dives in Cozumel are hard to beat. In Cozumel I have dove with Diving w. Martin as well as Aquaworld. Both companies have nice fleets and rental equipment. In my opinion, Diving w. Martin has more highly trained and professional dive masters so I think you will be in good hands. If I had to choose I guess I'd recommend Cozumel over Belize-and if you want to dive the best reefs/shelves in the area, go to Costa Maya. This little town is poised to explode like Playa del Carmen in the next few years so get there before the crowds! We found Costa Maya to be a delightful port. The people were warm and wonderful. I would hate to see it lose that wonderful quaint quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertArtist Posted October 24, 2006 Author #8 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Wow - we do stop in Costa Maya too and didn't even think about diving there because of all the great things we heard about Cozumel. Guess I should do a little more investigating. But I'm sure from what everyone has said, we'd be pleased diving Cozumel with Martin. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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