Mexico (Dive Sites) > Reviews

Advantages: Diverse, exciting diving
Disadvantages: None

I recently returned from diving in La Paz, West Mexico. La Paz is a town with a population of about 200,000 and is located on the coast of the Sea of Cortez. I dived with The Cortez Club (who are excellent) and who are one of only a few dive centres in the area. Having gone in October I was there just as the high season is about to end. Most of the divers are American and tend to go down for long weekends, while for the Brits you really need to ... Read review

Advantages: Crystal clear warm water, large variety of fish
Disadvantages: Mexico is not exactly next door to Britain!

...air!!! But then I went to Mexico for my honeymoon last August and I finally got to scuba dive somewhere other than a pool! I even got my husband to come with me and he loved it too. We stayed on Cozumel island which is a little island south east of Cancun. The hotel was literally on the beach and a diving school was a hundred yards up the beach from the hotel. Before we started we had a half hour classroom session, going through all the breathing ... Read review

Advantages: Crystal clear warm water
Disadvantages: Going Home

I did my open water course in May 04. I was staying in the Fiesta Palladium grand resort and spa which had a dive shop in it's grounds. I decided to give it a try and signed up for the beginners course, just half a day from classroom to sea. The dive site its self was part of the mezo american reef which runs from cozumel down to honduras. the viz on my first dive was about 30m and the dive site itself (umberella reef) was absolutly spectacular. There ... Read review