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Cozumel offers a wide variety of reef and wall dives.
With the right dive operation you can experience
beautiful and exciting dives no matter your experience
level. Cozumel offers many wall and reef dives for
every type of diver. Here a few of our favorite sites:
With the right dive operation you can experience
beautiful and exciting dives no matter your experience
level. Cozumel offers many wall and reef dives for
every type of diver. Here a few of our favorite sites:
| Balones of Chankanaab is around 40 to 70
feet in depth. It consists of balloon shaped coral heads. Expect to see a lot of color, crabs, and lobsters. Good for the novice diver. |
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Chankanaab Reef is around 35 to 55 feet
in depth. This is an excellent night dive located a short boat ride from shore about 350 yards. The sights are wonderful at this reef -- very lively with a lot of colorful fish and eels. |
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| Paradise Reef comes in at less than 45 feet in depth. It is located about 200 yards from shore. It can be dove from boat or shore. This is one of the most lively reefs in Cozumel. It is frequented by schools of Tang, angels, and yellowtails. This reef does not disappoint. |  |
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Shallow Palancar is around
20 to 40 feet deep. It consists of a very lively reef with a series of long swim thrus. It is good for the beginner diver but is also enjoyed the experienced diver. Come take a tour of these swim thrus, you are bound to see a few eels and angel fish. Some of the bigger fish from the deeper part of Planacar come and surf the current for food. |
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| Palancar Horseshoe is about 20 to 100 feet
deep. This dive site is unique in that the coral heads have formed a horseshoe. |
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Palancar Caves comes in at 60 to 100 feet.
This reef has good caves and large swim thrus perfect for the beginner diver. |
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| Palancar Gardens this site is around 30
to 80 feet deep. There is a current, but it's not too strong. Excellent dive, you will see spotted eels and large moray eels, along with other large fish. On occasion a spotted eagle ray or two may be seen. |
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Deep Palancar is the the wall dive in the
Planacar area. The wall begins at 90 to 100 feet, and is in excellent condition. Currents vary along the wall, this dive is recommended for experienced divers only. |
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| Cedral Wall is a very colorful wall dive
with a lot of colorful coral and fish. This wall has a fairly swift current; this is not a dive recommended for the novice diver. |
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Columbia Reef is an excellent deep dive
for the intermediate diver. This reef has many caves, swim thrus, and caverns. Expect to see the large fish (the colorful little fish tend to stay away). Columbia reef is also unique in that it has tall coral pillars. |
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| Santa Rosa Reef is "the wall"
dive in Cozumel. The drop off begins at around 45 feet and has a good current. There are a lot of big groupers which gather to be fed by divers. You will notice large sponges, and hard coral overhangs. |
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