Cozumel is the largest island in the Mexican peninsula. Large, proud and exotic, it extends all over the sea at about 31 kilometers of the Riviera Maya.
Garages also have shrines for the Virgin, the Caribbean energy is spirited, and of course a variety of activities to do on vacation, including jumping into some of the world’s greatest reeks.
Although swimming and snorkeling are the key attractions, the city’s square is an agreeable afternoon spot and visiting the less frequented areas of the Island on a scooter or convertible rental bug can be very thrilling.
The coastal path leads along the unforgettable windy banks to the tiny Maya ruins, a marine park and a charming landscape.
How to get to Cozumel?
Cozumel is a small island, located very close to the entire coastline aka Riviera Maya. The best way to get to Cozumel is on an ADO bus from the Cancun airport to Playa del Carmen, being here you can head to catch the ferry to Cozumel there.
Cozumel’s Hotspots for Diving Lovers
Cozumel is one of the most common diving spots in the world and its surrounding reefs.
The sites are very well-known all during the year (usually 30m or more and deliver a range of magic aquatic lives including detected eagle rays, moray eels, groupers, barracudas, turtles, crabs, brain corals and a few large sponges.
The island has strong currents (around three knots sometimes that make the drift standard, particularly in the many walls.
You should also determine the weather and prepare a route, choose a point of exit in advance and remain alert to changes in streams even while diving or snorkeling from the beach.
Keep an eye out for the traffic of the boat, and your ears will stay open. The best thing is not snorkel off the beach area alone.
Somebody said snorkeling and diving in Cozumel?
Boat hits the closest snorkeling spots. The bulk of snorkeling outfits in the middle are accessible from the beach to one of three locations in the immediate vicinity of reef.
When you’re instead taking a dive suit, you will also find better locations along the southern tip of the island such as Palancar Reef or the nearby Colombia Shallows.
Palancar Gardens
This dive consists of a 25m wide strip reef with fissures and tunnels that are very long. Here, massive sponges and bright yellow tubes are the key attractions and you will always find screw, parrot and angelfish around you. You can always find them. Divers continue to keep an eye on the stunning black corals in the deeper areas of the sea.
In the field known as Palancar Shallows, the Gardens can be enjoyed by snorkelers due to the small current that it normally has, and to its small maximum depth (20m).
Santa Rosa Wall
This is the greatest location in Cozumel. The wall is so high that most can see a third of it on one tank. Wherever you are located, prepare to see massive coral and spongy overhangs and caves. Hanging out here are parrotsfish, black groupers and barracudas. The visibility average is 30m, with a depth of 10m and an average of 25m.
Bring a lantern with you even though you dive at midday, so it will help to intensify coral colour and light the creatures trapped in the fissures. In 2005, Hurricane Wilma left exposed coral in shallower areas, though largely unharmed.
Colombia Shallows
Colombia Shallows, also known as the Colombia Gardens, is equally fantastic for snorkeling and swimming. As it is a shallow dive (maximum 10m deep, average 2m to 4m), it is illuminated with huge and spongy coral supports and other shiny forms. The present is usually light to moderate in the Colombia Gardens.
You can spend hours at the place, this and the deeper water and never tired spying all the elkhorn coral, coral pillar and anemones that live in here.
Even though we only name a few, by asking a local about the best spots to dive, you’ll find out there are a lot more than the best know ones. Diving shops where you can hire the service or rent the equipment are also all over the island.
