A 55 room village of Spanish Colonial architecture blends in with the waterfront where guests enjoy shallow diving and snorkeling, use the large piers to board the dive boat every morning or simply relax in a swinging hammock, watching the spectacular sunsets. Dedicated Dive Resort located in Cozumel, Mexico - on the waterfront near town with dive operation on premises, offers the best RMD packages. http://www.caribbeanmag.com/search/hotels/Cozumel_Mexico/scubaclubcozumel/hotel/97/2/ en-us Copyright 1998 e-TravelMedia.com/CaribbeanMag.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:25:55 EST Located on the waterfront --one mile south of the downtown Ferry Dock, this is an attractive multi-level building of Spanish-Colonial architecture, with only fifty five rooms. Designed and built --by divers for divers-- to provide all services in one convenient place, it boasts a freshwater swimming pool, restaurant-bar and in-house dive center. Across the street in a small annex, there is a very nice gift shop and convenience store as well as a retail dive shop. The ocean side is an Ironshore of limestone that drops to 15 feet and provides a very interesting wall for shallow diving and snorkeling. This area is full of crevices and small caves, which offers great opportunities for video and macro photography. Entry into the water is possible from either one of the piers and a very easy exit is found through a tunnel, that leads to a waist deep saltwater pool and a short staircase up to the deck. Night diving here will produce unique and memorable creature encounters. The central building houses the restaurant. Downstairs is open-air for breakfast buffet style and sit down diver's lunch, with a bar and two TV monitors for sports watching or review of the day's video productions. At night is airconditioned for dining in comfort. Upstairs is the main dinning room which is air conditioned and has an ocean view for spectacular sunsets. Every evening there is a different selection of entrees, comprising red meat, poultry and seafood, with a taste of the cuisine from the Yucatan region. Vegetarian meals and special diets are prepared on advanced notice. AMENITIES: All rooms have window A/C 's, ceiling fans and a small refrigerator. Finished in tile and stucco, they are ready for wet divers and have an individual character with a feel of Mexican heritage. Since a diving vacation should also be relaxing, they were not equipped with a TV set or a telephone, but instead are spacious, comfortable and have drying racks for dive suits on each terrace. A few have been remodeled to accommodate the needs of handicapped divers. ACTIVITIES: The in-house service provider for all diving needs is SCUBA-Cozumel. Their facilities are inside the hotel premises and include an air filling station --consisting of four compressors and a four-stage filtering system, a full line of rental gear and basic repairs shop, as well as an International Training Center offering specialty courses and certification at all levels. All diving activities and dive trips are coordinated and scheduled here. A fleet of customized Diesel boats is available to safely transport divers to the reefs. These are different sizes and can accommodate from 10 to 20 divers. Equipped with dive platforms and sturdy ladders, marine radios, oxygen and first aid trained crews, they will be ready for boarding every morning at the Club's comfortable pier, right after breakfast. Diving guests are normally assigned to the same boat, crew and u/w guide for the length of their stay. Convenient dive gear lockers and fresh-water rinsing tubs are located just a few steps away from the docks. It will take only a few minutes to rinse the equipment and put it away, ready for the next dive or perhaps a specialty training dive. After boat diving there is always time to make additional dives from shore, take a dip in the cozy freshwater pool, or read a book resting on a colorful hammock --under the shade of a thatched roof, while listening to the gentle waves slowly carving the limestone into a myriad shapes. DINING/RESTARUANTS: Type: Hotel No. of Rooms: 55 Beach Location: Beach Front (Directly on Beach/Water Front) http://www.caribbeanmag.com/search/hotels/Cozumel_Mexico/scubaclubcozumel/hotel/97/2/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:25:55 EST