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Scuba Forum / Scuba Locations / February 2006Belize or Cozumel
Having never been to either place I am wondering if someone can advise me on which one would be better to visit around end March, early April? I will eventually be going to both but would like to hit the best time. Mark. > Having never been to either place I am wondering if someone can advise me > on which one would be better to visit around end March, early April? > I will eventually be going to both but would like to hit the best time. Where in Belize? Go to Belize first. > > Having never been to either place I am wondering if someone can advise me > > on which one would be better to visit around end March, early April? > > I will eventually be going to both but would like to hit the best time. > > Where in Belize? Good question, but how would he know if he hadn't been there? > Go to Belize first. Why? So he'll have better sites and dives to look forward to? -- Bob. I would go first to Cozumel. Cozumel is one of the best dive destination in the Caribbean. Although there are many divers and people in general (because of the Cruise ships), diving is great, especially if you a little bit farther out. Coz is more spectacular and thrilling, currents, deep dives, caves... Belize is more like diving a aquarium, less difficult, no current, just esay diving. Except for the Blue Hole which is really adrenaline dive for sure > I would go first to Cozumel. Cozumel is one of the best dive > destination in the Caribbean. Although there are many divers and people [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > esay diving. Except for the Blue Hole which is really adrenaline dive > for sure For whatever reason, I believed the OP to be a new diver or less experienced diver. Under that belief, I encourage him to get more experience diving at San Pedro, Belize and that will prepare him for the thrills to be found on a later trip to Coz. >> I would go first to Cozumel. Cozumel is one of the best dive >> destination in the Caribbean. Although there are many divers and people [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >San Pedro, Belize and that will prepare him for the thrills to be found on a >later trip to Coz. I did not find that Belize had no current - at least in the Placencia area there was current just like in Coz. Hol Chan had quite significant current when we did a night dive. The big difference I found between the two was that the Belize reef itself was less colorful. grandma Rosalie > I did not find that Belize had no current - I didn't say it had no current but as a rule, the drifts around San Pedro are very gentle. > at least in the Placencia > area there was current just like in Coz. Hol Chan had quite > significant current when we did a night dive. Hol Chan can have a more significant current but that site is not the type of dive you would do at Coz either. > The big difference I found between the two was that the Belize reef > itself was less colorful. That was the big difference you found between the two? I have no response to that. >> I would go first to Cozumel. Cozumel is one of the best dive >> destination in the Caribbean. Although there are many divers and people [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >San Pedro, Belize and that will prepare him for the thrills to be found on a >later trip to Coz. Sounds like Cozumel is the place for me. Both my wife and I are experienced divers but we have just moved to the US so are not familiar with the normal dive vacations on this side of the pond. I have asked a few others who have been to both and most side with Cozumel. Not that it really matters, we will most likely do both, along with all the other nice ones, Costa Rica, etc. Thanks, Mark. I dove Coz in June and Belize in October last year. The reefs in Coz are more colorful than the barrier reefs in Belize. Although the Lighthouse and Turneffe walls in Belize were really good. Coz also offers no effort (unless you are swimming against the current) drift dives. So, both locations have good diving. Belize was more expensive than Coz for living, eating, drinking. Diving packages costs about the same in both places. I like them both and have scheduled a Coz trip in April and a Belize trip in June. I don't think you will be sorry for either location. Just pick one and have fun. Paul >Having never been to either place I am wondering if someone can advise me >on which one would be better to visit around end March, early April? >I will eventually be going to both but would like to hit the best time. > >Mark. just remember, this year is after the hurricane and the shallow reefs are not what they used to be. elliott >I dove Coz in June and Belize in October last year. The reefs in Coz are >more colorful than the barrier reefs in Belize. Although the Lighthouse and [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > (snip)> Belize was more expensive than Coz for living, eating, drinking. Diving > packages costs about the same in both places. I'm surprised you found the eating more expensive. Must have been the places you went while in Belize. Were you in San Pedro? And local beer is only a couple of bucks. > I like them both and have scheduled a Coz trip in April and a Belize trip in > June. > > I don't think you will be sorry for either location. Just pick one and have > fun. :^) > Paul > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > > >Mark. >I'm surprised you found the eating more expensive. Must have been the >places you went while in Belize. Were you in San Pedro? And local beer is >only a couple of bucks. Belikin is tastier than Carta Blanca. >>I'm surprised you found the eating more expensive. Must have been the >>places you went while in Belize. Were you in San Pedro? And local beer >>is >>only a couple of bucks. > > Belikin is tastier than Carta Blanca. Anything is tastier than Carta Blanca. Who would drink Carta Blanca when there's so much better Mexican brew available? >I'm surprised you found the eating more expensive. Must have been the >places you went while in Belize. Were you in San Pedro? And local beer is >only a couple of bucks. Why is beer the standard for expense everywhere? Isn't there some other price that could be used? We didn't find the accommodations or the food any more expensive in Belize but we stayed at basic rock-bottom places in each place. What I did find more expensive was the air-fare to Belize. grandma Rosalie >>I'm surprised you found the eating more expensive. Must have been the >>places you went while in Belize. Were you in San Pedro? And local beer [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Why is beer the standard for expense everywhere? Isn't there some > other price that could be used? Hookers? > >>I'm surprised you found the eating more expensive. Must have been the > >>places you went while in Belize. Were you in San Pedro? And local beer [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Hookers? Greg, I had 4 different sentences written here and they all came out sounding wrong . . 1) at least you could think of something besides beer and um, anyway, I can't remember the other 3. Oh well. Rosalie, the international benchmark is usually how much a Big Mac costs, but there's no McDonald's in San Pedro and so I went with the price of a Belikin. Mayhap part of the reason that I went there is because the beers are even cheaper in Roatan. Sure wish I was a beer drinker. >> >>I'm surprised you found the eating more expensive. Must have been the >> >>places you went while in Belize. Were you in San Pedro? And local beer [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >Mayhap part of the reason that I went there is because the beers are even >cheaper in Roatan. Sure wish I was a beer drinker. I think it used to be a cup of coffee that was the standard. (Before Big Macs existed). I don't drink either coffee or beer (nor do I eat Big Macs much or keep track of what they cost) so neither comparison does much for me. I guess it is hard to find one that most people will relate to. I was just being grumpy. grandma Rosalie Rosalie B. <gmbeasley@mindspring.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :I think it used to be a cup of coffee that was the standard. (Before :Big Macs existed). I don't drink either coffee or beer (nor do I eat :Big Macs much or keep track of what they cost) so neither comparison :does much for me. I guess it is hard to find one that most people :will relate to. I was just being grumpy. What's the term for a female curmudgeon? Dan Bracuk If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure. > Rosalie B. <gmbeasley@mindspring.com> pounded away at his keyboard > resulting in: >> I was just being grumpy. > What's the term for a female curmudgeon? Curmudgeia? |
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