Trip report Cozumel June 2 - 6 with Papa Hogs

[mr_tabasco]

Well my wife and I just got back from Cozumel last night. We dove with Papa Hogs and got in our First night dive. The weather was wonderful and somehow we managed to miss the rain the entire time. We dove Palancar caves the first morning and the huge coral formations just make me realize how vast the ocean really is. The currents were up and down throughout the week but overall they didn’t seem to be too bad. The worse currents we saw were on Saturday at San Francisco and Punta Tunich. We saw all kinds of neat things during this trip. Several Nurse sharks, turtles, Moray, Sting Ray, lobster, toad fish, scorpion fish, pipe fish, a seahorse and many more that I cannot remember. The water was pretty clear most days but it was a bit cloudy on San Francisco since the current was kicking up a lot of silt. This was only our second dive trip (both have been to Cozumel) so we felt very fortunate to have seen all of this. This trip also marked our deepest dive at about 115 feet which was pretty cool. Also, being a bigger guy I have really struggled with air consumption so I was excited that I managed at least 1 dive (Punta Tunich) that was over one hour (Even though I was using a 100 cu ft tank). On Thursday we did see an unfortunate event when the Mexican Navy anchored on the reef in Las Palmas. Although it was a real interesting experience to be diving under a boat that size it was a shame to see an anchor dropped in the coral.

The night dive was absolutely wonderful. We went to Paradise and they dropped us in just before it got completely dark so we could get acclimated and we got to see a ton of marine life.

I can’t say enough about Papa Hog’s. The largest group we were in was 7 and 3 of them were very experienced divers which meant we had the DM right there with us through all of the dives. The all of the DM’s we dove with were great as were Mike and Margaret and all of the staff at PH.
We ate at Prima almost every night and the food was wonderful. They have moved to the top floor a large building where Wynston’s used to be (just south of Margaretville restaurant) so the view was as good as the food (well almost).
The only real negative was coming home!

[chace_nicole]

Thanks for the great report!

[Defman]

Thanks for the report, Mr. T, glad you had a good time. My current plan is to get down to visit Mike & Margaret in April, haven't seen them in a few years.

[Travelnsj]

Thanks for the report....Wish I were there!

[chinacat46]

Originally Posted by Travelnsj

Thanks for the report....Wish I were there!

Why don't you go then?

[Travelnsj]

Originally Posted by chinacat46

Why don't you go then?

Send me a plane ticket....I'll be gone

[chinacat46]

Originally Posted by Travelnsj

Send me a plane ticket....I'll be gone

Sure what is your address.

[Travelnsj]

You have my address....Talk is cheap!

[chinacat46]

Originally Posted by Travelnsj

You have my address....Talk is cheap!

I got you a reusable e-tix. It goes from Coz to Coz(YOU never specified where you wanted the tix) and you don't even need to get on a plane or go thru security to use it. You just have to get to Coz on your own though in order to use it. Once there go in one door at the airport and then walk back out a different door and you are there. You can reuse this tix anytime you are in Coz. It's on Ryan Air and the locator # is UOYKCUF

[navyhmc]

Great report. I'm still working on my non-diving wife to let me go back to Coz.