When renowned underwater researcher Jacques Cousteau first visited Cozumel in 1962, it didn’t take long for him to declare it one of the most spectacular scuba diving areas in the world.
Since that time, the island has gained an international reputation as one of the premier diving destinations in the Western Hemisphere, attracting thousands of divers and snorkelers to its underwater panorama. In Scuba Diving Magazine ‘s 2008 Top 100 Reader’s Choice Awards, Cozumel was rated as one of the top five dive destinations in the Caribbean based on value, visibility and advanced diving. Readers also rated Cozumel among the top ten dive destinations for its marine life, exceptional wall diving and advanced diving. Cozumel dive operators and hotels also placed high on lists for Most Popular Land Based Dive Operators and Most Popular Dive Resorts.
Home of the largest reef system in the western Hemisphere, Cozumel is ringed by more than 40 dive sites teaming with tropical fish and a kaleidoscope of multi-colored coral reefs. The exceptionally clear aquamarine waters are virtually transparent, providing divers with up to 200 feet of visibility. Contributing to the island’s allure is the bathtub-like water temperature, which ranges from 77 to 82 degrees year-round. Topside, the island is embraced by an average temperature of 76 degrees.
Cozumel’s coral reefs are sprinkled with limestone caves, tunnels, and rare trees of black coral. More than 30 reefs, ranging in depth from 15 to 90 feet, team with marine flora and fauna – moray eels, sea turtles, nurse sharks, giant anemone, great groupers, queen angel, hermit crab, parrotfish, giant sponges, cactus coral, gorgonian fans, multicolored globes of brain coral, and the “Splendid Toad Fish”, endemic to Cozumel.
The island offers a plethora of underwater adventures. Divers can explore great mounds of coral “Bolones” at Chankanaab Park, face off with great grouper and moray eels at Tormentos or plunge 120 feet into the brilliant green abyss of San Francisco. The most famous dive site is the magnificent mountain of coral known as Palancar. Monstrous heads of coral climb to a height of 80 feet, crowned with red gorgonian fans and enormous yellow sponges.
-Cozumel Promotion Board
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