Maya Diving in Tulum

El Crucero shop officially open

November 11, 2007 – 5:54 am
So after a couple of months of renovations and repairs and after a few delays for little things like Hurricane Dean and vacations, we have finally decided our new El-Crucero Hotel location is officially open. Mark and Sharona, the owners, have been mostly away for a couple of months. They are coming back in late November and are planning on sticking around until June or so. We all look forward to seeing them back. That'll liven the place up a little. It's a great place to stay located right near the ruins, and a few minutes walk from the beach. The rooms are clean and cosy, restaurant is decent and the bar is always fun at night with people from all over the world mingling and having fun over a few cervezas. William and Budgie are regular figures, or you could say fixtures since they don't move around much :-} and lately ...

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French Grunt

November 11, 2007 – 5:23 am
Hi! I'm the Frenchie who was trained as a Divemaster here at Maya Diving and it's been a great experience! Being the only girl-diver amidst this big school of wild instructors and Mexican fish hasn't always been the easiest, so I sometimes had to growl at them and doing so, I earned my nickname "French Grunt " . Anyway, it's a load of fun being in this shop and diving with those guys! I've seen gorgeous turtles around here, and the cenotes around are just stunning! Voila, come and give it a shot!

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Posting photos or links

November 4, 2007 – 11:03 am
Hi all, so Maggie wants to post some, mmm... interesting photos but was having trouble attaching them to her comments. Seems that the toolbar doesn't come up for comments, just for posts. Also the posts page does have a preview button mags so maybe make posts rather than comments when you want to get fancy. I think that this is not too bad since the comments area comes up on the page automatically and it might look a little cluttered with a toolbar. Photos can still be posted in comments if they are online somewhere but you just have to use a bit of html as follows: <img src="put URL address of photo location here"> or for a link put <a href="put URL here"> write the text you want to link from here</a>. This will create a link to another web page or blog etc. you could also use ...

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Reef Diving in Tulum, better than further North?

November 1, 2007 – 2:15 am
I get asked the question a lot whether it's worth going from Tulum to Cozumel to dive or even Playa Del Carmen or Akumal. Some of our divers have commented that they prefer it down here because the corals are plentiful, there is little or no current and few boats about. Also our relaxed style of diving helps of course and normally no limits on bottom time for shallow dives. Personally, I've been diving up and down this coast a bit and actually honestly do prefer Tankah to Pto. Aventuras, Playa and even Cozumel. Why? In a nutshell, I like small stuff and slow dives. Also Cozumel especially is noisy and a lot of boats. Coz. obviously for drift dives is really awesome but so many boats.... I may be biased so.... Any comments out there from people who might have been to a few spots.

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Cenote diving

October 29, 2007 – 7:02 pm
Post your comments , experiences, photos or whatever you like on the subject of cenote diving in Tulum in this category

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Jim Goddard finished his Advanced Open Water course last week

October 29, 2007 – 6:57 pm
Jim Goddard from Ottawa, Ontario took his advanced course with William. Congratulations and see you again this winter. I know you had a good time with us. We might even let you come back if you're not wearing one of those "other" shops shirts this time. Good luck and all the best from the Maya Diving in Tulum team

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Jack Visick finished his Open Water course yesterday

October 29, 2007 – 6:50 pm
Jack Visick from East Sussex in England just finished his Open Water Scuba Diving course with Daniel yesterday. Congratulations Jack, well done. I think that turtle you played with will remember you too!! Good luck with all your diving in the future and keep in touch. The Maya Diving in Tulum Team

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Maggies a comin’

October 29, 2007 – 12:17 am
Good news is.... you're coming down again in November Maggie. We hope to see you around in Tulum a bit more this time. You can check out the new shop at El-Crucero Hotel. It's shaping up pretty nicely. Too many mosquitos right now but other than that, it's a nice spot to hang out and the bar and restaurant are right there, kind of like home sweet home. See you soon and lets dive together this time, hopefully we'll have another El Norte then. Right now the diving has been awesome in the ocean for the last few days with flat calm seas and excellent vis. Here's a couple of nice photos a customer, Ben Greazel sent to us from his dives a couple of weeks ago. Not bad for his first attempts at underwater photos. Thanks Ben for sending the photos

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PADI course question suggestions

October 27, 2007 – 3:48 pm
If you have a basic question or are curious about a PADI course, we may have already answered your question in our PADI courses pages so maybe have a look there before posting here. Of course, all questions are welcome in any case.

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Maya Diving guest book

October 25, 2007 – 10:26 am
Please share your experiences with Maya Diving in Tulum here. Feel free to insert photos or links to other sites of interest.

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