After getting my open water certification in Tobermory over 20 years ago, Cozumel was the first and only place I ever went diving. At first I thought the wrecks at Tobermory were amazing--then I experienced Cozumel. It was so rich with color and diversity, I could not bring myself to ever go scuba diving in fresh water again. For me personally, I found the joy of scuba mostly in the marine life, rather than in the sensation of being neutrally buoyant. It is almost impossible to describe to someone who has never been diving in the tropics. HDTV does not even come close to reproducing the richness of a coral reef, and Cozumel has some of the most beautiful reefs in the world.

The other really fun part of diving Cozumel is the currents. Drift diving with the currents forces one to think about the flow of water and how one might stop to rest. Much as a canoeist thinks about boulders and eddies--stopping behind a boulder to rest, and slightly edging the bow into the current to begin moving again--a drift diver uses the same techniques with outcroppings of coral. By using the current, diving becomes almost effortless.