Category Archives: Mexico

Advanced Open Water Diver

Today I’ve passed the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification at Cozumel Island. I chose these 5 specialities:

  • Underwater Navigation (it’s compulsory, nobody should ever rely on me!)
  • Deep Dive (compulsory too, and nothing else than diving in shallow water, only the dive computer shows 30 meters)
  • Night Dive (so cool!)
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy (easy!)
  • Underwater Photographer (actually I expect a bit more of this speciality, but unfortunately the camera of my dive school was broken and I had to use my terrible camera)

Museo Subacuático de Arte de Cancún

Today I’ve finally seen the underwater museum next to Isla Mujeres. And what should I say… it’s something really special, I’ve never seen something like this before. Yes, it is AMAZING!! Luckily I’ve booked a dive and didn’t went there for a snorkeling trip (once again I had some trouble with my dive guide, but that’s nothing new for me ☺️). And I will improve my underwater photography skills soon as I will pass the Advanced Open Water course 😉 I’ve spotted a big grey ray, but I wasn’t able to capture him with my camera.

Cancún itself is a super touristic city, and everything is – American style – so big! As I arrived a tropical storm was going on (Franklin), but after two nights it was sunny and calm weather again and I could go diving.