Most tours include a shallow dive on the inner reef and a drift dive along the outer wall. The dive boat drops you off at one end of the reef, then follows your bubbles as you drift with the current to a predetermined point where you surface to rendezvous with the boat. Snorkeling in the Yucatan Good snorkeling may be found all along Cozumel's east coast beaches. The reefs off the beaches at both the Scuba Club Galapago Resort and Playa San Francisco have some nice stands of elkhorn and brain coral with a constant show of juvenile tropicals and invertebrates. Before forking over your money, ask if refunds are given for missed dives and whether you can get that in writing.
Some divers prefer to pay each day rather than risk missing the boat and losing the price of a trip.
The widest range of watersports rentals are at Playa San Francisco. Today it is Mexico's most visited pre-Hispanic site. Tulum was a very important center of commerce and a place of pilgrimage in the past. If you want to take a trip to the mainland or are taking the ferry into Cozumel from Playa del Carmen, you will need to take a look at the ferry schedule. Maps of Cozumel and the Yucatan Check out a couple of quick reference maps to see where everything is located.