Cancun/Cozumel

[dannygoesdiving]

Hi one and all

Has anyone any experience of working in Cancun/Cozumel and if so can you let me know about visas/work permits and ease of getting work. I can teach the Cavern Speciality which I hope will help.

If anyone has been on hols there, were most of the Instructors local or foreign.
Finally can anyone gove me ideas of cost of living etc.

Any help/advise will be much appreciated

Cheers

Danny

[Damo]

I've been twice to Playa Del Carmen in recent years, which is a short boat ride from Cozumel or about 50 miles away from Cancun.

This or Tulum would be the best location, if you are planning on teaching/guiding cavern diving as you are very close to the many Cenotes in the area.

Last year I dived with a company called Tank Ha, they were of European ownership. The majority of their instructors/guides were European. The two I remember were German & Dutch. The other dive operators in the town tended to be owned by locals, and using local guides. I personally wouldn't use one of the local operators again as I found them to be very slack on safety etc.

The only other operators using European instructors would be the hotel dive centres. Their is a place called Playacar, near to Playa Del Carmen, where you will find all the major hotel chains, Riu, Iberostar, Wyndeham etc. That might be worth a try...

I can't really say much about the cost of living, what I can tell you is that Cozumel is hugely inflated as it is a port of call for the cruise ships. Cancun & Playa Del Carmen are expensive in the town centres as they are geared up for tourism, especially the Americans. Out of the town centres I believe it is cheap, as it is still a developing country.

Hope you make it over there as diving the Cenotes is a truly amazing experience, I'm already plotting my return!!!

[ScubaSue]

Still job hunting Danny?

SWMBO's not won on getting back to Thailand yet then?

Good luck matie

S xx