Scuba XOC Dive Center

It's always fun diving with these talented showmen!

Spotted on today’s surface interval: this beautiful starfish was just hanging out on the sandy bottom at El Cielo, the most famous natural cove in Cozumel.

Starfish play an important role in the local ecosystem. They help keep reef life in balance and are a sign of healthy waters. That’s why we always admire them from a distance and leave them exactly where they belong.

If you’ve been dreaming about warm water, colorful reefs, and unforgettable marine life, this is your sign. Come dive Cozumel with us and see it all for yourself: drift dives, coral gardens, turtles, rays... and maybe even a starfish or two.

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Many thanks to our good friend Nacho Ignacio Cureno, Manager of Public Relationsand Sales at Costamed Hyperbaric Medicine for his unwavering support of the professional diving comnunity. As Divers' Alert Network only preferred provider in Cozumel, Nacho's CMC plays an instrumental role in ensuring divers get the best available care in the island.

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Check out this cool article by Benjamin Skuse about the mantis shrimp and the extraordinary optics in its visual system: "... the most complex visual system ever observed in the animal kingdom."

https://spie.org/news/photonics-focus/septoct-2024/inspiring-mantis-shrimp

At Scuba XOC we believe that dives with friends are the best dives. Grab your fins and let's go diving today!

We often get the question of how dive sites got their names. While some names are very descriptive or obvious, there are a few names that are hard to explain or that defy the collective memory of the local diving community.
We have compiled a list of some of Cozumel most iconic dive sites and the origin of its name. Fee free to delve into this piece of history, maybe you will find a few surprises in the list. Dive sites of Cozumel: https://www.scubaxoc.com/?section=diveSites
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