Our experience at the Scuba Club was great! I stayed with a buddy, since my wife couldn't get off work. The room was OK, pretty basic, but the meals and diving were very good, especially for the money. We were placed on the same boat every day which had anywhere from 6-10 divers. Francisco, our divermaster was competent, pleasant, and professional, and went out of his way to find and point out interesting creatures. He looked out for everyone's safety, but was not authoritarian and allowed people to stay down as long as their computers and air permitted. Every day we would start out with a deeper dive (around 80 feet) in some of the more spectacular reefs of Cozumel (Palancar, Santa Rosa Wall, and my favorite, Columbia). We would stay at 80 feet, going along walls, and through canyons and swim-throughs with large coral structures that looked like 30 foot apartment buildings. These deeper corals were mostly spared from the recent hurricanes. After the 30 minutes were up, we would ascend to a shallower portion of reef where we could stay as long as our air (and computer time) permitted. For the second dive (after a 1 hour surface interval) we would go to a shallower reef, closer to the hotel and dive for up to an hour. The shallower reefs were more affected by the hurricanes, but divers who had before and after experience commented on how nicely the reefs were rebounding. There were many varieties of fish, along with seahorses, turtles, rays, nurse sharks, octopi, eels, etc. I got many great photo opportunities, which can be viewed on my website @
http://pbase.com/mtmel44/cozumel

I really enjoyed the clientele at the Scuba Club. They were all dedicated and knowledgeable divers (many repeat customers)and it was easy to get groups together to do shore diving, wreck diving and twilight and night dives. The wreck dive on a large Mexican Minesweeper led by Carla was excellent. We spent 45 minutes going through all the rooms and floors of the 220 foot vessel, which is rapidly becoming a beautiful artificial reef. Nestor, who led the night dive was able to locate and tease out the Cozumel Spendid Toadfish for some great photos. He also had some great tips for photos on the wreck dive.
All in all, it was an excellent vacation, and the best value I have experienced. I will definitely be back!

Mel Moncrieff (Nursing Instructor and diving enthusiast)

Clean, comfortable, basic accomodations. Located conveniently close to town, within walking distance to stores and services. The included food was good and ample, though a bit on the heavy side. Service was excellent, if a bit lacking in enthusiasm. Their dive operation is run professionally, and their boats seem to be above average for Cozumel. The diving was on the high side of mediocre; the storm damage is quite evident from the lack of large soft corals, sponges, etc.

We stayed at Scuba Club during the week of Christmas 2007. After reading other trip advisor reviews, we were unsure of what to expect. ... but Scuba Club definately exceeded our expectations.

The accommodations were modest, but more than adequate for a dive vacation where you typically spend so little time in your room. As mentioned in other reviews, the beds and pillows were firm, but at the end of a long day of diving, they were great to come back to. The rooms were always clean, each room had an air conditioner and fan to keep you cool at night, and the showers were always hot with great water pressure. The friendly and professional cleaning staff always got in and out while we were diving and even left a small Christmas gift in each room as a thank you to the guests.

The food exceeded expectations (even with two vegetarians in the group!) and absolutely surpassed the food typical at all inclusive resorts. It was wonderful having a FULL breakfast and lunch before and after you dive. Dinner had multiple choices of appetizer, entree and dessert.... we never went to bed hungry or disappointed.

As mentioned in other reviews, the reason to stay here is the DIVING! There was great shore diving off of the hotel with an easy to access drop in area that protects you from the waves. Each day we went out on the dive boats and saw the most wildlife we have ever seen in our 12 years of diving! In just one day we saw turtles, eagle rays, an 8 foot nurse shark, huge eels, sea horses, splendid toad fish, spotted drum fish, lobster, crab and every other type of fish and coral imaginable! We also did the wreck dive and "twilight dive" package which included an afternoon and night dive. The dive boats and staff were wonderful, and Manuel was a particularly knowledgeable, helpful, and friendly dive master.

We wouldn't recommend Scuba Club unless you dive. But if you are a diver you can't beat this place! We can't wait to come back!

If you're a SCUBA diver, this is the place. Totally amazing. As for the hotel, the staff were all very nice. The food was great (good options nightly)

The only drawback to SCC was our first night. Our air conditioner was broken and we ended up sleeping on a friends floor. That was really not good (I would have enjoyed the first days diving more with a full nights sleep, especially after a day of flying). We had to put up quite a stink to get our room moved the next night, but after we got a room with air conditioning, the week was great.

As the name implies, it is really all about the diving here and I would have a more critical review if the diving wasn't just incredible.

Some of the best dives were night dives right in front of SCC.

Highly recommended (even more so if they kept a spare air conditioner around)