Cozumel Mex­ico is well-known for some of the best SCUBA div­ing  in the world. The water is a warm 76 — 84 degrees with an aver­age of 80 degrees and about 200 feet vis­i­bil­ity on any given day. It is no sur­prise that SCUBA div­ing and tourism are Cozumel biggest indus­try.  If you visit Cozumel for div­ing, don’t for­get to rent a car or a jeep and take a trip around the island. The beaches on the other side of the island are beau­ti­ful and mostly deserted.  You’ll find sev­eral road­side tourist “shops” and  with a few small can­ti­nas and local restau­rants that serve cold drinks and sea food right on the beach. Speak­ing of food, don’t miss the only town, San Miguel, on the island of  Cozumel.  There is plenty of shop­ping and lots of good restau­rants.  The cen­ter of the island hosts some ancient  Mayan ruins that are fun to see and learn more of the his­tory of the island.  If so don’t dive, but still love the water and want to see the spec­tac­u­lar fish, try a day trip to Chankanaab National Park on the south­ern part of the island.  Cozumel is a fam­ily friendly vaca­tion des­ti­na­tion with many things to see and do for all ages!  I highly rec­om­mend a vaca­tion to Cozumel and tak­ing a trip around the island.

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