Azul Divers

Azul Divers

Overview & Experience

Azul Divers is an owner-operated dive shop in Cozumel, Mexico that describes itself as a company "created by divers, for divers." The whole operation is built around one stated philosophy: "Small groups and diver's choice." Rather than running a shopfront and a fleet, Azul Divers runs a single boat and keeps numbers low enough that the divemaster can adapt each dive to what the people on board actually want to see.

The shop is explicit that it has no retail location: "We don't have a physical shop, our boat departs from Marina Fonatur. This is where we we will meet." Divers meet the crew at the ramp at Marina Fonatur, and the standard two-tank boat leaves at 8:00 am.

Owner and divemaster Andres runs the diving side. The boat, Tormenta, is captained by Jose, known on the island as "Capitan Cuxo," who the site credits with more than 30 years of experience.

Key Features & Services

• One 29-foot dive boat — Tormenta, powered by twin 115 HP Yamaha outboard engines.
• Hard capacity of 8 divers per trip, with a further limit of 6 divers per divemaster.
• Long dives — the site quotes "71 minutes or 700 PSI," with the About page describing 70-minute dives.
• Drift diving as the standard Cozumel format, with diver's choice of site where conditions allow.
• Two-tank certified boat trips in the Cozumel Marine Park, departing 8:00 am from Marina Fonatur.
• Discover Scuba Diving from the boat — two shallow dives with a professional instructor, roughly four hours.
• Night dives (single tank, sunset departure, about one hour) and twilight dives (two tanks).
• Snorkel tours departing 2:00 pm, visiting three reefs, gear and snacks included.
• Valet diving — the crew handles gear, rinses it after diving and stores it overnight.
• PADI courses: Open Water, Advanced Open Water and Enriched Air Nitrox. The homepage also references certifications "from Open Water to Divemaster" and mentions PADI or SSI.
• Nitrox and 100 cubic foot tanks, plus full rental gear, dive lights and computers.
• On board: fresh drinking water, seasonal fruit, snacks, juices and dry towels.

Published Rates

All prices are quoted in US dollars and the shop states taxes are included.

Payment is by PayPal with a stated 6% service fee, and the site says "Balance of the payment is due upon arrival in Cash."

Why Azul Divers Stands Apart

Most Cozumel operators can say "small groups." Azul Divers puts a number on it in two places at once — eight divers is the ceiling for the whole boat, and six is the ceiling per divemaster. Combined with a 70-minute dive standard and a diver's-choice approach to site selection, that produces a very different day from a shop filling a 20-person boat on a fixed itinerary.

The second thing that stands out is that Azul Divers deliberately does not run a shop. What the shop sells is boat time on Tormenta with a small crew, and the meeting point is the marina ramp.

Practical Details

• Address: Marina Fonatur, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico — no physical shop; the boat departs from Marina Fonatur and this is the meeting point.
• Phone: +52 987 141 3551
• Email: info@azuldivers.com
• Website: https://www.azuldivers.com/
• Departures: 8:00 am (two-tank), 2:00 pm (snorkel tour)

The Azul Divers site does not publish a founded year, languages spoken, hotel pickup, cenote trips or underwater photography services, so those are not claimed here.