Located in one of the best snorkeling and diving locations in the world, Iberostar Cozumel is sure to offer guests an unforgettable vacation. This all-inclusive 5-star dive resort located along the Mexican Riviera perfectly combines rustic elements with modern accents that are featured in its bungalow suites. With a beautiful beachfront location and thriving greenery, this all-inclusive resort is the perfect getaway from families, friends, and couples.
How To Get There
Flying to Cozumel is easy thanks to many visiting tourists. Several airlines offer direct flights into Cozumel International Airport (CZM), and from there it's a quick shuttle or shared taxi ride to the dive resorts. If taking the taxi, it's necessary to pay for the ride inside the airport before walking outside. There are two rates depending on whether the resort is close to town or further south (about $9 USD).
The other alternative is to fly into Cancun and then take a ferry down to Cozumel. This also presents the opportunity to visit Playa Del Carmen - a great option for those who would like to cover a bit more ground or dive the Cenotes.
Dive Overview
Cozumel is a year-round dive destination known for easy drift diving with stellar visibility, vibrantly colored sponges and marine life like turtles, nurse sharks and rays. It also has good nightlife and a mix of luxury and inexpensive dive resorts.
[Read More: Cozumel Dive Travel Guide]
Accommodation Overview
Iberostar Waves Cozumel offers bright, tropical-style accommodations surrounded by lush gardens and ocean views, designed to provide comfort and relaxation in a natural island setting. Guests can choose from a variety of room types, including Double Rooms, Ocean View Rooms, and Suites—each featuring modern amenities and easy access to the beach and resort facilities.
Room features vary by type and may include:
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Private balcony or terrace with garden or ocean views
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En-suite bathroom with shower and complimentary toiletries
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Air-conditioning and ceiling fan
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Flat-screen TV and minibar
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Coffee maker and in-room safe
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Complimentary Wi-Fi
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Daily housekeeping service
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Access to resort pools, restaurants, bars, and on-site dive center
Resort Facilities
Food & Drinks
Guests can be sure to work up an appetite at the Iberostar Cozumel restaurants where the best international cuisine is coupled with the authentic flavors of Mexico. The Cozumel Buffet is open every day, from 6:00 AM to 11 AM, and 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM. The buffet breakfast comes with a wide variety of fruit, milk, bread, cereal, and cold cuts; while every night, a different cuisine (Mexican, Italian, Caribbean, etc.) is served. The buffet does have a dress code. While guests are expected to show up in business casual attire, men are encouraged to wear their Bermuda shorts and sandals, and women can wear closed-toe shoes or sandals.
- TheEl Cedral Rotisserieoffers a lunch and dinner buffet every day. Guests are served international cuisine mixed with Mexican specialties, including pasta, meat and fish dishes, vegetables, salads, and other special dishes prepared right in front of you. For guests who do not want the buffet, la carte dinners are available which serve the best cuts of meat, fish of the day, and a delicatessen appetizer buffet. The dress code is smart casual, and there are also themed and gala evenings for the guest's enjoyment. Guests should make their reservations when they arrive at the hotel.
- TheLas Dos Maras Mexican Restaurantis also open every day from 6 PM to 6:00 AM. Here, guests can experience fusion cuisine, combining dishes from Mexico and the United States, with a Mexican canteen atmosphere. Snacks are also available all night long. The dress code is business casual, and guests should make their reservations when they arrive at the hotel.
- TheLa Pagoda Japanese Restaurantis open every day from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM. The restaurant serves Asian dishes such as sushi and maki, coconut rice with toasted cumin and cilantro, teriyaki tuna skewer, and other exciting meals. The dress code is business casual, and guests should make their reservations when they arrive at the hotel.
Dive Information
The diving in Cozumel is comprised primarily of drift dives along beautiful coral reefs. Two-tank morning dives are standard, generally starting with a deeper reef in the Palancar region of the Marine Park. Here divers will descend to 60-120 feet to drift along massive walls, explore swim-throughs and channels and take in all the colorful soft coral formations.
Diving in Cozumel The second dive is typically on a shallower reef closer to the resort with depth in the 30-60 range, where ambient light mixes with coral heads and gardens of sponges, gorgonians and great fish life. Beach dives present underwater photographers with the time to search for critters with their macro lens. Visibility range is typically 100ft+ year-round and water temperature is between 75- 85F. The weather is tropical with little seasonal variation.
Divers will find eagle rays in the winter months, reef sharks in the summer months and turtles and nurse sharks year-round.
Cozumel is home to the Splendid Toadfish, which can be found under ledges. Grunts, parrotfish, black grouper, angelfish, tangs, moray eels, lobsters and much other marine life can be found on the reefs in Cozumel. There are also juvenile drum fish, seahorses, anemone fish, colorful nudibranchs, arrow crabs and many other small critters.
Cozumel Photo / Video resources:
Editing your underwater photos
Paralenz dive camera
Best underwater video cameras
Dive Center Information
Dressel Divers Overview
Dressel Divers is the company chosen by the prestigious Iberostar Hotel chain for the last twenty years to run diving activities on the premise of its luxury hotels in the Caribbean, to ensure that this service has the same quality as the hotels. Dressel Divers have a dive center directly on the beach of Iberostar Cozumel Hotel.
Dive Center Features
Dressel Divers has rental equipment that feels like it's every diver's own! The dive equipment is of premium quality, regularly maintained and replaced with new and innovative products over time. A wide variety of gear is offered so that persons of all statures and ages will find something that suits them.
The dive centers include state of the art equipment rooms staffed by employees who wash, disinfect and store client's rental equipment. They also include a place to store personal dive equipment. Our cylinders, filling stations and compressors are operated and maintained by well-trained qualified staff in strict compliance with the generally accepted industry standards and all instructions specific to the brands used.
The boats are exclusively designed and built for Dressel Divers under the strict supervision of Javier Ibran, a lifelong diver and the company's founding President. Dive boats are tailored to provide ample space for equipment and clients, as well as an easy entry and exit into the water for divers.
Cylinders are provided on-board the boats, the majority of which are catamarans or trimarans (to limit movement due to waves and therefore seasickness).
Boats, furthermore, are equipped with a sunroof, fresh drinking water, a radio, a GPS device, oxygen, spare diving equipment, and everything else deemed mandatory by the United States Coast Guard. The engines, all top brands, are subject to ongoing monitoring and servicing by in-house mechanics. Boat captains, moreover, all have First Aid medical training. Last but not least, with very few exceptions all boats have double engines.
Almost all the staff obtained their professional diving qualifications with our own PADI Career Development Center. They are therefore trained within our own philosophy and in harmony with the objectives of Dressel Divers. They will give you not only a great dive but also a very safe one!
