Where are some good locations on the island to go scuba diving?

Click the first link below to see reviews of many things to do on Cozumel. Many are dive operators and you can tell from the reviews which ones are the good ones.
One thing to see are the sleeping sharks at Columbia Reef seen at the beginning of the first video.
I hope you have a good camera to capture the colors like the second video.
Another cool place is the C-53 shipwreck–third video.

I have never heard of it but here is the link to cruise critic boards, go down to Port of Calls and you will find many reviews from the different excursions from other cruisers. I hope it helps!

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/

Hi, I am going to Riviera Maya in 2 weeks and want to scuba dive. I am not certified and know I need the discover (pool course) then to the ocean. But I want to hear from some who have done them in RIVERIA MAYA or COZUMEL.

I have been diving with SCUBA Club Cozumel, though I did Advanced Open Water with them not Discover.
However, they do offer a Discover SCUBA class. It’s listed on their training page.
http://www.scubaclubcozumel.com/training.html

I personally very much liked SCC. It’s a clean, well-run operation.

Hello. I’m trying to find a last minute 3 night package for Tgiving to Cozumel. I found a good rate at the Occdental Allegro and Fiesta American dive resort (about $100 per night) but was wondering if these resorts have unlimited shore diving? I am more interested in the diving then I am the all inclusive but I am going solo and really want to just dive and relax instead of walking/cabing it to town and figuring out the restaurants on my own. Any other thoughts or suggestions? Thank you!

Sure, you can shore dive from both those locations, but there’s not much to see until you get much further out. It’s the same with all the hotels/resorts south of town. It’s a very long swim to the reefs ( I wouldn’t try it), but there is some life to see just off the beaches.I notice that only the Allegro seems to offer a dive shop, of the two. Air fills kinda important. On the flip side, the charter outfit I have always used, Equalizers, is a stones throw from the Fiesta.
You can get some of the charter outfits in San Miguel to do a pick up at your choice of hotel , if they have a pier. That’s what I’ve always done as I always stay here http://www.reefclubcozumel.com/ and used http://www.cozumel-diving.net/equalizers/ for a charter outfit. Check first, to see if they require a certain number of divers for pick up. I’ve always been on a boat that picked up 6 divers.They’re cheaper than the Sand Dollar outfit at that resort and have smaller, faster boats. No cattle prods needed.