We went there with a family of 4. I am a certified scuba diver, my 14 yr old son wanted to get certified, my wife and 16 year old daughter wanted to lay out by the pool and do a little snorkeling. Lets first set expectations, this is not a 5 star resort with a spa & massage service; so if you are looking for that then I suggest you go elsewhere.

However we have been to the big all-inclusives and especially if you are on a diving trip I prefer Caribe Blu. It is a relatively simple facility, with a small pool right on the ocean. There is a snorkel and scuba area you can use right behind the property. For the real good diving at the reefs you need to go on the boat trips. The rooms are very large and clean. We had a minor problem with the shower and they promptly changed rooms for us while they contacted maintenance. If you need internet connections there is wireless for your laptop in the hotel lobby area. The night desk clerk only speaks spanish, but you will not have any communication issues speaking only english.

You can walk to downtown Coz for all the restaurants & shopping, or you can take a cab. It is maybe a one mile walk to downtown. There is a little more adventure going downtown & trying different restaurants, rather than the all inclusive buffets. We felt safe the entire time, even walking to/from downtown at night. In dowtown Coz you will find everything from high end restaurants, the cruise ship bar & grill hang outs, and many local Mexican choices. The hotel restaurant food was terrific and a great value, but is only open until late afternoon. Most people walk or cab downtown for dinner.

The diving is outstanding, and I would highly recommend this dive shop to anyone. The full PADI certification class my son took was better than anything he would have had at home. He was one on one with the instructor for all 3 days (compared to a 10/1 class ratio at home). I was able to dive with him during class and checkout dives. I got to do my first night dive....great experience. The dive masters were terrific and friendly. Special thanks to Mauricio & Franco, but they were all great. Just about all are bi-lingual so no worries if you do not speak spanish,....most of the discussions are in english. They try very hard to be flexible and with their small boats they can accomodate diver/snorkelers of varying abilities. Much better than the big resorts with large group dives!

We had a video made of my sons checkout dive. The videographer did a tremendous job and on the video we have everything including a 6 foot swimming morray eel, lobster, barracuda, rays, countless colorful fish and coral shots, and they captured the emotions of both Dad & sons smiles all set to music. I have had a similar video done in florida and this one was much better. Cost was $100 for the video and after seeing it back home several times I just can not say enough good things about the quality. My wife and daughter went along on the boat and they were able to snorkel.

Resort coordination through Jeanie is terrific. She will answer all your questions, down to airport logistics from either Cancun or Coz. I travel a lot, and I can honestly say I have never felt more comfortable making arrangements and getting more complete anwers from a hotel than I did in emailing and phoning Jeanie and her husband. Whatever Caribe Blu is paying her she deserves a raise, because it was her promptness and detail that made me select Caribe Blu (combined with great Trip Advisor ratings).

Best of all the entire hotel bonds for the week and you get to know most of the people. Everyone shares their dive experiences at the restaurant, and there were people from around the world. (UK, Austrailia, Scotland, Canada, and many from the US).

To be fair I have to list a few very minor negatives:.........not all rooms have a refrigerator, and the A/C in our room was OK but could have used a little more power. It would have been great at least a few nights to have the hotel restaurant open for dinner. It is a pretty short list of negatives.....and all things considered I give this plain little scuba hotel very high marks!