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Spring Showers Bring May Flowers! |
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Spring is upon us now as trees green and flowers bloom turning our thoughts to Summer vacation! What better place to spend a summer vacation than right here in Cozumel!! We send our heartfelt thanks to all of you who use and recommend COZUMELINSIDER for your Spring and Summer vacation planning.
We appreciate your business and wish for you a very Happy Spring time and a glorious Summer! ~ Sherri & Mauricio ~
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Spectacular Ocean View Condo! |
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This newly remodeled condo located ON beachfront street boasts a spectacular ocean view and it's only 50 yards from Mega Grocery store and the IRONMAN race finishline! Includes StreetSide balcony for superb Cozumel Carnaval parade viewing!
IslaMar Oceanview Condo # 2WM Melgar 1BR/1Bath Vacation Rental
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Self-Catering Accommodations |
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IslaMar Vacation Villas located in the heart of historic Midtown District.
Owner/Operator Sherri Davis says "Thank You" to our many valued customers for over 27 years of continuous operation!
*DIRECT booking arrivals 7/15 - 10/31 2025 |
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Weekly Cruise Ship Schedule |
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Gorgeous Ocean View Condo! |
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This newly remodeled condo located ON beachfront street boasts a spectacular ocean view and it's only 50 yards from the IRONMAN race finishline and Mega Grocery store! Includes Street Side balcony for superb Cozumel Carnaval parade viewing!
IslaMar Oceanview Condo # 3WM Melgar 1BR/1Bath Holiday Rental
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Vacation Rental Deals! |
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Relax and enjoy an island living experience in this spacious 1BR/1 Bath apartment perfect for 2 people. Centrally located in a regular neighborhood just outside of the tourist zone, you can live like a local or walk downtown to be amongst the tourists frequenting the island.
IslaMar Vacation Villa #6 West 1BR/1Bath Holiday Rental
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Hey! ... What's Happening at the Beach? |
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What's happening right now at the beach? Check out our Cozumel WEBCAM at PalMar SMALL Beach Club!
6:38PM (EST) Wednesday, May 7
Throughout the year, the water is beautiful around Cozumel and this webcam shot illustrates just that! And we always have something fun happening out here at the beach! Make plans to visit and snorkel yourself! See PalMar Beach
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Perspectives from Cozumel Insiders |
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Freelance writers & photographers C.J. Gustafson and Fox Hill both share a passion for Cozumel. CJ travels to the island as often as possible while Fox actually lives on the island. Both colorful writers describe their adventures and inside secrets of Cozumel! Visit Spicy Travels, Photographing Cozumel for CJ's island travel tips/adventures and Fox Hill's Cozumel for island living experiences and perspectives.
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Weekly NEWS & Events |
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Island NEWS In English. We choose and translate selected weekly news articles that we think may be of interest to our English speaking residents and visitors!
Top News Stories for week May 12
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Spectacular !!! |
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Watch this Space for Official 2026 Dates !!!
Anticipated 2026 Dates: February 11 - 18, 2026
 Carnaval 2025 events have officially ended! If you missed this year, reserve early to get the best hotel, condo or vacation rental for next year! Music, Food, Dancing in the Streets, Parades ... all non-stop excitement! Combined with diving and all sorts of other island and mainland adventures during the day, it simply can't be topped!
Cozumel Insider has the ORIGINAL, biggest and best archive of Carnaval Photos available spanning over a decade!
Check out the Carnaval 2020 Photos to see all the fun!
Or for up to the minute photo postings visit our Cozumel Carnaval Facebook Page!
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Fantastic Snorkeling! |
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 Come read all about Cozumel Snorkeling! Unbelieveably clear, warm water reefs - known to be the best in the world! |
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From the Sea to Your Table - Fresh! |
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Don't miss the opportunity to eat like a "local" and enjoy fresh, quaility seafood from one of Cozumel's finests Seafood Cocktelerias!
La Conchita Del Caribe Cozumel
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Giant Sea Turtles |
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Long before the first diver set fin in Cozumel, Giant Sea Turtles have made their way to the beaches year after year. Learn more about the Turtle Salvation Program
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A Personal Note from Sherri "Welcome to 2025!!" |
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Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all enjoyed some spectacular holidays in December getting together with family and friends to enjoy good food and good company! And hopefully your New Year’s celebration was filled with love, joy and the clinking of many glasses of something! Each year seems to pass faster now as I get older and it really begins to sink in just how limited and precious our time here on earth is and how it’s more important than ever to take nothing for granted….not one minute, not one person, not one thing! Treasure them all! So as we start this New Year with great anticipation of all good things to come, I will suggest once again: be kind, be grateful and be compassionate ~ to each other, to animals, to our planet. These are all we really have in this life! I wish nothing but the best for each of you in 2025!!
JANUARY 2025 UPDATE: Despite what most people think, we DO actually have a Winter here in Cozumel albeit mild or non-existent according to most of our Snowbirds that come down for the winter season each year. So it's been a bit of a chilly month for us as is typical this time of year which for us is 70F's in the day and low 60F's at night. You can really tell the locals from the visitors as you go out in the evening hours here on the island. After dark, visitors will usually be leisurely walking around in shorts, t-shirts and flip flops while locals who live on the island will be in tennis shoes, jeans, a sweater and usually a parka on top of that with the hood up and walking briskly as if another minute outside will invoke frostbite. So just remember if you're out somewhere trying to ask a local for directions this time of year, don't take it personally if they hurry away ~ it's simply their way of saying they're freezing!!
FEBRUARY 2025 UPDATE: The chilly weather continues here albeit at night more so than daytime. It's finally stopped raining daily thank goodness! Seriously since about September 2024, Cozumel has had rain daily somewhere in the city. Granted it wasn't prolonged all day kinda stuff but a goodly amount each day to keep the cars dirty and the potholes open. So now things have dried out a bit, city workers are finally able to go around and fill/repair the street potholes. This is a good thing since often the only warning of a huge road hole is a tree branch stuck in it by some kind soul who knows it could be there for months causing trouble for everyone!
During the years 2000 - 2006 I had the privilege of serving on the Municipio's Carnaval Committee. Part of my duties included fundraising within the American ex-pat community of islanders. The donations received were used to provide financial assistance to the kinder, grade school and high school group comparsas wanting to compete and participate in Carnaval. Assisting children of all ages to be able to participate from a young age in their schools helps ensure the Carnaval tradition will stay alive for years to come just as it has now for 151 years on the island!
So for those of you who so generously donated all those years ~ many years totaling more than US$ 10,000 in donations ~ please come, join us for Carnaval and see the fruits of your endeavors! For those kiddos of 2000 - 2006 who received the financial aid are now late teens and early 20's and many are vying for the King and Queen positions as well as participating in new and different comparsa groups other than those associated with their schools. As Carnaval passes generation to generation, you donors can feel proud to have contributed a small part to continuing the tradition!
Cozumel Carnaval is serious business each year ~ it's an event that enjoys 151 years of tradition on the island so it's one of those truly authentic events of the island that is not necessarily designed with tourism in mind! It's a six week long "locals" tradition and as such, the scheduling and ticket sales are designed with locals in mind. The tourism element of Carnaval does exist though since most all shows and competitions that go on for all those weeks are also done "free of charge" in the open air parks for tourists to experience. And then of course, there are the parades of Carnaval week which everyone can enjoy and all the wonderful concerts in the parks.
This month Carnaval activities are underway these days and continue until Fat Tuesday March 4th when Carnaval 2025 culminates with the biggest parade and the big FREE concert as the parade ends. So there is still time to get yourself a ticket and get down here to enjoy all the festivities through Tuesday night and then the closing ceremonies and Burning of Juan Carnaval on Wednesday! Hope to see you here!!
MARCH 2025 UPDATE: Carnaval ran late this year with Fat Tuesday falling on March 4th so needless to say the month started off quickly and hasn't slowed down since! As we transitioned all the Carnaval visitors off the island, Spring Breakers started arriving and now with the end of the month approaching a lot of our "Snowbirds" will be leaving and heading back north to their homes as the weather warms up. We've had wonderful weather so far this season on the island with lots of bright sunny days and calm, clear seas which really keeps the divers and snorkelers very happy! We're now headed into Cozumel's prime fishing season (although you can catch fish all year!) with lots of tournaments and such going on. It could be you have yet to take your Spring Break or perhaps you want to have an early Summer vacation this year so either way, get busy planning and get on down here! This tropical island paradise is always better when shared with others!
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COZUMELINSIDER.COM – EXPERIENCE AUTHENTIC COZUMEL |
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A unique destination website designed to help visitors create a vacation filled with one-of-a-kind experiences and adventures that include the tradition of the island and the culture of its people. The information on this site was compiled by folks who actually live here and want to make your vacation truly special by sharing what they have learned over the years. Because the island continues to grow and change, the COZUMELINSIDER is constantly adding additional features and tips, always striving to give you the most up to date information and the best values our island has to offer. |
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