Hotel Overview

Iberostar's Premium Collection: Dazzling sandy beaches along with the Palancar and Santa Rosa Wall reefs beckoning offshore make Cozumel a diver's and nature lover's retreat. Relaxed and rejuvenating, Iberostar Waves Cozumel embraces the area's lush tropical vegetation in a secluded village of quaint bungalows and open-air dining. Pathways and gardens connect guests to the many pleasures of this all-inclusive enclave, while gentle breezes and shaded garden patios welcome you back after a day of exploring the areas famed reefs. 

Savor quiet moments alongside the enormous lake pool, where you can either enjoy the rays of a warm Mexican sun or relax beneath the shade of a tropical palm or palapa. The all-inclusive program includes non-motorized watersports, as well as all meals, drinks, and a wide variety of activities and entertainment. Children can be entertained at the Kids Club while parents enjoy some alone-time. 

Dine on tempting selections at three specialty restaurants, an international buffet, and a poolside snack bar/grill. National and international drinks are available at five bars, including a swim-up bar. At the theatre, enjoy a wide array of entertaining live shows and performances every night. 

To take full advantage of the fascinating natural beauty and rich Mayan history throughout the region, guests of the Iberostar Waves Cozumel have the opportunity to take a full-day excursion to another premium category Iberostar hotel along Riviera Maya (transportation not included). 

Greening Your Life: Part of the Apple Vacations Greening Your Life initiative, this property was the first hotel in Cozumel to earn Green Globe Certification for sustainable management and operations. The hotel has also fulfilled 78% of Green Globe criteria, establishing environmental benchmarks for energy, water, and waste in Cozumel.

Location

Beach
Cozumel International Airport (CZM) : 30 miles

Property Information

Year Built: 1999
Last Renovation: 2015
Accessible rooms: 3
Floors: 2
Total rooms: 293

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Hotel Advisories

Advisory The state of Quintana Roo will be charging a sanitation tax of 32.57 MXN (approx. $2.50 USD) Eco tax, per room per night. This amount is not included in your vacation price and will be collected at your hotel. This fee is subject to change at any time without notice by the hotel.

General Policies & Fine Print

Check In: 3:00 PM
Check Out: 12:00 AM
Minimum Check-In Age: 18
General Policies:

Check-in Policy - Hotel requires a credit/debit card authorization or cash deposit upon check-in for incidentals; this will place a hold on your funds.

Convention Policy - Individuals attending a convention cannot book this property for their stay. If found attending a convention, guests may be subject to higher room rates upon arrival.

Hotel Spring Break Policy - This hotel cannot guarantee a spring-break-free environment.

STUDENT/YOUTH GROUPS POLICY - In order to maintain a family oriented environment, Iberostar Hotels and Resorts will be implementing a policy directed at student/youth groups. Students/youth are considered by the hotel as any person between 16 and 23 years of age. In addition to the Spring Break Policy instituted for all bookings traveling in the months of March and April, Groups shall adhere to the following conditions:
- All student/youth groups must be pre-approved and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
- Upon check-in, each group will be required to make a refundable cash deposit of USD $200.00 per room for any charges or damages that might be incurred during the stay.
- In the event that any member(s) from the group engage in inappropriate behavior disrespecting Hotel staff and/or other guests or causing physical damages to the facilities, the hotel management reserves the right to expel the entire group
without reimbursement or refund of the remaining nights.

SPRING BREAK POLICY - The resort is a family oriented environment. Bookings traveling in the months of March and April will be subject to the following conditions:
- The minimum age requirement for check-in is 18 years of age. One parent or chaperone age at least 25 years of age will be required per room for check-in.
- In the event that any guest(s) engage in inappropriate behavior disrespecting Hotel staff and/or other guests or causing physical damages to the facilities, the Hotel Management reserves the right to expel the guest(s) without reimbursement or
refund of the remaining nights.

Effective:11/01/2019

SPRING BREAK POLICY - The resort is a family oriented environment and thus has implemented the following policy for Spring Breakers reservations. The valid period is March 1st, 2020 to April 30th, 2020. Spring Breakers are defined as Students/youth between 16 and 23 years of age.
- One parent or chaperone at least 25 years of age will be required per room for check-in.  Adults accompanying are responsible for the students’ behavior.
-  In the event that any guest(s) engage in inappropriate behavior disrespecting Hotel staff and/or other guests or causing physical damages to the facilities, the Hotel Management reserves the right to expel the guest(s) without reimbursement or refund of the remaining nights.

Transfer Policy - A price may display when children stay free, if your vacation includes transfer to your hotel.

General Information - Room taxes and service fees are included in vacation price.
Minimum night stay restrictions may apply.
Reservation changes may not be permitted unless authorized by the hotel.


Pet Policy Pets Not Allowed

Customer Ratings & Reviews

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating

TRI_LOGO_ANCILLARY_4.5 8321 reviews
  • TRI_LOGO_ANCILLARY_ 5.0 star tripadvisor rating
    This place keeps drawing us back!

    This was our 13th time at this particular resort and our 15th time on the island. What can we say - we absolutely love this place! We came here on our honeymoon in 2006 and came back again to celebrate our 18th wedding anniversary. The place is absolutely gorgeous! The beautiful grounds and wild life are so special! The amenities are top notch! The scuba diving is world class! But let me tell you what gets us everytime- it's the staff. From the moment you get out of the shuttle the Bell boy crew - Manuel, Alex. Rolando, and Javier remembers you and gives you a big hug and welcome back! The restaurant crew - Cindy (AQUI!) Carlos Vidal, Wilbert - so wonderful! Bartenders - Orlando, Alvaro, Alicia - so great! Pool bar- David, Edgar, Adrian, Raymundo - you guys were great friends to me! LOL! And last but certainly not least - a special shootout to Yexmi and Alexia - 2 very special human beings that are among the sweetest people that we have ever met on this planet. No hyperbole there - just a fact! The Ribeye dinner that we had for our anniversary was fantabulous! So much more than we were anticipating! People were actually getting up from their tables to look at our dinner! Wow! Wow! And Wow! We will be back and hope to see all of these people again!

    Nov 07, 2024
  • TRI_LOGO_ANCILLARY_ 4.0 star tripadvisor rating
    Unpleasant surprise.

    This was my first time at this resort. The food was good, limited brand liquor brands, my room smelled musty the air conditioning and ceiling fan could only be controlled by the resort. Loved all the resident critters. What angered me was the day passes being sold to outside guests such as cruise passengers. One day the pool was over run with kids not staying at the resort but from a Disney cruise ship! I thought I paid for a guest only resort but I was wrong. I no longer stay at another resort on the island for the same reason. I won’t be back.

    Nov 06, 2024
  • TRI_LOGO_ANCILLARY_ 5.0 star tripadvisor rating
    Great resort with excellent service, beautiful beach, overall property, and fantastic professional dive shop on site.

    The beach and the property are in great shape and the service from every member of staff was impeccable. We appreciated JC in guest services, great housekeeping and friendly hard-working bartenders, and everyone from Dressel Divers on site (Pamela, Ricky, Koga, Eva, Juan, fantastic boat crew and every person on the beach does everything they can to make your experience perfect.) Room was lovely, we had a great view from poolside room, which was also a partial ocean view. November is a lower amount of people on resort I believe, so the meal options were not as diverse as we would have liked would be our own criticism. The taqueria by the pool has fantastic tacos, and there are a few snack options during the day. The buffets are really nice with lots of food and great Mexican cuisine, but yes I would have loved to have the option of more fish tacos. Bartenders are fantastic and will make anything you ask if they can. Not top shelf liquor options, but many many great cocktail options, including excellent margaritas, and chocolate and espresso martinis. The snorkeling is really good off the beach whether you do or don't also dive. You can see a lot of fish in those waters - I hung out next to a 4.5 ft barracuda under the dock and we just checked each other out for a while. The beach has many many chairs and options to be under a palapa if you choose; the sunsets are pretty. Pool is very busy with a lot of activity, maybe too much if you want it quiet ask for a room a little bit further from the pool deck. The grounds are just gorgeous to walk around, lovely plants and landscaping in fantastic shape they really do a nice job of keeping it looking nice. It was a great experience - we will return.

    Nov 05, 2024
  • TRI_LOGO_ANCILLARY_ 5.0 star tripadvisor rating
    All great, apart a small issue with the room

    Beautiful hotel, very green with a lot of animals walking freely. We enjoyed all the facilities, beautiful beach and swimming pool. Staff was always nice and helpful. Special thank you to Star camp staff, my daughter loved everyone there and always had a good time. Everybody was super sweet and activities was enjoyable for kids :) Food was tasty. Room was good, however it should be mentioned while booking if it is connecting room (we booked specific room due to a location we wanted, however there was nowhere info that this is a connected room - there was door between our room and other room, so we could hear other guests when they were in their room. It was a bit annoying. Thankfully the other guests were not very noisy).

    Nov 04, 2024
  • TRI_LOGO_ANCILLARY_ 4.0 star tripadvisor rating
    This was my fourth time here with some issues this time

    This was my fourth time at this resort in 6 years. Unfortunately this time wasn’t as pleasant as the other 3 times. Check in was somewhat delayed as we had to wait about 30 minutes in line. I had specifically requested a particular room, but was given an inferior one as the one I had requested many months ago had been given to someone else. I wasn’t happy with that. The staff was pleasant and once checked in we were quickly shown to our room. The rooms are somewhat small, but functional and pleasant. The air conditioner worked well and there was a ceiling fan. There was only one outlet near the bed so charging phones meant leaving it across the room. The bathroom was decent sized and clean. Water pressure was good. Lighting was good. The one very big problem with my room (which seemed unique to my room in the resort) was that the sidewalk had sunk into the mud and I had to wade through 2 inches of muddy water every time I entered or left the room. Yes it was rainy all week, but that is inexcusable. I brought it to management four times during the week yet nothing was done. They couldn’t even give me a piece of plywood or some stepping stones. Several pairs of shoes ended up being permanently stained with mud from trying to tiptoe through the muddy grass to circumvent the puddle. I felt more could have been done to alleviate the situation. My “yardstick” for complaining about a hotel room is this: would I tolerate it in my home? If not, then it is not acceptable. There was a large staff at the resort. Something more could have been done. They did eventually offer me a different room, but that wasn’t until Thursday afternoon, and I was leaving Saturday morning so it wasn’t a reasonable solution. The ocean view room was mostly a view of the dive shop and the roof of the building next door. I was NOT happy with my room location. Otherwise, the room was fine. A decent sized TV with some English channels. A fridge with some beer and pop. A safe was provided. The bed was comfortable. Drinking water was next to the adjacent building. We mostly ate at the buffet restaurant. There was always a wide selection of food and the quality was quite good. We did try the Mexican restaurant which was pleasant as well. The restaurant staff was excellent. We had a large group and they always got us a table to seat 15. At lunch, Cindy always greeted us and had a table waiting for us at the buffet. The snack bar pool side was pretty good as well if you didn’t want to clean up for the buffet. Burgers, hot dogs. Fries, and salad were available most of the afternoon. Bar service was very good. The grounds (except for my mud puddle) were quite nice. Lots of greenery and a number of animals such as peafowl, coatis, iguanas, flamingos, and parrots were roaming the resort. The pool was very nice. Clean and well maintained. The beach was quite rocky and where in years past there had been stairs to enter the water from the pier, those had been destroyed by waves. Most of us were there to scuba dive. The on site dive operation was Dressel Divers. They ran a pretty good operation, but were slowed down significantly by the severe damage to the pier by hurricane Milton. The dive boats were full, but not so much so that it was a problem gearing up. Dive masters were quite good. Lockers and rinse tanks were provided. The resort had a decent gym, but some of the equipment was showing signs of wear. Non motorized watersports such as kayaks and hobie cats were available for those that could use them. They had shows in the theater most nights. Some were quite good, but some were just OK. The entertainment staff was hard working and did their best, but the shows didn’t seem up to what I remembered from years past. This is not unique to this resort, rather it seems to be industry wide. The resort was generally quiet at night except for a couple times when there was noise from the dive shop next door. Apparently they had a compressor issue so they had to fill tanks all night long. Clanging scuba tanks could be heard in the wee hours of the morning. This was only an issue for the couple rooms adjacent to the dive shop. Check out was not too bad. Overall it was a nice week of diving. Except for the situation with my room I was satisfied with the resort.

    Oct 24, 2024

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