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Dive Review of
Cantamar Dive Resort/Los Arcos Hotel, LaPaz Mexico in
Mexico (Western)/Baja

in 2007/10
an Instant Reader Report
by
George A Bogard, TX, USA
Report Number 3704

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Reporter
Dive Experience
Over 1000 dives
Where else diving
Caymans, all 3, Hondorus, Utila, Belieze, Bonaire, Turks, St Lucia, St.
Vincent, Philippines, Bali, Fiji, Solamon Islands, Wakatobi, Texas Gulf
Coast

Dive Conditions

Weather
sunny, windy, dry  
Seas
calm, choppy, surge, currents, noCurrents  
Water Temp
80   to 82    ° Fahrenheit  
Wetsuit Thickness
3
Water Visibility
15   to 60    Feet  
 
Dive Policy
Dive own profile
yes  
 
Enforced diving restrictions  
None, There was NO supervisiopn of any kind. Many dives the dive guides did
not even get in the water, and many dives had no briefings.  
Liveaboard?
no 
Nitrox Available?
N/A 
What I saw
Sharks
None 
Mantas
None 
Dolphins
Schools 
Whale Sharks
1 or 2 
Turtles
None 
Whales
None 
Ratings 1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Corals
  1 stars
Tropical Fish
3 stars  
Small Critters
  3 stars
Large Fish
2 stars  
Large Pelagics
  2 stars
 
 
Underwater Photography  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Subject Matter
3 stars  
Boat Facilities
1 stars
Overall rating for UWP's  
1 stars  
Shore Facilities  
1 stars  
Comments
There were no accomodations made for UWP. One divemaster took a
photographers camera by the port, which came off in his hand while the
camera fell back into the ocean!  
Ratings and Overall Comments  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Accommodations
4 stars
Food
4 stars
Service and Attitude
4 stars
Environmental Sensitivity  
N/A
Dive Operation
1 stars  
Shore Diving  
1 stars  
Snorkeling
N/A  
 
 

Overall Rating

Value for $$
N/A    
Beginners
1 stars   
Advanced
3 stars    
Comments  
This was the worst of "Cattle Boat Diving". Dangerously
overcrowded boats, 35 divers on a boat designed for 20! No oxygen, no
emergency equipement, NO saftey briefings, Little briefings of any kind.
Very disorganized. Only trying to pack as many people as possible on a
boat. No one in charge or knowing what they were doing. Promised all sorts
of great sites and then took us to the same poor sites. No repair
equipement, not even o rings for there own tanks. Everyone blamed everyone
else and made all sorts of excuses and provided NO service at all. Many
times no dive guide accompanied the dive group. I will Never use this
company again. It is a miracle they have not killed someone! 
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