Dive Review of
SOLMAR V in
Mexico (Western)

MEXICO, BELIZE, BONAIRE, CURACAO, SABA, STATIA, DOMINICA, DISCOVERY BAY
MARINE LAB, CRIB MARINE RESEARCH CENTER,  FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON,
AUSTRALIA, NEW CALIDONIA, VANUATU, 

Dive Conditions

THEY DID NOT WANT US GOING TOO DEEP AS MANY DIVERS WERE ON NITROX.  I
BELIEVE SOME COMMENTS WERE MADE TO ANOTHER GROUP ABOUT THEIR DEPTHS BY THE
DIVEMASTERS.  

CAMERA TABLE WAS CROUDED AS WE HAD SEVERAL "PROS" ABOARD WITH
SEVERAL CAMERAS EACH, BUT IT WORKED.  RINSE TANK PROVIDED.  CAMERAS TAKEN
FROM DIVERS REBOARDING BOAT AND GIVEN QUICK DUNK IN CAMERA TANK.  

Overall Rating

CABINS WERE SMALL, NICE BUT SMALL.  I STAND ONLY JUST 6' AND WITH MY FEET
ON THE WALL AT THE FOOT OF MY BUNK MY HAIR WAS ON THE OTHER WALL.  WE HAD
ONE FELLOW WHO COULD NOT TURN OVER IN HIS UPPER BUNK AS HIS SHOULDERS WERE
TOO WIDE AND WOULD HIT THE CEILING.  FOOD WAS QUITE GOOD AND PLENTIFUL
PEDRO HAD BEEN ADVISED OF MY ALERGY AND MADE SEPARATE DISHES AS NEEDED. 
ENTIRE STAFF TRIED TO BE HELPFULL.

DIVING WAS GOOD AS I WAS ABLE TO PHOTOGRAPH THREE SPECIE OF SHARK (REEF
WHITE TIP, SILVER TIP, GALAPAGOS - SOME ALSO WERE ABLE TO PHOTOGRAPH
SCALLOPED HAMMER).  AS WELL WE HAD ENCOUNTER WITH A 18' FRIENDLY MANTA ON
ONE DIVE AND A PAIR OF 14' MANTAS ON ANOTHER. ANOTHER DIVE WITH A SINGLE
MANTA. MANTAS ALL STAYED AROUND. TWO PODS OF DOLPHINS ON ONE DIVE THAT WERE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO GET SOME GOOD SHOTS BUT THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN US BUT
JUST PLAYING IN THE SAME WATER.  ANY DIVE WHERE WHALE SONG IS VIBRATING
THROUGH YOUR BODY HAS TO BE CALLED A GOOD DIVE AND WE HAD TWO OR THREE OF
THOSE BUT NEVER SAW A WHALE UNDERWATER. 

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