Dive Review of Sunshine Dive Charter/Marbella Suites en la Playa in
Mexico (Western)/Cabo San Lucas

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Sunshine Dive Charter/Marbella Suites en la Playa, Aug, 2011, by Dennis Lewis, CA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 6217.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We stayed at Marbella Suites which is about 17km from Cabo San Lucas. A world of difference - no timeshare vultures, no people walking the beach with hats, etc., just quiet, calm and relaxing. $99 for a very clean two bedroom suite with kitchen, pool and on the beach. Can't beat that! Air in the bedrooms and they worked perfectly. Very nice and helpful staff. Staying close or in CSL means you will be pushed (even at meals) to buy a timeshare. Gets old really fast so I vote stay far from town and drive in. Marbella fits that bill and at a fraction of the price of the mega resorts near by. Sunshine did a fine job of taking care of me and my wife. They take care of your gear once you get it there. Nitrox was free and 31%. On each dive it was my wife and I, along with a newer diver. No problem since when he/she got low on air, the DM would take them up to the boat and then return to us for the rest of the hour. We were never rushed. The best dive around Cabo is Land's End. With the mixing of the Pacific and Cortez waters, we saw schools of snapper and grunts, three rays and the sea lions came down to play. Wow, the males are big! This was the only location were you didn't hear the sound of boat motors. One gripe about diving around Cabo is the constant boat traffic. The buzz of the motors is never ending. Between the dive boats, the water taxis and the massive party boats, there was never a time when you could relax and listen to the sound of the sea. The smaller boats do not seem to worry about running over divers so don't try coming up in open water. Only when we turned the corner and dived the Pacific did the buzzing stop. Sadly, to get a boat to go out of the area, you need a small group and there was just the two of us this trip.
Websites	Sunshine Dive Charter Marbella Suites en la Playa
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Palau, Yap, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Cayman Brac, Cozumel, Roatan.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	74-81°F / 23-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	45-60 Ft/ 14-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	After the first dive, the only thing we were told was keep it about an hour.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	The DM has a camera, but the pictures were more "snap shots" than UWP. But, they were also provided for free!

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Dive Review of Sunshine Dive Charter/Marbella Suites en la Playa in Mexico (Western)/Cabo San Lucas

Sunshine Dive Charter/Marbella Suites en la Playa, Aug, 2011,

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Dive Review of Sunshine Dive Charter/Marbella Suites en la Playa in
Mexico (Western)/Cabo San Lucas