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Dive Review of
Vista Sea Sport/Hotel Buena Vista in
Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez

in 2004/07
an Instant Reader Report
by
Clem Clap, AL, US
Report Number 1210

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Reporter
Dive Experience
251-500 dives
Where else diving
 

Dive Conditions

Weather
sunny, dry  
Seas
calm, choppy, noCurrents  
Water Temp
82   to 84    ° Fahrenheit  
Wetsuit Thickness
0
Water Visibility
40   to 100    Feet  
 
Dive Policy
Dive own profile
yes  
 
Enforced diving restrictions  
Stay in view of guide  
Liveaboard?
no 
Nitrox Available?
N/A 
What I saw
Sharks
None 
Mantas
1 or 2 
Dolphins
Schools 
Whale Sharks
None 
Turtles
> 2 
Whales
1 or 2 
Ratings 1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Corals
  2 stars
Tropical Fish
5 stars  
Small Critters
  4 stars
Large Fish
4 stars  
Large Pelagics
  3 stars
 
 
Underwater Photography  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Subject Matter
1 stars  
Boat Facilities
N/A
Overall rating for UWP's  
N/A  
Shore Facilities  
N/A  
Comments
[No
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Ratings and Overall Comments  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Accommodations
5 stars
Food
4 stars
Service and Attitude
5 stars
Environmental Sensitivity  
N/A
Dive Operation
5 stars  
Shore Diving  
1 stars  
Snorkeling
N/A  
 
 

Overall Rating

Value for $$
N/A    
Beginners
4 stars   
Advanced
4 stars    
Comments  
Dive boats were 24ft. covered pangas with large outboard engines. Could run
pretty fast, but needed to in order to get to distant dive sites.  All
employees were friendly, courteous and helpful. Very short but adequate
site briefings. Usually cautioned about the currents but none very strong.
Dives were guided but not required. Guide on each dive. No more than 4
divers on any day. Most days it was only 2.
Most of our dives were in the Cabo Pulmo Marine Park. Very good variety and
volumn of marine life. From mantas to very large groupers, huge schools of
goat fish, jacks, sardines, puffers and others. One school of puffers
numbered over 100.  5 different kinds of eels. Huge numbers of green
morays. A few turtles. Nice seafans. A few nudis.
Saw leaping mantas on surface during boat ride as well as a mother and calf
whale and a school of what I was told was white-bellied dolphins
Hotel was a small, mainly dedicated fisherman's lodge.  Wonderful Mexican
charm. Good variety for an all-inclusive.    
 
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