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AMIGOS DEL MARE, Mar, 2004, by STANLEY COHEN, QUEBEC, CANADA . Report 946.
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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
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	DISEMBARKED FROM "VISION OF THE SEAS CRUISE SHIP". AFTER PASSING ALL THE PEOPLE SCREAMING AS THEY HAWKED THEIR SERVICES ON THE DOCK, THE DIVEMASTER FROM "AMIGO DEL MARE" SAW ME CARRYING MY EQUIPMENT AND POLITELY ASKED, IN A LOW KEYED MANNER, IF I WAS LOOKING TO MAKE A DIVE. SEEING HIS DEMEANER, AND THE WRITTEN STATED PRICE LIST FOR AMIGOS DEL MARE ON A BILLBOARD AND IN THE BROCHURE, I ASKED TO DIVE THE "RIVER OF SAND". I WAS THE ONLY CUSTOMER. WE WENT TO THE DIVE SHOP, RENTED A BC WITH WEIGHTS ($11), CHANGED MY HOSE FOR ONE THAT FIT (NO CHARGE), SIGNED THE RELEASE AFTER CHECKING MY C CARD, PAID ($40)FOR THE SINGLE DIVE WHILE MY WETSUIT WAS CHECKED FOR THICKNESS (I USED A 5 ML WITH HOOD)AND WAS JUDGED ADEQUATE. THE BOAT DRIVER TRUNDLED DOWN THE TANKS AND EQUIPEMENT TO THE BOAT WHICH WAS JUST A SHORT WALK TO THE PIER. THE EQUIPMENT WAS HANDLED BY THE BOAT DRIVER AND DIVEMASTER. ON THE WAY TO THE SIGHT (EL ARCO, 10 MINUTES)THE DIVE BRIEFING WAS THOROUGH WITH A PROPER DIVE PLAN WHICH WAS: 1. SWIM TO THE ANCHOR, 2. MEET AT THE SAND BOTTOM (20 FT.) SWIM AROUND THE ROCK TO 53 FT., 3. THEN DROP DOWN TO 95 FT WHILE SWIMMING TOWARDS THE SAND FLOW. 4. AFTER WE WOULD SPIRAL BACK UP SLOWLY GOING AROUND THE ROCK AGAIN TO DO A SAFETY STOP AT 20 FT., THEN BACK ON BOARD AFTER HANDING WEIGHTS, B.C. AND FLIPPERS BEFORE GOING UP THE LADDER. THE DIVE WAS INTERESTING WITH A JUMBLE OF ROCKS WITH CLAMS CLINGING TO THEM AND LOTS OF NOOKS, CRANNIES AND CREVACES FOR GOODIES TO HIDE IN. THERE WERE SCHOOLS OF FISH FROM TRUMPET FISH (WEIRD WITH NO CORAL TO EMULATE NEXT TO THE BOULDERS) MOORISH IDOLS, A CROSS BETWEEN AN ANGEL FISH AND SURGEON FISH, GROUPER, SHARK AND MANY OTHER SCHOOLS OF LOCAL TROPICALS. THE DIVEMASTER WENT AT MY PACE AND PUT UP WITH MY INSPECTIONS OF MANY OF THE SPACES BETWEEN THE BOULDERS, ASCENDING TO CHECK OUT THE "RIVER OF SAND" DESCENDING TO LOOK AT INTERESTING "STUFF". ON THE WAY BACK WE PASSED BY THE SEA LION COLONY AND THE POPULAR PLAYA D'AMOUR WHICH FACES BOTH THE PACIFIC AND THE SEA OF CORTEZ. I WAS TREATED WITH RESPECT AND NOT "MOTHER HENNED" THE CHECK IN WAS EFFICIENT, THE DIVEMASTER POINTED OUT INTERESTING THINGS. IT WAS A TERRIFIC DIVE ON A GREAT CRUISE.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	SOUTH CACOS, EXUMAS, MANY LIVEABOARDS
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	68-72°F / 20-22°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	AS A SOLE DIVER - FOLLOW THE DIVEMASTER BUT COULD GO WHERE I WANTED TO
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
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	N/A	Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	NONE AVAILABLE ON BOAT

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Dive Review of AMIGOS DEL MARE in Mexico (Western)/CABO SAN LUCAS

AMIGOS DEL MARE, Mar, 2004,

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Dive Review of AMIGOS DEL MARE in
Mexico (Western)/CABO SAN LUCAS