Dive Review of Valentina Liveaboard in
Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez

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Valentina Liveaboard: "Valentina Sea of Cortez", Oct, 2024, by David A Brom, CA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 9 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 13164 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	Fourth dive trip with Valentina, never disappointed. We had to leave the port early due to wind. They close the port when weather is bad. The benefit was no day boats at Los Islotes , 4 dives and we had the sea lions to ourselves. We only had 11 divers! Diving was great, we had 4 dives at las animas. We had everything starting dolphins, Hammerheads on every dive, up to 13 at a time, more sea lions, octopus, Morays, jawfish, huge schools of fish. La Reina provided huge schools of machetes, bait balls of green jacks and big eye jacks, block the sun out type bait balls. Must have seen 30 green morays, and a few zebra morays. Dive operation is flawless. Now for the food, never have I ever had food on a liveaboard like we had on this trip. Leon is a talented chef. Young guy with a passion for food. Everything was plated and a work of art. We were surprised by the creativity and flavor, breakfast, lunch and dinner was a new adventure in food. I sometimes hate to give such a glowing review for fear of overcrowding, but Undercurrent is where I learned of the Valentina so I’m paying it forward- The boat also goes to Socorro, it’s not the fastest boat but who’s in a hurry on a dive boat?
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Red Sea, Palau, Fiji, Grenada, Turks, Bahamas, Honduras, California, Mexico
Closest Airport	Cabo San Lucas	Getting There	Fly to Cabo, hire a car to drive to La Paz
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	82-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive with Divemaster
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	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	[None]

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Dive Review of Valentina Liveaboard in Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez

Valentina Liveaboard: "Valentina Sea of Cortez", Oct, 2024,

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Dive Review of Valentina Liveaboard in
Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez