Dive Review of Cabo Pulmo Watersports/Playa del Sol in
Mexico (Western)/Cabo Pulmo

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Cabo Pulmo Watersports/Playa del Sol, Nov, 2011, by Douglas Hansen, CA, US ( Contributor 15 reports). Report 6323.
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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
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Comments	The diving at Cabo Pulmo is very nice. We had huge swirling schools of jacks and other fish. There were immense groupers hanging about. We saw golden groupers every dive. Eels and rays were common. There had been bull sharks in the area, but we didn't see any. The dive sites are at most 15 minutes away from the boat launching point. Boats are launched by pushing them into the water with 4-wheel drive pickups, and are hauled out by pulling them out with the same pickups. There is no anchoring allowed in the marine park, so all dives are drift or live boat dives. There were no ladders to get back on the boat; you hand up your gear, and then you belly flop over the side. If you can't get yourself in the boat, the guide and the driver will drag you in. Surface intervals between dives are spent drifting. We elected to stay in Los Barriles and make the one hour commute (each way) by car to Cabo Pulmo. Most of the electricity in Cabo Pulmo is generated by solar panels, so air conditioning is generally not available. The Playa del Sol hotel in Los Barriles has a beautiful setting and large rooms. The hotel is a little worn, but clean and feels more personal than the neighboring Palmas de Cortez. Our room was literally steps from the beach. Meals were included, but, except for breakfast and lunch, you did not get to choose your meal.
Websites	Cabo Pulmo Watersports Playa del Sol
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	California, British Columbia, Bonaire, Curacao, Cayman Islands, Fiji, Palau, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Florida, Hawaii
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Must dive with guide (marine park regulations), no gloves, no knives.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Boats are small and have no rinse tanks or place to securely hold cameras. No dedicated rinse tanks for cameras at the dive shop.

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Dive Review of Cabo Pulmo Watersports/Playa del Sol in Mexico (Western)/Cabo Pulmo

Cabo Pulmo Watersports/Playa del Sol, Nov, 2011,

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Dive Review of Cabo Pulmo Watersports/Playa del Sol in
Mexico (Western)/Cabo Pulmo