Dive Review of Cortez Club in
Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez

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Cortez Club: "La Paz Diving at its finest", Oct, 2018, by Peter Neubauer, CA, US ( Contributor 15 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 10744.
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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	La Paz is a very nice town we really enjoyed the accomidations and the food in town was excellent. There really are some nice restaurants to choose from. People were friendly and the town it self was very clean and we felt safe the whole time. Cortez Club had very accommodating staff very friendly and knowledgable. Boats were Mexican panga style and little small. The only negative was the lack of a fresh water rinse tank or bucket for my camera. I requested a fresh water bucket but there was no room available on the smaller boats. Dive Master did a great job with our request for dive sites. I wanted to dive two of their wrecks and she made it happen the very next day. We also swam with whale sharks on our final day which was super cool. I was very glad to see that the local government was very conscientious on how they managed the swim with the whale sharks. No touching and they didn't open the season until enough whale sharks were in the bay. I'm glad to see they are protecting this natural resource. We also had an opportunity to dive with a manta ray. We only saw one, but I was able to swim along side it and got some great video footage. And of course diving with the sea lions was also fun and a great photo/video opportunity. My wife and I will definitely go back and dive with the Cortez Club next season.
Websites	Cortez Club
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Maldives, BVI, Cayman Islands - Grand, Brac and Little, Cozumel, Honduras, Florida Keys, La Paz Mexico, California Channel Islands, Hawaii, Bahamas, Okinawa Japan
Closest Airport	La Paz	Getting There	Since I live in San Diego the Tijuana airport was the easiest since it then becomes a domestic flight. The border crossing goes directly into the airport. Never have to step foot in TJ.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	76-78°F / 24-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive profile was following the Dive Master. Which was fine with our group of experienced divers.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
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	No fresh rinse buckets on the smaller panga style boats. Lots of interesting subject matter. Friendly sea lions, whale shark, manta ray and some very good size schools of fish. Overall rating only gets 3 stars due to the lack of rinse buckets.

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Dive Review of Cortez Club in Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez

Cortez Club: "La Paz Diving at its finest", Oct, 2018,

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Dive Review of Cortez Club in
Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez