Dive Review of Hotel Cantelmar in
Mexico (Western)/La Paz

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Hotel Cantelmar, Dec, 2006, by Edward Leibowitz, NJ, USA . Report 3117.
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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
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Comments	I read the Undercurrent article about this resort last year.In the article you said that in Deecember this area gets high winds, You were absolutely correct. It was not a great month to dive the Sea of Cortez. I ewanted to go earlier, but was affraid I'd get caught in hurricane season which seems to go into November in Baja. I signed up for a five day three dive/day package. For my stay, this would be a total of 15 dives. Unfortunately, due to wind conditions, I virtually skipped two days of diving. When the day is bad for diving, it is up to the divemaster or resort to cancel the diving. In this case the resort will refund the money for the lost day of diving. If however, you decide on your own that you don't want to dive on a particular day due to high wind and poor visibility and the resort offers to take you diving, you will get no refund if you don't do the dives. In addition to everything else, I had several problems while diving. On my first dive, I was wearing a 7-MM wetsuit and separate hood. My Mares diving mask was leaking badly and I was underweighted. For these reasons, I never completed the first dive. On another dive to the wreck of the Fan Ming, i had trouble getting down without a downline and had to abort this dive. There was current and the sea was rough and our group had drifted about 100 feet from the boat. On the second day I was there, the spotter plane spotted nineteen whale sharks. The group I was with snorkled and I got very close to the mouth of a fifteen foot whale shark. I think you might do just as well seeing the whale sharks on the boat as you do snorkeling. The seas were very rough on this day and I got very seasick. Both Antonio and Marco were very willing to assist you with putting on and taking off your gear, if requested. Since I usually go on dive trips in May, I don't need a hood. I thought the hood was geeting in the way of the mask and causing it to leak. Antonio, the divemaster tested my mask and found out it was leaking on the lower right hand side. I was veryb greatful to him for discovering this problem. The best restaurant I ate in was the pricey Bisnmark. They do not take credit cards. The Chinese restaurant accross the street from Scotia Bank was also very good and economical. I'm uncertain if I'd return to dive Baja again.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Tahiti, Palau, Yap, Bonaire, Tortola, Cozumel, Fiji]
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	60-70°F / 16-21°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	5-20 Ft/ 2-6 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth Limits & Time
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	> 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
UW Photo Comments	Don't do underewater photography

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Dive Review of Hotel Cantelmar in Mexico (Western)/La Paz

Hotel Cantelmar, Dec, 2006,

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Dive Review of Hotel Cantelmar in
Mexico (Western)/La Paz