Dive Review of Sea & Land Eco-Tours in
Mexico (Western)/Loreto - Baja - Sea of Cortez

Other Mexico (Western) reports
Subscriber Content Preview
Active subscribers go here

Sea & Land Eco-Tours, Oct, 2010, by Shanna Davidson, AK, US ( 2 reports). Report 5774.
No photos available at this time
Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Juve Orozco at Sea & Land Eco-Tours runs a great operation. They do a variety of different tours - land and water based - we only dove with them. It is a small but well run operation. The boat is small - accomodating 4-6 divers with the dive master. There is a dive master on all trips with good briefings that include safety, dive plan, and expected conditions - current, surge, etc. Juve is very knowledgable and experienced diver and guide. The captain, Juve's brother Hector, is also very knowledgable and entertaining. The atmosphere is very relaxed. They don yet have a web site, but their email is kumade4hotmail.com and a cell number is 613 11 47294. The typical trip is a two tank boat dive. You meet the boat at the harbor with your gear in the morning. After a short boat ride to one of the off-shore islands - Coronado, Carmen, or Danzante - you receive a briefing and take your first dive. Entry is a backward roll off the boat and return to the boat means climbing the ladder at the side of the boat. There are no rinse buckets on the boat - there is really no room for one - the boat is small. Lunch is included and provided during your surface interval - typically eaten on the beach. Lunch is a burrito or sandwich or tamale or upon request, empenadas - with fruit and granola/fruit bars. The food was always very good. Ice cold drinks - water, soda, and juices - are also included and available at any time during your trip. Your second dive is a different location at the same island - briefing, back-roll, ENJOY, board the boat, and return to the harbor. When we were there, we met the boat at 9:00 and returned to the harbor between 2 & 3:30 - depending on which island we went to, how much time we spent on the beach for lunch, and how much time we spent with the huge pods of dolphins we encountered on our return to the harbor. The diving in The Loreto area is very enjoyable in the late summer and fall when the water tempertures are up. We had one dive with a large group of sea lions who swam with us for a solid 45 minutes. The qauntity of fish in this area is amazing. We have often been the only two divers on a charter. This was our third trip to Loreto for diving and flyfishing. The town of Loreto is small and most everyone is very friendly and accomodating. Good basic food and acomodations are readily available. At this time there are not enough flights into Loreto to fill the availble hotel and cabana space. Prices are reasonable. We stayed at Coco Cabanas a small family run operation a block off the ocean and about a 5 minute walk to the marina.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Hawaii, Belize, Roatan, Cozumel
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	84-72°F / 29-22°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	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	There are no rinse buckets on board and no shore facilities. This is a great no-frills operation.

Leave a comment (Subscribers only -- 200 words max)
Subscribers can comment here

Subscribers can post comments, ask the reviewer questions, as well as getting immediate and complete access to ALL 448 dive reviews of Mexico (Western) and all other dive destinations. Complete access to all issues and Chapbooks is also included.

All Mexico (Western) Dive Reviews and Reports
Diving Guide to Mexico (Western)
Diving Reviews for All Dive Destinations

Featured Links from Our Sponsors
Interested in becoming a sponsor?

Reef & Rainforest, Let our experience be your guide -- Reef and Rainforest

Reef & Rainforest is an agency for travelers that like to scuba dive. Let us plan your trip to view great white sharks & giant mantas in Western Mexico.

Want to assemble your own collection of Mexico (Western) reports in one place?
Use the Mini Chapbook Facility to create your personalized collection.

Note: The information here was reported by the author above, but has NOT been reviewed nor edited by Undercurrent prior to posting on our website. Please report any major problems by writing to us and referencing the report number above.

Undercurrent Home

Page computed and displayed in 0.07 seconds

Get more dive info like these and other important scuba updates sent monthly to your email. And a FREE Recent Issue of Undercurrent
Get a free monthly email and a sample issue!

Dive Review of Sea & Land Eco-Tours in Mexico (Western)/Loreto - Baja - Sea of Cortez

Sea & Land Eco-Tours, Oct, 2010,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Dive Review of Sea & Land Eco-Tours in
Mexico (Western)/Loreto - Baja - Sea of Cortez