Dive Review of Solmar V in
Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez

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Solmar V, Oct, 2005, by Don "Digger" Rowe, CA, USA ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports). Report 2141.
No photos available at this time
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
Advanced
Comments	Third trip on Solmar V and will go again. Crew was excellent. Dive Masters quickly became friends and made trip a great one. Food was good and plentiful. If you wanted something, all you had to do was ask. Rooms are not large but adequate if you don't bring a ton of clothes. Nominally 4 day dives a day and three night dives during trip. Water was warm and had a 3mm wetsuit and a 1mm would have worked better. Vizibility varied but was only marginal on the fourth dive one day. Fish life was great. Must be the Porcupine Puffer Fish capital of the world. Saw many on every dive, sometimes in schools of 30 or more. Plentiful other species in pairs and schools. Rivals any I have seen in Carribean. Dive sites ranged from north of La Paz to just north of Cabo San Lucas.[None]
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Red Sea, Maldives, Fiji, Indonesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef, Tahiti, Maui, Bahamas, Cancun, Cozumel, Columbus Isle, Turkes and Caicos, Martinique, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Soccorro, Galapagos, Belize, Grand Cayman.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-100 Ft/ 12-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No deco, no solo if no other divers were in water, 50min if diving from Panga, no diving after any alcohol.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	> 2
Turtles	1 or 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	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Solmar V in Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez

Solmar V, Oct, 2005,

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Dive Review of Solmar V in
Mexico (Western)/Sea of Cortez