Dive Review of Solmar V in
Mexico (Western)/Socorro

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Solmar V, Feb, 2004, by Scott McGill, Texas, USA . Report 942.
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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
Advanced
Comments	Solmar V is the most uncomfortable and most expensive liveaboard I have ever been on. Living area of boat is very uncomfortable with no place to relax, watch movies ect. between dives. Cabins are terrible with no storage. Pongas are inflatables and very crowded, diving was very hit or miss with three days of no palagic sightings. Mantas were not present at sights which were tauted as sure things for seeing them. Many rules on the boat that made no sense such as no small dive knives or lights. Dive staff spent time after dives running around recording divers depths and time rather than attenting to other duties. Myself and another person got food poisoning on the boat.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Saba, Belize, Honduras, Palau, Truk, Flower Gardens, Yap, Chinchorro
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	74-69°F / 23-21°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	30-90 Ft/ 9-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	No dives below 130, no nitrox available, no dive knives allowed, no lights allowed
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	1 or 2
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 film processing, small table for cameras

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Dive Review of Solmar V in Mexico (Western)/Socorro

Solmar V, Feb, 2004,

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

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Solmar V in
Mexico (Western)/Socorro