Dive Review of Sunrider Tours/Las Gaviotas in
Mexico (Western)/La Paz

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Sunrider Tours/Las Gaviotas: "Whale Shark Snorkeling", Nov, 2018, by Kevan Urquhart, CA, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 10778.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	SunRider - likely one of the best in La Paz. They have a nice, new, fast, small catamaran for the snorkeling tours [& a big one for all else] that is easier/faster to exit and enter than everyone else's Pangas. Rental gear [mask, snorkel, fins, shorty wet suit] in good shape, and included in price. Recommend you use the wet suit NOT the life vest. They provide small travel fins. Bring your own power fins/free-diving fins if you have them. Had six group dives on two whale sharks in ~ 20' visibility. This was the first day out after being blown off by high winds for 4+ days, so visibility was less than average. Good Divemaster with solid briefing. Boat could hold 12+ snorkelers, AND has an onboard bathroom and freshwater rinse hose that most others Pangas DON'T likley have. Free beer, sodas, water, fruit, included after the snorkeling is done. I'd go back to do it again with them when there was better visibility and the sharks might be swimming more leisurely. Las Gaviotas Resort/Hotel - nice middle class place to stay. Clean. basic, slightly worn, large 2-bedroom apartments with kitchen. Secure indoor parking. Nice pool area. Great staff. Good basic breakfast included. Great views of the full bay from your enclosed porch. 1 block off the Malecon. Good restaurants and small markets nearby. 10+ minute walk to Snorkel/SCUBA diving and docks.
Websites	Sunrider Tours Las Gaviotas
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	CA, Puget Sound, Belize, Bonaire, Caymans, Florida, Thailand, Mexico
Closest Airport	La Paz	Getting There	San Jose del Cabo and drive ~2+ hour north, or direct flight into La Paz. Vendor will van shuttle you round trip from Cabo San Lucas or San Jose Del Cabo for an additional fee.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, no currents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	15-20 Ft/ 5-6 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Involves fast swimming in groups of 6 following the Divemaster to get parallel to the path of the sharks, and then try to keep up with them for a short while.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	The speed the sharks were moving was infeasible for photography with anything larger than a GoPro. Boat and Divemaster could have handled photo set ups, if you brought them, but no specific spot for it = no photo table. Nothing back at the dock or store front.

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Dive Review of Sunrider Tours/Las Gaviotas in Mexico (Western)/La Paz

Sunrider Tours/Las Gaviotas: "Whale Shark Snorkeling", Nov, 2018,

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

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Sunrider Tours/Las Gaviotas in
Mexico (Western)/La Paz